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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATPRDAT, MARCH 8, 1315. - - — -¦^¦^j^j^jfc rtf* j^f^f^rf* JnAnnftftnftnnifcnH*O»l»»HA A ftrtJ* f\ m rm n r. n r. ¦*. T>a-»
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asSrerman , but he fcnew allabout it , and tliat He also iras " rowing . He could row as well as the waterman who / made the complaint . The captain of the steamer did not ease the vessel aii inch . —Thomas Collins , a passenger in the wlieny , stated that they had not time to look about whes tliey were ran dawn . 'Witness jumped overboard ana « warn ashore . If the captain had stopped the way of the = teaincr , theoccurrence would not . in his opinion , have hai ^ ened . —Thomas Norcott , a waterman , stated that he reseuea the people . He did not know hou-the boat got under the steamer ; but those on board that vessel threw him a rope . —The solicitor to tbe steam company saw mat « ie dtfonce was , that the persons who were rowing tne wheny had not tiie necessary skill ; that the complainant would , if he had been rowing , have prevented theaccident instead of running into the jaws of danger ; and that the defendant had dona everything in his power to save me boat The steam company would , if a complaint of the iri * ™ mall »« aeeomaauunents , likely to engage the
MAJJSIOK-HOCSE . . _ . „ . Mow > at— Collision o » the Kiteb . —Captain William Xing , the commander of No . 3 , Watermen '? steam-vessel , tras snmmonedbefore the Lord Major , by John ? h ^ u « owner of a wherry , for having caused the swamping oftae . ' wherry , ' thus eiiJangering the lives of scTen Pers °£ s fTV £ •^• bmpTainants ? atidfl . aton Tuesday *** , ^ ™ ^ g § Si §§ l 2 S nSn ^«» ** ** were experienced men ' Thfebm-S 4 c boa ^ Uand the loss incurred , amounted to ^*? n ^ ffltoSs . -W . Serle stated that he was one of & /^« uTwh <> rowed . The steamer came down upon ttebWalonce , ana swam ped her , andaboatman . of the ' nam&of A ' orcott , extricated those Tfho were overturned . — S ^ k nanselL a feUowship-vorter , stated that he was not
,, , was at the fcnTuncler the influence of liquor .-Moms ^ hews , foremaslma « , of to . 3 Waterman , stated that he ¦ Si . hoak and called out to those in the wherry . The wherry , however , went to the wrong side , and one of the passengers jumped from her into thesteamer , and then the whern-swamped . It was not by any means the fault of the steamer . —Captain Guthrie , the master of a collier , stated that he had been fort } years at sea , and was in the steamer at the time of the accident The defendant did all he could upon tbe occasion , hut the wherry most improperly came between the steamer and the shore . If the wherry had been properly rowed , nothing could have
happened . —After hearing further evidence , the Lord Mayor said that he very particularly inquired iuto all cases of this description , as ne knew that wherries had no chance when ' cosuiij in contact with stean \ -vaaseb . Here , however , the owner had two circumstances against bun . He was not sober at the time , and two men who were not watermen were rowing . His Lordship said he considered that the two men who rowed were Sound to indemnify the complainant for the loss he had sustained , but the ease was dismissed as to the defendant . —The two men who thus by rowing endangered the lives of seven individuals have subjected themselves to heavy penalties under the Watermen ' s Act , and it was stated that it is the intention of the Company of Watermen and Lightermen to proceed against them
CLEBKENWELL , S&TCKDAT . —THE ABOHIXABLS DOISCB AT THE SPATl £ U > 5 BtmiAL-GuouND . —In another part of this paper will be found a report of proceedings of a most infamous nature iu respect to the dead who are interred in the Spafields burial-ground , ClerkenwelL Yesterday ( Friday ) there was another investigation into the subject at the ClerkcnweU police-court , when facts of almost revolting nature were elicited , ilr . Bird , a mathematical-instru ment maker , residing in Fletcher ' s-row , Clcrkenwell , aud who is " one of those in charge of the grave-yard , "' ad-Dutt «( 3 that the ground is not two acres in extent ; that it is considered to he capable of holding 2-5 . 000 bodies ; eight bodies are buried in each grave , of about eight feet deep ; that the coffins of adults are placedlengtUways , and those of children breadthways ; and that the coffins of the latter are always removed when they are decayed , and
when the rod will penetrate through the mass ! This { rightful avowal produced an immense sensation in the Police-court—Inspector Penny , a very intelligent officer , who has frequently visited the cemetery in various disguises , affirmed most positively that he had seen "isound aud fresh coffins burning in the bone-house , of every size ; and that the odour was intolerable . " A lady stated that "she lived in a house near the graveyard , but iad been obliged to leave , as well as many oflier persons in the same neighbourhood , owing to the intolerable and unearthly stench proceeding from the bonehouse . One frosty night the smell was still worse than usual , so she ' and her son ascended the top of the washiiouse , which commands a view of the ground . Thick volumes of smoke and sparks were issuing from the chimney of the bone-house . She saw two men carrying something iu a basket , which appeared very soft , and to shake .
Took it for human flesk . Her tenants , who lived near tbe place , were constantly complaining of illness through * he siiiell . The weather became hot , and two of the children died from putrid fever . " Another female , named Mrs . ilurphy , deposed as follows : — " She had seen the grave-diggers throw up parts of a human body , and then chop it up with their shovels . She once saw Smith ) one of the graye-tHgsers , carrying the bottom anil lid of a coffin towards the bone-house . Had seen the grave-diggers throw up dark heavy lumps . Could not mt first tell what it was , but afterwards knew it to be human flesh . The man in the grave tossed it up on the clay . He would then come up and pick the hair up . I saw
very long hair at one time on the clay . " Other witnesses corroborated all these statements . The conduct of the lessees and grave-diggers cannot be expressed iu terms Sufficiently rfepreliensiUe . We are delighted to see that Mr . Wakeling , tbe vestry-clerk of St James's , ClerkenweH , intends to indict Messrs . Bird , Green , and Smith , who are entrusted with the management ofthecemetry , at the next session . Mr . Wakeling , vestry-clerk of St . James ' s , Glerkeaweil , who attended on behalf of that parish , announced it to be his intention to indict Messrs . Bird , Green , and Smith at the next sessions . He had no douiK but the parish would pay the cost bnt if not , he would pay it out of his own pocket . The parties then retired .
TCESHAT . —ESBEZZ 1 EHEKT ASD ATTEMPTED SUICIDE . — Mr . Eeuben Wright Bans , a respectable looking middleagedman , agent to the Liverpool Reform Association , and residing at Queen Anne-street , York-buildings , Liverpool , was ch . -irjejl with embezzling £ 10 , the property of the above association , and attempting to destroy himself . —At One o'clock on the previous day the prisoner went into the cheniicalshop of Mr . Lye , of Penton-place , Peotonville , and asked for six pennyworth of poison . Mr . Lye , perceiving him to be in a highly excited and agitated condition , refused 1 , -im the poison , and sent for a constable . PolicetOllStable 3 a & Came , arrested , and conveyed him te the
Station . He admitted that he intended self-destruction , and said his aunt , Mrs . Stevens , lived in Gamden-villa , C . -unden-grove , Peckliam , Inspector Fenny sent him thither -nith the constable , when it was found lie had made a falsestatcment , no SUCh person as Stevens residing there . He was then taken back to the station-house , and , when about to be locked up , he said I may as well tell the whole truth . I am agent to the Reform Association in Liverpool , and have robbed my employers of £ 10 , which I spent since Friday last , when I came to London . —Mr . Combe directed the police to communicate with the association and frith his wife , and remanded the prisoner for a week .
QtJEEN SQUARE . Satchdat A Daxgerods Fahilt Disobdes . — Patrick Welch , an Irishman , was brought before Mr . Bnrrel , the sitting- magistrate , chargedwithassaulting and breaking some furniture belonging to Margret Conuell , awumanwith whom he had been cohabiting for some time . According to the evidence of the complainant she had lived for nearly seven years with the defendant , dur ingwhich period she had by him two children . Recently he had been iu the practice of treating her in a very cruel manner . About a fortnight ago he had assaulted her very severely , giving her a pair of black eyes and cutting her head very badl y with bis fists . This she would have forgiven him at the time , but since then he had been no better . Yesterday she had a visit from her mother , who lives at Bedfordburj ; on which occasion the whole parly had some rum together . The consequence was , that the
defendant got intoxicated , and while in that state he sought a cause of quarrel with her , and in a fit of passion he broke several chairs and a table , and destroyed some pictures and crockery . The furniture was her's , as she had for some tune supported the defendant . —The landlord of the house deposed to the breaking of the furniture , aud estimated the damage done at about 16 s . —The defendant in defence urged that he was drunk , SUld did not know what he was doing . He was apt to act in the manner described whenever he took drink , a circumstance which he ascribed to the fact of its being a "family disorder , " his father having been in the practice Of doing SO before him . If he was dealt leniently-with that time , he should joiu ; i teetotal society , and never do so again . —The complainant was then fined 16 s ., being the amount of damage done , and ordered to find sureties for his future good behaviour . In default of bail he was locket up .
SOCTHWARK . Satotday . —Stripping Childbbn of theib Cx , oxhes . -Elizabeth Denovan was charged with stripping children of their clothes on several occasions , and pledging the articles so obtained at different pawnbrokers in the Borough . Evidence iras adduced of at least six distinct robberies of this ttnd . She had been once before charged nith a similar offence , when she was leniently dealt with by the magistrate , under the impression that she was dr iven to do so from necessity . 3 fow , however , it appeared she was a regular adept in this species of pilfering , and had formerly imposed by a false statement of her case . —Hr . Cottenham remanded her for a few days , so as give time to get the case properly up , in order to send o the sessions .
" DxaDAT . —Oasikg axd Brutal Robeeby . —Caroline -son , a girl of the town , was charged with being conled with two inen , notin custody , in a robbery , attended th violence , on the person of fir . James Henry Hawj . —The complainant stated that on the preceding ight , ; tl > out ten o ' clock , as he was proceeding homewards , x walkiug along the Blackfriar's-road the prisoner came up to him , and entreated him to give her some refreshment at a puoiichouse , which she pointed out at the corner of Cross-street As ihe girl seemed to require that which she asked for , it being an extremely cold nieht .
comolainant assented to her request , and thev accordingly walked together towards the public-house she had previously pointed out When they arrived near the corner of Cross-Btreet , two men came behind them , one of whom immediately struck comphunant a severe blow under the right ear , which had the eiBst of momentaril y stunning him , | narmderin | himiBcapaWeof exactly knowing what was JTj ^ wm he recovered himself , on turning round »™ S ? a * . ? " assailant he perceived the two men were % at-rPi . H » pnsoner also * and he at the same time found J ^ lf' ™* beearobbed of a purse containing ten sove-^ S ^* i ^ iwtohwastakenfromhiS wahtcoaipwuet . Obterrtag ma prisoner running , with great
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speed in the middle of the road , he pursued her , aud on cominff up with her accused her of robbing him of his purse and nwray- ; J > ut ^ he . declared she hainotv-and said that ihe" knewnbthing ' of the men by whom he was at . tacked . The complainant added that he had a Tamable cold watch in the other pocket of his waistcoat , but that it was nottafeen . He , however , held the prisoner , who » ade exertions to get away , until a policeman came to the spot , into whose custody he gave her . The purse and its contents have not been found . —The prisoner was remanded .
THAMES . Toesdat . —A 3 t 4 s ' s "Findings" not hie "Own . "five Irish ballast-heavers , named Burke , Scully , Buckly , Sullivan , and Grady , were this day finally examined and committed to Newgate , charged tvith stealing a plate chest , containing plate to the amount of £ 100 , and a gold watch valued at 30 guineas , the property of Mr . Richard Gardner , a gentleman residing at Brentwood , in Essex . The chest was lost by the upsetting of a wherry in October hist , owing to the swell occasioned by two steam-boats , and , as it appeared from the evidence , was carried down from Waterloo-bridge to where the prisoners were at work below London-bridge , where it was taken up about ten days ago in a ballast bag . The greater part of the propertv havinn-, according to one of the prisoners , been disjose ' d of for £ 410 s to some house in the city , the case was remanded for the purpose of discovering what the worthy magistrate called " one of the most wholesale cases of receiving that ever came under his observation ; " but Inspector Evans , after the strictest scrutiny , not being able to obtain a clae to the place , the prisoners were committed fortrial . .
i BOW-STREET . Mosdat . —The Infamous Ckim . Con . Case Again . — A respectably dressed middle aged woman , named Elizabeth Aun Absalon , appeared in answer to a , summons charging her with having- insulted and annoyed Mr . C . J . fox Bunbury , the son of Sir H . Bunbury , of MUdenhaU , Suffolk . The defendant , who was rather a plainlookiug woman , had a female child in her arms , and was represented by her sottsftw , Mr . Woutuer . The transactions out of which the present'case arose hare lately appeared in the report of an action brought against the complainant by the husband of the defendant , who , it will be recollected , was represented as having originally introduced herself to Jlr . Bunhury as a ( lMiss Francis , '? but afterwards , upon the marriage of that gentleman , appeared as thefahhlesswifeofthemjuredJIr . Absalon . —Ilr . Jennings , solicitor , attended for the complauiant .- ^ -JIr . Bunbury deposed that he was walking in the Strand one afternoon
hist week , when the defendant approached him , aud commenced abusing him in the most violent language . He endeavoured to avoid her , and nith that view turned into Somerset-house , but she followed him closely , and , pointing to a child which she held in her arms , ' accused him of brutally neglecting to support it . He threatened to give herinto Custody , but sheouly became themore vehement , and "dared" himtp adopt a course which would be enabling her to show him up to the world . ¦ He then called a cab , and was getting into it ; when she struck ; him on the Shoulder and to * e his coat all up the back . Upon this he went to a policeman and thought of giving her in charge , but seeing such a large crowd of persons collecting round him he abstained from doing so , and got into the cab , in which he was driven away . Mr . Bunbury said he had no desire to have the woman punished , but only wished to be spared the annoyance of another attack of this kind in the streets . —In reply to questions put by Mr . " Wontner , Sir .
Bunbury domed that he had any laiowieage ot the uetenaantbelnga . married-woman during the time he was acquainted with her . She gave him to understand that the reverse was the fact . —Mr . Hall objected to the introduction of anv matters irrevelant to the present inquiry , as it was nopartofhis duty , as a magistrate , to judge of any former understandings' between ths parties , or of any supposed claims arising therefrom . —Mr . Wontner wished to shew the provocation which his client had received , from the treatment of the complainant , after such correspondence between them as that which he was prepared to produce . — Hr . Hall could not go into that subject , and remindec Mr . Wontner that the law did not sanction violent and abusivs conduct in the streets under any pretence . —Mr . Jennings said his worship might probably recollect that with regard to any imaginary •' clahns" that might be
asserted on behalf of the defendant , that matter had been entirely set at rest by the action in the Court of Exchequer , which ili \ Baron Phitt denounced as a most disgraceful affair—an opinion in which Mr . Serjeant Jones , who opened the case for the plaintiff , but gave up Ms brief On being made acquainted with the facts , entirely coincided . JUr . Wontner , however , was not the solicitor oh that occasion . —Mr . Wontner- did not think the wife should be held responsible for any steps Mr . Absalou might have taken , influenced , as he no doubt had been by feelings of indignation . He was bound , therefore , to press the claims of his client upon Mr . Bunbury , who was a gentleman of great wealth and rank , whilst she had been reduced to the utmost distress . —At the suggestion of the magistrate , the complaint was ultimately with , drawn , on ihe defendant's promising not to repeat the annoyance .
WOKSHIP-STREET . . ilojiDAT . —Outrage and Assauit . —A man uanwd William D&rgan , whose . person bore evident marks of severe chastisement , was charged before Mi-. Broughton with the following scandalous violence upon the wife of a labouring man , named Shaw : —It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutrix ( whose face was shockingly disfigured with cuts and contusions ) and another witness , that at five o ' clock on Saturday afternoon a poor woman was carried in fits into the shop of a Mrs . Hughes , in George-yard , Whitechapel , and laid , in that state upon the floor . The prisoner short !); after entered , and , using a disgusting epithet , said that if the fainting woman was his wife he would soon punch holes in her body for " shammiug . " Mrs . Hughes protested against such brutal expressions , and the prisoner not only loaded her with the most abusive epithets , but accused her of incontinence ¦ tvith a negro . The proseeutrix , who was purchasing articles in the shop , told him he ought to be ashamed of himself for using such language towards the mother of seren children , but the words were scarcely out of her
mouth , when the prisoner struck her to the ground with a back-handed blow ; she was rising on her knees , but the prisoner then caught her by the hair with both his hands , and , holding down her head in a convenient position for his purpose , dealt her two terrible kicks in the face , one of which laid open a gash in-her left cheek , and the second shockingly contused the other . The woman instantly became insensible , and was so carried into her own house , whence upon her recovery she was led to the hospital , where her wounds were dressed , the surgeon remarking that she appeared as if she had been kicked by a horse . The prisoner ' s conduct excited such indignation in those who had witnessed it , that both he and his wife were set upon by some of the neighbours , and so severely handled that he was obliged to go to bed , from which he was taken by a policeman , into whose custody he was given by the prosecutrix ' s husband . —The prisoner denied part of the violence anputed to him , and attempted to justify the other by the beating he and his wife had themselves sustained , but Mr . Broughton characterised it as an outrageous act of violence , and ordered him to find bail to answer the charge at the sessions .
MARYLEBONE . MOITDAT . —ROBBEBT AND SlSODLAB REcoVEBT OF A Fiftt-Pound Note . —Ellen Purcell , serv a nt to Mr . Lyne , a dyer , in Wimpole-street , Cavendish-square , was brought up in custody of W yness , 43 D , and placed at the bar , beore Mr . liatvlinson , charged with having stolen a Bank of Englandnote for £ 50 , the property of Mr . Henry Smythe , a gentleman holding a situation at the Stamp Office , and a knife belonging to her master . It appeared from the evidence that on Friday hist Mr . Smythe , who occupied apartments at the house above referred & > , left in his bedroom a tin box containing a £ 50 note ; the wairl liox was locked , but the key , which formed , part of a Imriuh . remained in the room . On the folluwinnumrniuu U' > mlaa" !
the note , and ax > ohucman , who was citllml In , iimiln st ' . iUITll for it , hut without effect ; but n . knir .: >> i : i ., ti ( riiiK i'j Mr . Lyne was found hi the pri . ionur ' K puHHi-iinloii . Tim nnan was at length ] iut into the liamln of YVyj > c « n , llm ullim-. r . who yesterday morning , after t ) io j > rl «< im ; r luul Itniiti searched b y : t female , louiul in a crovlco in llm wn . ll Imncath tlie safe a Hiuall parcel , which ho contrived Id | m " out , and in it was a £ 50 notii ; it wax \ vivi | i | iit ( I up hi a pieco of paper and linen ; the lnttur liml bftun lorn from it dustor which the primmer waB in tlus hubll of iwlntf . It was further shown that Wyucis found In n i > i > i : lc » t IwW king to the prisoner two knives , one of which Imtl huun missed by Mr . Lynu afew days previously , Thu luiminor was , 'in order to afford time for the attcmlumx of other witnesses , remanded till Wednesday .
1 AMBETH . Mo . vdat . — PaizE-FioHT . — . John Liriney , altos the 15 Cowboy , " a well-known pugilist , and William Thorne , were charged before Mr . Henry , the former with being the second , and the latter the bottle-holder , at a prizefight , which took place at eight o'clock , near the Nunhead Cemeteiy , Peckham Hye . Mr , Henry said that the practice of fighting for money was highly improper , and should be put an end to , and ordered the prisoners to find bail for their good behaviour . Before the closing of the court they were admitted to bail on their own recognisances and discharged .
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i SPOTTISWOODE AND HIS PAPER MONEY I ADVOCATE . — ^^^^* j ^^^* J * * * . . * . > a »
Ws liave a favour to crave at the hands of some of our friends : ean any of them furnish us with , a copy of the Operative newspaper , as far as it was published ? They will greatly oblige if they can . SroniSTf OODE and Co . have organised themselves into a society for " Emancipation of British Indtutry : " and the mean * of their " Emancipation" are immense issues of iscoif-VERTIBLE Paper-money , that prices may be raised " COMPATIBLE with high taxes AND OTHER BURDENS TO CORRESPOND !! " In other
words , to enable the Minister to draw from the life ' sblood of the nation the means of paying the interest of a Debt never contracted by the nation , and which said debt amounts to a greater sum than the whole " money" of the whole world would liquidate ; to enable that same Minister to obtain the means of paying , in "full-tale , " the hordes of idlers and prostitutes quartered on the public , through the pension list , the half-pay list , the retired-allowance list , the sinecure list , the dead-weight list , and the hiqiijMT . uwgniifif .. Bis to enable ihe Minister to maintain " high taxation , " that these "OTHER BURDENS TO CORRESPOND" may be firml y and
securely jia : « t on tlie shoulders of the people , thai SroiiisirobDE and Co . propose to violate every existing engagement—to disrupt the entire of commercial transactions—and to ROB . every creditor of one-half of his just debts ! . ' ! These , are the purposes of the " ixcoxvEBtiBiE Paper-money" gang , and such are the effects'to which their nostrums would inevitably lead ; and it is for the purpose of exposing the gross injustice and inherent nefariousness of tiie whole scheme , that we wish for the assistance of our " old friend" of the Operative . In the columns of that paper we remember there were inserted , from , the pen of the Editor , a series of papers " showkgup , " inlferocious frfyle , "theJews andjob-
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wULbeiibuhd an abstract of Sir James Murray ' s p hfi-jtfft f ^ ariTh&Sp ^ mond the reader ' s attention . It will be seen that the principles of the paper in question were recommended by Mr . O'Cossbll to the consideration of the manufacturing-emp loyment meeting at the Royal Exchange on the 13 fch ult .: and from this we presume that it is Mr . O'Coa-xell ' s intention to enforce Its practice upon the Irish mind ; a practice , in the extension of which had all the money filched from the Irish people for the last twenty years been expended they might now have been living under a system which , in their present temper , we fear they will receive but as a poor substitute for the great blessing so ] ong promised : a system , however , which must be resorted to before " Ireland can be for the Irish . "
In the present posture of the x agricultural interest of this country .-committcd to the "faith , " the " care , " and "trusteeship" of . Sir Robert Pebl , — there is no hope save in the dread of that " RUIN " Which , must inevitably follow the destruction of a class , woo for years , nay , centuries , have been the disposers of the country's fate . The Report of the Devon Commission leaves us little hope of correction from wikout ; while the Ignorance of Parliament on
agricultural questions leaves ua as little from mnis . The manifest , the injurious , and admitted injustice practised by the Irish landlords , until unopposed custom had become law , justifies every crime that has been perpetrated , and would sanctify a revoluiio . v , if the guilty only would suffer in the conflict . Unfortunately such is the view that we are compelled to take of the several grievances imposed upon society , by a selfish , bigotted , ignorant class , possessed of power to sanction , if not to justify , their atrocities . i If the landlords alone were to feel the effect of Sir
Robert Push ' s free trade policy ; if they alone could be made to suffer the penalty of their own misdeeds , we should not be over nice in apportioning their just nlee'd of punishment . However , when we consider the vast amount of power possessed by this body , together with their ability as individuals to oppress , and as a community to resist correction , we confess that we do feel a difficulty in dealing with them because on their fate depends the fate of millions , to whose neglect and destitution , a class , if possible ,
more griping and oppressive , look as a God-send . The English mind , weaned , as it wore , from agricultural pursuits , , is not even yet prepared to see in Landed monopoly the foundation of every national woe ; and , therefore , to Ireland , as an agricultural country , we look with some hope for the application of the best portions of Sir James Muhrav ' s plan , as the means of rescuing the labouring classes from that state of unparalleled misery and destitution so heartlessly admitted in the Devon Report .
The essential portions of Sir James Murray ' s plan have been recommended and enforced by Mr . O'Connor in "Parliament , the Northmi Star , and other publications , for the last ten years : and , therefore , to recapitulate them here would be a mere waste of time . We cannot refrain , however , from a short calculation of the good that might have been effected for Ireland had the proceeds of the Repeal Rent been applied to the practical working of some such scheme as that to ' which Mr . O'CWnem has given his assent .
Not by any means approving of that comparative state of prosperity to Which Sir James Murray would elevate the half-slave , half-freeman , we shall ,. nevertheless , content ourselves with taking the » position in which he would place a working man in preference to that which he now occupies , Sir James says-Ordinary districts valued at 10 s . per acre , and twenty years' purchase , would be £ 10 , price paid for the fine or cost of each acre , or £ 1 , 000 for every allotment of 100 acres , which would be sufficient for each single location of poor , because it is more economical to spread these humble plantations at convenient distances , so that the men might be near farmers , to work for them when it can be obtained , and when work is scarce , to have their own small holding near at hand to employ their time .
Now land that would fetch 10 s . an acre in Ireland is by no means waste , barren , or even bad land ; but , on tbe contrary , is of that quality . which , by moderate labour , might be made worth 30 s . per acre in three years , and the price of wliich , to be bought out-and-out , we are told would bo £ 10 . If , then , we estimate the amount , of Repeal rent paid within the last two years at £ 100 , 000 , and the price of an acre at £ 10 , we find that this great "national" maw baa in two years swallowed up as much as would
give one acre of land to each of ten thousand famDies : and if we estimate each family at seventhat is , a man , his wife , and five children—we learn that a set of lazy , idle , spouting "gentlemen " have received . is much in two years as would provide permanent happiness and employment for 70 , 000 human beings !! We think , then , that however others may deplore and censure the heartless treafc raent to wliich the Irish people are subjected , our " friends" of the Concfflatimi Mall should be the last
to murmur . The Nation , from which we have taken that portion of Sir James Murray ' * plan that we publish , appears to approve of the project for its simplicity , and supposes that it must have suggested itself to many minds before : and adds that it now appears "for the first time in a plain , practical , business-Hie shape . " Here we beg to correct our cotemporary , who should have said , " we have first seen it in a plain , practical , business-like shape . " Even then we should have doubted our friend ' s veracity , inasmuch as we know him to be a reader of the Northern Star ; and there the
same principle has been enforced and repeated in a more full , plain , practical , business-like shape . However , as we are not churlish of aid in support of measures that can tend to elevate the working classes , we allow our cotemporary the full privilege of conferring authorship upon any whose name is capable of giving effect to the proposition . We shall anxiously await the remainder of the plan , and as anxiously look for any light that tbe Nation can throw upon it ; ana more anxiously still to see the degree of support that it is likely to receive from the Conciliation Hall Regenerators !
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much ! ,. after living , The Master Printers , for , i ; ea . sons assigned in the resolutions which appear underneath , propose to reduce the rate of wages to setfenpence , or a rosnucnorf of more than twelve percent . A Mr . M'Dowall has been selected by tbe Masters to try the foul experiment on tbe pliancy of bis men ; and the following resolutions must be taken as the best reason that the Master Printers can assign for the projected reduction : — At a General Meeting of tU Trade of Master'Printers , ftete this < ky , at Antlerion ' s Coffee-house , ANDREW SPOTTISWOODE , ESQ ., IN THE CHAIR , Tlie following resolutions were pvtand seconded , and earned by a very large majority : — . ,. . _ ¦ „ . _ , „_ . of the Trade
Hesoived , 1 . —That this general meeting , hating heard read the minutes of the committee of the Master Printers' Association of the 31 st ult ., and the i th and 24 th inst ., negative the alleged custom in the Trade for paying Appeal Cases at Sd . pei- 1000 ; behenug that the majority of those houses which have paid 8 d ., have done so upon the representation which has been made to them , that such was the practice of certain offices in the TrstclB " ' * 2-That , when they consider that Master Printers are perhaps the only class in the trading community who have not called upon their journeymen to dimmish the scale ot prices established during the war , when the quartern wat was at Is . 7 d ., except as to reprints ; when the Masters reflect that-they have greatly reduced their charges to their employers , notwithstanding the expenses of carrying on their business have ' greatly increased , Jihey consitter this not the time , when the qucartern loaf is at lia ,, to sanction an increase iu the charge for any work beyond the war prices . , ¦ , ,. . 3 . —That thejean see nothing iu Appeal Cases'wlucn should entitle them to be paid at a higher rate than other Parliamentary printing , and certainly not at a higher rate than 7 d . per 1000 , which is the maximum price the war scale recognises for a species of work attended witn all the inconveniences which the shortest Appeal Case can present to the'Compositor ; therefore , they entii-ely . agree with tlie decision of tho Committee of the MasteivPrmters Association , that the proper mode of casting up Appeal Cases is at 7 d . per 1000 , and'that the side-notes be paid ott valorem , according to Art . 12 of the scale . ' ' : •' ¦¦ 4 . —That they highly disapprove of tho course the Couipositors have adopted in the office of Mv . M'DowaU ( the Honorary Secretary to the Association ) , as shewn by ms circular of the 24 th instant , with the view of compelling him to pay for an Appeal Case 8 d . per 1000 , and Ss . per s heet for side-notes , which he states to consist only of the word " Appendix" at the shoulder of each page . 5 . —That , to evince the determination of this meeting to support the decision of the Committee , such of the members present as may have Appeal Cases in hand in their offices ; and who may hitherto have had them composed owtb . eestabU 6 hmentTovat 8 d . pev 1000 , will immediately rive them out to Compositors on the piece at 7 d . per 1000 ; and that those who have no Appeal Cases to give out will take a portion of . Mr : M'DowaU ' s , and give it to six Compositws on the piece , in each of their offices at 7 d , 6 . —That , should such Compositors in any of their offices refuse to go on with the Case at 7 d , per 1000 , the master of that office will not give them any other work , but mil supply their places by taking fresh apprentices , and immediately communicate the fact to the . Secretary , who shall thereupon summon the Committee . 7 . —That the members present at this meeting pledge themselves to adopt such'further measures , even to giving the Case to their whole office , as the Committee may recommend . .
Let us have a word on these " resolutions . Ilie ftr ' d leads us to a knowledge of that sweeping facility possessed by Masters to NEGATIVE an alleged custom , and to establish a new one upon its ruia . There 'is no mention of cightpemc being too much for tbe labour performed ; while the fact of that rate having being paid for more than ten years establishes such a title to ; as requires more than the "simple representation" of Master Printers in meeting assembled to set it aside . The second resolution fully establishes the fact , that the " omnipotent Masters " are resolved that the Working Classes shall not have any portion of the benefit arising from " cheap food ;" while the concluding sentence is hypocritically intended to conveu the notion that the Masters are
RESISTING an increase in the charge of tvork , instead of AiiEMprisG a REDUcnoy of inore than twelve per cent . , ' . ' The third resolution is . a still stronger proof of the very slight grounds on which this most tyrannous act can be justified ; but it must be understood that in the original compact , the mode of casting up " Appeal Cases" with side notesconstituted one whole question ; and the side notes being very indefinite , and not regulated by scale , were paid for extra ; and th eightpence per thousand was considered no more than afair price for the body of the wovk , without the side notes . The fourth resolution , assures us that " the Masters highly disapprove of the course adopted by the Compositors . " We can very
well understand disapproval coming from such a quarter ; but we cannot understand how the word " appendix , " constituting the side notes in one sheet , can be assigned as a justification for annulling an agreement where the probability , or indeed frequency , of such an occurrence must have constituted a portion of the original contract . Toe . fifth resolution confirms the melancholy fact that the success of the masters must always depend upon ' the disunion of the men ' . but W 6 trust that those employed on the " establishment , "—for that ' s the mastersYwiam reli .
ance , ~ will not be found so foolish as to strengthen the hands of their oppressors . The sixth resolution is confirmatory of that despotism by wliich capitalists are enabled to compel obedience from the employed . The assembled masters state that on refusal to comply with their terms , they will immediately communicate the fact to their secretary , who shall thereupon summon the committee . They should have added , and " theyxtillforthwith proceed to damn , blacken , starve , or otherwise destroy , every working man who refuses to submit to ouv tyranny . "
Such are the resolutions passed by the masters ; resolutions conceived in injustice , and , if not met , will be carried out in vengeance . "We have great hope , however , that a society so firmly bound together as . the Compositors of the empire , will make a firm stand AGALVST THIS PROPOSED ACT OF TTRAXSY . Let US S 6 e how the " artful and designing /' thus attempted to be robted of one-eighth of their wages , meet the machinations of the enemy . The following short but pithy document , with the accompanying resolutions , inspires hope , and will be read , not by Compositors alone , but by every class of labourers with , that attention and respect that it merits : — .
NATIONAL TXPOOBiPHICAL A SSOCIATIOn ! Falcon Tavern , Gough-scmare , Feh . 27 , 1845 . The Committee , m laying before the members of this society a copy of the resolutions agreed to at a special delegate meeting on ; the 19 th inst ., and likewise that passed at a special meeting of the Committee this evenimf , express their unanimous hope that the trade , in this instance ? will act farraly and prudentl y to the resolutions here appended ; assured that upon their firmness and unanimity the issue against Id . per 1000 fov Appeal Cases becoming the law of the trade will alone depend . In these resolutions , the Committee have drawn out the course for each man to pursue who may have offered to him this description of work at the reduced price , viz .. 7 d . net-1000 : and state , if
¦? , TuV ? , ttrse ° e strictl J' complied with , the Committee will be full y prepared to take each membev ' s interest into their consideration upon the terms expressed in the 50 th tile ot t in National Typographical Association , the Executaves of that association having decided upon " surmort-? $ L J ? Zo »(? on Tr « 4 e in fliatoiubio tfce wice of 8 dL uer 1000 . for Appeal Cases , in om > osition to the Masters'Declaration . 11 ms , the trade will see that the Compositors oF ljonaou are m a sositwa to ttppose such attempted reduction , it being sanctioned by the District Boards of the three kingdoms ,, aud the unanimous approval of a Special Delegated Meeting . The Committee's words are to the members- " Act honestly and truly to the resolutions they have subjoined , and success must attend the labours of the trade , and also those of the Committee "
_ . RcsoJ «( wns vcsotoeA upon «{ a Special Delegated Meeting , on Wednesday , theldth instant .. 1 . That any man , on the piece , accepting anv ( limited too )* upon , the establishment , shall , if a member oftMs society , be immediately excluded , and only re-admitted by and with the consent of a delegate meeting . If he be not a . member , his eligibility to become so shall be at the discretion only of a delegate meeting , " " 2 . That any turnover , not under indenture , accepting employment upon any kind of work that is in dispute shall not , at the expiration of his servitude , bo eligible to become a member of this society without the Consent Of i )
Resolved- " That every Compositor , on the piece , who may have offered to him the composition or maSinir-UD of amm ? v " ! ft 1 , 7 d ' P 10 « 0 . ^ , upon his o ™ Son . sibihty refuse the acceptance of the same and if he be ? 2 te / i ? / ' C 0 n 5 istently > vitU Se a cuS . tomed pme of the trade , compose , he do immediately give ^ J ^" , ! tsno , ° e > and write to the Committee , through the secretary , for further instructions . " s By orfler of the Committee . The reader has now the plain and simple case of the
respective parties . before him ; and in order to adjust the difference , the Masters have proposed to submit the case to arbitration . Now , at the first blush , such proposition carries with it the semblance of "fail ' play : ' but when the men remember that on every occasion when their case has been submitted to arbitration they have been wheedled- out of their rights , they naturally enough pause ere they submit the decision of their case to the representatives ot a party whose detemination to persevere is so unequivocally stated in their own publUhed
resolutions . - We feel no little pride in publishing the Mowing resolutzon , passed by a " chapel" ( as a meeting of $ he Printers' in an office is technically termed )! at our own printing office : —
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That this " chapel" quite . approT . eioLthecoui'Sbtaow beirifr taken bv the Trade to oppose the attempt oil the part of the Masters to reduce the wages of the Compositors ; and wiU hold themselves ready to adopt any course the National Typographical Association may deem ' expedient Thev also venture to expressyi hope that the Trade wall never swerve from their vDeen | gktermmati 6 n . The following resolution has also been passed at a " chapel" of the " g reat conspirator ' s" office : —
March 1 , 1645-At a « chapel" of Mr . M'Dowall ' s office , held on Friday , Feb . 28 , it was moved , seconded , and carried unanimously , " That , in the event of any individual being called on to go on with the Appeal Case in clisputa in this office at 7 d . per 1000 , and , on his refusal to do so , it be intimated to him that he shall receive no othar employment , this' chapel recommend each member individually to give a fortnight ' s notice . "
March 3 . In pursuance of the above resolution , and the Case having this morning been tendered to six persons , the whole of the members of the chapel immediately gave notice . ' Owing to the refusal of some of the Compositors to take the work at the reduced price , the whole of tke men , at the following offices , have given notice to leave : — Sir . MTJowam ' s , Pemberton-row , Gough-scjuartt , Mr . ClAV'S , Bread-StreeUiill . Mr . M'Intosh ' s , New-street . Mr . Bentlly ' s , Shoe-lane . Mr . KisfDEB ' s , Green Arbor-court . Messrs . Trtm and Beed's , Bolt-court , rijeeUtr&ct .
Having thus plainly , impartially , and 'diapassionatcly submitted the case of both parties , we ask if the men—who , be it observed , do not demand an incnaa , BUT MERELY RESIST A REDUCTION of Wages , arc IlOt entitled to something more than the sympa % of the Trades and Working Classes of the Empire ? The Compositora are a compact and well-organised body . They are a small body comparatively spealung , and are peculiarly fitted for tlie position they have assumed— that is . if their , brethren rally roumi . them and support them in their struggle . Their contest is not like the Miners' contest , where the parties requiring support were too numerous and too widely spread to be managed by any , the most com . pact ' machinery ;
We learn that the majority , indeed nearly tke entire of the Masters , are free traders ; and there * fore we are induced to make a calculation of tbe efi ' eci that the proposed reduction would have upon their work-people . . Compositors engaged at tlie work in question , could earn about 40 s . a-week—supposing them fully cffli ployed . A reduction of twelve per cent , would amount to £ 13 a year ; arid at £ 2 3 s . 4 d . a quarter , the proposed reduction upon each man ' s wages woute purchase six quarters of wheat ; so that by tilts means it will be seen that the rich employer , the " free trade" cot fi'inonopolist , seeks to monopolism aZIthe advantages of " cheap bread , " " cheap sugar , " " cheap glass , " and " cheap cotton-wool" for bis o « rx " sole use , behoof , and benefit ! " There is one su < &
glaring falsehood in the second resolution , that we cannot refrain from calling especial notice to it . It says ,. '' the . Masters have greatly reduced their charges to their employers , notwithstanding the expenses of carrying on their business have greatly increased , " Now this " fact" is a " great lie ; " inasmuch as nearly all the expenses of carrying on their busineiS have been greatly reduced . Paper has been greatly reduced ; machinery has been greatly reduced ; trpe has been tremendously reduced . The duty on glass , an article ^ extensive use with them , is to be swept away . All articles of food and clothing for tliem « selves , and families , have been reduced ; while tees mi-monopolists would deprive thtir hands of aw / ad « vantage in the several redxtctionsthat have ^ mn made , by a still greater reduction in their vjages .
' It is rather ominous that the Chairman of the Masters' meeting to reduce the wages of the Cow positors , should have been the very man who is "top-sawyer" in the "Society for the Emascipatiqx of . British Industry , " by means of inconvertible paper « money issues , that " high prices may be secured-a and possibly high wages—compatible with HIGH
TAXATION AND OTHER BURDENS TO CORRESPOND ! ! ! " It is a strange mode of enabling the producer to meet HIGH TAXATION . -rendered dwbly O 2 ) pressive through the operation of Peel ' s Bill , as Spoihswoode and Jus Society hold , —to re « duce his wages ! Queer Emancipation , that ! Does not this simple fact let out another " gbkat tact V that SpoinsffQo » E and Co . > in seeking for rtaVsort of Emancipation , seek for hioh prices for tkmselves and LOW WAGES for the workers ? Doei not their conduct prove this ? andean nW the / tired advocacy in the world show it to be different ?
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J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sunw , for the Local Victim Fund : —From Carrington , 2 s . id . ; Arnold , Is . 3 d . ; Basford , Is . 2 d . ; The Shoemakers ' Locality , 2 s . Cd . ; Bjron-wara ditto , Is . 6 d . ; St . Ann ' s ditto , Is . 6 d . ; Mr . Gregory , Is . Mr . Sweet has also received , for Mrs . Ellis : —From the Seven Stars , >' ottingham , 2 s . ; James Sweet , Gd .
Mrs . John Dcncas ? acknowledges tlie receipt of £ 1 from Alva , by Mr . Clark ; £ 1 6 s . Cd . from Tillicoultry , bj Mr . Monteith ; and XI from Markinch , by Mr . Kida , of Dundee , A Subscriber , Skelmanthorpe , should embody the whole facts of the case in a complaint to ihe po 3 t master general , who will cause an inquiry to beinsti . tuted into , the case ; and if it should turn out that the letter has Tjeenopened by the party orparties he suspects , the example of Sir James Graham \ vill not save him or them from the consequences of their illegal act . Let the complaint contain nothing but a statement of ktts —facts such as our correspondent and his friends believe themselves to be in a condition to prove . Don't trouble the postmaster-general with any ovimmt ot
comments . Those will best apply when the inveshga . tion that is almost sure to follow his complaiut is over , S . G . S ., PETE ^ oivOTJttH . —To ttie first question , " So . " The rent , exclusive of rates , must be £ 10 to couftr a vote . To the second question , "Yes , " provided tUat tlie lodger have a street-door key , and be able to enter the house at any time he pleases . John Dxwson , Coaisnadghton . —Refer to the A «« t Star of the 15 th of February . E . XT . Saie . —Received twelve postage stamps . Peter Sthatherx , Dundee . —His letter is in type / but obliged to be kept over till next week . Tuomas Wild , Oldham . —Mr . Hobson regrets that he is obliged to decline the kind itwitatiavi to b < i jwasatvUt the opening of the Working Man's Hall ; but his engagements will not permit of his leavinir town ou that
occasion . James Fleming , Stockport . —If the room in qucstiau is in his take , undoubtedly he has a rig ht of entry to it ; and lie would be justified in breaking down any odstruction to his free course . On his other question ive think the present landlord cannot enforce payment of the former arrears . They are not due to him . E . Mitchell , Eochdale . —IVc beg to assure him that in what we said last week there was no iutentkm W disparage Mm . On the contrary , we feared the application regarding tlie resolution was dictated by a captious feeling to find fault with , perhaps , Mr . Mitchell himself ; and we -were not disposed to encourag- e it : so gave fol' answer that -which was intended to exonerate him , altogether .
WH . Bem ,, Heiwood .- —We have not the acts he names by us ; but will try to get a sight of them before nest week , and give him an opinion . D . Patts , Birmingham We did not publish the resolu « tion , because the names of parties were mixed up in it to whom the amende honorable had been made : and they would indeed have bad cause to complain had w « not withheld the publication of such matter . As Mr . Patts well observes , the expose has been made ; and , therefore , there is the less necessity to recur to it . J . Loud , Lancaster— -Tbe property must descend according to the wUl of the deviser . Any other disposition oiit will be unlawful ; and may be set aside . R . Kidd , Dundee , desires us to say that he has received from Markinch , per William Melville , the sum of £ l ;
and from Brighton , per WilliamTloiver , 5 s . Cd ., for UtS , John Duncan . ¦ Moke "Fbuits" op Lobd John Rusbehi / s Non-Ehpiot-MENT OF SpiE 8 , ~ . AnOthCr Victim few ? likely to fall before the Moloch of aristocratic and class powerpoor old Booier , ivho has never recovered siace hii incarceration in the black hole of NorthaUerton , will soon according to all appearances , have to follow in the death-wake of Clayton and Hoi . ber * t . He is now confined to a bed of sickness , and has nothing to depend upon for his and his wife ' s support , exCPpt the dtvil ' t charity fobd out by the hands of the saints in fa $ Uptof iVew Poor Law relief . A few friends of that glorious but much injured cause , Chartism , have collected alittl «
for lum in his hour of need ; and I am requested bj Booker ' s wife to send this acknowledgment to the Star that she has received 7 s . 8 Jd . ; for the satisfaction of those who have contributed , and aBan inducement for others to imitate the example . R . OMET . The Com , ieb 8 ' Prize Song . —It will be remembered that ' during the Colliers' strike in the north . Mr . Roberts offeredaprizeof twoguineasforthebestsongontJnion , to the tune of the " Brave old Oak , " that ghould be produced by any one engaged in , or dependent on , colliery labour . The prize has been awarded to Miss Jane Smith , lateofSacriston . James Watts , Tonbbidoe . —He must be rtfoi at £ 1 * a year beforehe can hare the house licensed .
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THE LONDON MASTER PRINTERS AND COMPOSITORS . ihe sromawooDE mode op securing " high wages " " COMPATIBLE WITH HIOH TAXES AND OTHER BURDEXS TO CORRESPOND ! ! !" Is our several comments , as well on the "Royal Prologue" as on the " free Trade" measures of Sir Robert Peei ., we have always said that the especial objects of the Right Hon . Gentleman ' s tenderness , cave , and solicitude would have , for THEIR SHARE of " prosperity" the bare lone , after the represented middle-classes had picked off the meat . Every proposition submitted to Parliament , even the Allotment
scheme of Mr . Cowper , tends to convince us that the " outward and visible" sign of improvement onl y is intended for the labourer , while "the inward aud spiritual grace" is conferred on his employer . All these anticipations may be assigned , either to OW contempt for Parliament , or our doubt of its capacity to legislate in the right direction between the parties electing that body and the parties on whose labour tlie electors live . In the dispute now vaging between the i Master Printers and the Compositors , the correctness of Mr . Dhurv / s opinion , and ofour conviction , is irrefutably established ; that is , that t / lejxw 6 f tte Capitalist is wore dangerous than the power of the Law !
As it has ever been our course to take part with every branch of Labour , whensoever and by whomsoever oppressed , we deem it our duty to bring the case of the London Masters and Compositors before the public , in the hope that such a sympathy for the aggrieved may be aroused as shall enable them — using their own language , _ " to fight the battle of right against might . " In the outset we shall state the case of the dispute , leaving to ouv readers the task of judging for themselves . A certain scale of prices for composing a description of work termed "Appeal Ccues '> has been established for more th an ten yeara ; the rate paid being eightpence per WOO letters : astandard which has not enabled the Compositors to hoard . ¦ * * ¦
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O'CONNELL AND THE LAND . There is no adage more true than that " one man may steal a horse , while another dare not look over the hedge . " In the Nation of last week we have one of the most sweeping justifications of our Land policy , that could be suggested even by a hired advocate . Mr . O'Connell never suggests any political changes or social improvements , it is , on the contrary , his practice first to recommend , and then to
adopt such suggestions of others as are likely to create a&eah excitement . Hence Mr . Gre ? Porter , Aid . Buit , Dr . Mavksbvl , Sharmas Crawford , and others of less noi « , hare been . flattered from time to timo by the " Liberator ' s" fascinating approval and recommendation of their measures . True , the prize that Mr . O'Cosnell has' placed- Wove the Irish people was so valuable and easy of acquisition , that he has failed in securing national competition for any of the minor stakes .
The subject of our present notice is an elaborate proposition of Sir James MuRRAT . for the wholesale improvement of " Ireland and the Irish . " The "Whigs , in their day of tribulation , created so many " Knights and Baronets , " that we do not know to which tribe Sir James belongs ; while we are free to confess that his _ adoption of <>»»• princi ples —( for in every good line we recognise not only our policy but our word ?)—entitles him to much higher honours than any that monarcha can bestow . In our sixth page
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bers , and all the unholy spawn of the infernal Papermoney system j'teand-an ' explanation ' of ' a ^ mFottKe " jargon of . the Stock-Exchange , particularly of the terms : "Bulls" and "Bears "—was given , together with an • explanation of the causes which operate on the rate of foreign exchanges ; and it would not be aniissjKst now , to reprint some of those articles as an answer to the specious and sophistical reasoning ushered indirectly into the world by Spoiiiswoodi :
and Co ., to prepare the public mind for the perpetration of an act of the grossest injustice arid downright palpable ROBBERY , —an act only to be equalled by the monster theft committed by Peel's Bill !! Contrary to our usual practice , we did not file the numbers of the Operative , as they appeared : a circumstance we much regret , as the articles we speak of would have been of essential service just now , against the horrible schemers who are endeavouring to " baise rracEs" to a point " COMPATIBLE
with HIGH TAXES and OTHER BURDENS TO CORRESPOND ' . " -instead of pursuing the plain , the simple , and the only honest course in relation to this subject—an eqditable adjustment with the " National Creditor , " and a reduction of taxation ioa point compatible to tho nation ' s wants and its ability to $ a $ . . " . ' . . . Spotiiswoodb and Co . are going most insidiously about their , work . They do not appear in their own proper persons . At all events what they do directly has little effect on society . True , they are organised into a confederation designated by the
high-sounding and-catching title of the " Society for the Esiancipatiox of British Industry . " True , also , thai they have published , and thrust into circulation- ^ -bJ means of the butter-women and the trurik-makers-r a series of tracts , to demonstrate the , -benefits that must accrue from the more firmly pdng on the vitals of the producing-mass the insatiably cormorants of annuitants , dividend recipients , deadi weight men , pensioners , sinecurists , and over-paid jobbing officers of state . vTrue , they have done this ; and been laughed at for their pains : and now , therefore , they have gone more secretly and more
insidioMsfotp . work . "We know that they "beat about '* among the " friends of the poor "—those who had the c «» "of the Working Classes—to see if they could get hold of a man who , from his already acquired character as a " champion of the- rights of Industry , " would be listened to , wliile he plausibly and insidiously endeavoured to make it apparent that i \\ o perpetuation of the infernal system of stockbrokers , gambling speculators , jobbing-Jews , by means of an INCONVERTIBLE paper-moiey , and its consequent man prices to make it'" COMPA- ; TIBLE WITH HIGH TAXATION AND OTHER BUR ^
DENS TO CORRESPOND " WOflld , be a BENEFIT !! We know of many whom they tried for this purpose . ; We know that they beset Mr . Oastleh , for . instance , ) and laboured hard to bring Mm to an advocacy of the ! " saving faith" —the saving of the Jews and moneychangers—but without effect , as Mr . Oastleh had always one unvarying answer for them , that "he did not profess to understand the currency question . " We know others whose aid was sought ; and we know too that the party did at last . succeed in getting hold
of one of the soi-disant "friends of the people "one . whose wants probably induced him to listen to the golden reasons of Spoitiswoode and Co . " —for we take it that the pay for such services as were required of hM would neither be offered nor accepted' in "inconvertible Paper-money , " notwithstanding the now mutuidly-received and advocated doctrine , that " GOLD , as a standard of value , is a rude device of ignorance and barbarism ; " and we well remember that such wAST-eaught advocate of the blessed rule of Jews and
jobbers"HIGH-TAXATION AND OTHER BURDENS TO CORRESPOND" — was sent but on a tour through the country to prepare the way for the reception of the new doctrine ofKBLiEP to the ' nation by the more firmlt hooting the evil disease I We remember also that bundles of the Emancipaiobs' ( of-the-Jewsfrom-the-peopk's-MKtfo'& ' iy-to-pay ) tracts were sent down to those of the" Advocate's friends'that were deemed likely to aid him in his new occupation ; but they , not having to look through tlie golden spectacles , could not see the great benefits to be derived from the advocacy of immense issues of "inconvertible Paper-money" to cause " high prices "
that a . " COMPATIBLE HIGH TAXATION AND OTHER BURDENS TO CORRESPOND !" might be maintained ; and they were therefore quiescent . And we further remember , thatit was deemed by the queer sort of Emancipators that the time had come when an experiinent could be tried on the public mind ; and that accordingly a public meeting was called in the " National Hall , " Holborn , when the former denouncer of the Jews and jobbers and all the " infernal system of paper-credit , " appeared as tho advocate for the continuance of that system , as the most sure and certain means of the Nation's Emancipation ! We remember also that Mr . George Rogers ,
a man who understood'the nature of the questionwho knew what the waning of such " Emancipation " was — " spoiled tho sport" of the Spotmswoode gang , by moving the Charter aa an amendment to tho Taper-money resolution , and carrying it , to Mm great chagrin of thenew-born advocate of Emanci |> n . tioii through HIGH TAXATION ! Since then lift lactim of the "BURDENERS of British Indusity " Imvo been somewhat changed . They have not r . oiiio out before the public in public meetings : but Uicy have established a newspaper in " the centre of the three kingdoms" to experimentalise how far they
can tamper with and use the public mind in aid of their queer . scheme of Emancipation 1 The course pursued by that journal has been crafty and insidious enough . It did not at first come out as the advocate of the Paper-money party ; but it cautiously inserted papers and pamphlets reasoning on the monstrous injustice perpetrated by Peel ' s Bill , and on the " rudedevice of ignorance and barbarism in fixing on GOLD , or other money of intrinsic value , aa a standard of value . Then the Editor " called attention" to such papers , and such reasonings : "they were deserving of much consideration , " &c . ~ iic ;
every week the language becoming more and more decickd ; until , at last , we have it fairly out , that the emancipation in store for this plundered nation is , " more of Paper-money , and the abolishment of GOLD ' as a standard of value , that we may have " high p rices , and possibly high ^^ wages , " to enable us to pay a "COMPATIBLE HIGH TAXATION , " , and bear "OTHER BURDENS TO CORRESPOND !!! " It is to answer the present advocate of that doctrine that we wish for the copy of the Operative ; and we shall be greatly indebted to any friend who can furnish us with it .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 8, 1845, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1305/page/4/
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