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I 7 STAI 5 LISIIED in Leeds in 1837 , and since thon flu jL-A leading Provincial Journal in the Kingdom , is now published at No . 340 , Strand , London . The object of the Proprietor in establishing the A o > -f Jim-Star was to furnish a fearless and faithful organ for tin representation of tlie Labouring Classes , whose interests from time immemorial have been shamelessly neglected . The removal of the Star to London has enabled its conductors to supply the reader with the latest intelligence , as well as the most interesting news ; in consequence ol u-Iiiefi its number of readers have materially increased iu the A [ etropolis , and its country circulation can be eqiuillec ! by fe w , even the most extensively circulated 'Metropolitan newspapers . From the extensive circulation of the Northern Star , togethcr with the fact that it is read by all classes of society us the organ of the movement party , Advertisers will fiml to be a medium of communication with the public at rga worth notice . " Books aud . Publications for review must be addressed ( post paid ) to the Editor , 3 W , Strand , London . Adverisements ami orders for papers to be addressed to Fenvgm O'Connor , 340 , Strand , where all communications will 1 j < punctually attended to . The following extract from the Newspaper Stamp Returns for October , November , and December , 1843 ( Sim e which no returns have been made ) , show that tin-Northern Star is far . at the head of many old-established London Weekly Journals :- — II ^ OOO Rewsof the World .. SC . OOO United Service Ga-EGOOl'd 88 , r . 00 ssette 10 , 500 Bxaminer 71 . 000 Patriot 60 , 000 Mritannia GlS . OOO Spectator 4 S . 0 UU T ark-lane Express .. 54 , 01 ) 0 Era 41 , 000 Oablet 45 , 000 John Hull 39 , 000 \ bserver 41 , 000 Watchman 33 , 000 Stlas 37 , 000 Age awl Argus .. .. 22 , 501-Nonconformist . .. 30 , 000 Sentinel 2 < i , 00 ( . 3 ell ' s New Weekly Journal of Commerce 13 , 500 Messenger .. .. 22 , 500 # * * Observe the Office , 340 , Strand , London .
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The following Books arc published at the Northern Star office , 8-iO , Stmndt and may he had of all Booh . sellers and News Agents . CHAMBERS' PHILOSOPHY REFUTED . Just published Price Foui-pence ( forming a Pamphlet of SG pages demy 8 vo ., in a stilt * wrapper ) , THE THIRD EDITION OP A PULL and COMPLETE REPUTATION of the PHILOSOPHY contained in a TKACT recently published by the MESSIiS . CILUlUEHS . ' of Edinburgh , entitled tlie " Employer and Employed . " This valuable little work contains tlie most complete defence of ilie demands of thu Working Classes for their fair share of the enormous wealth created by M » - shinery , as well as a justification of Trades Unions . The numerous appeals that have been made to Mr . O'Connor from nearly every part of the kingdom for thepublication , in pamphlet form , of those Dialogues that have recently appeared in the Skir , have determined him to gvatify wliat tippesws to be the almost unanimous ivisli of the Labouring Classes . " The Employer and the 'Employecl , " * * by I'eargus O'Connor , # # beats anything even of its author ' s . —Economist .
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Complete in one Vol ., neatly Bound in Cloth , A PllACTICAL WORK OX SMALL FARMS , Price Two Shillings and Sixpence . BV FEABGUS O ' OO . N'SOR , liSQ . The tlesVre oi the author has "been to furnish a valuable compendium fit such a price as would enable every working man to become possessed of it . It contains all the practical instructions , together with Plates , describing Farm-house , Ofliccs , Tank , Farm-yard , « kc . ; with particular information requisite for carrying out all the operations , N . B . —The above work may still be procurad in num . bers , price Cd . each . " I have , witliin the last few months , visited every pan of France , and I declare that I nave seen more misery in one street in Dublin than in all France ; the people su-cwell clnil , well fed , ami merry ; they arc all employed on Smam . Farms of their own , ov on equitable takings !"Vide Lord Cloncurry ' s Letter in Morning Ckionlcla , Oct . 5 th , 1843 . Those persons desirous of bettering their condition and of becoming "Independent Labourers , " by entering the " Productive-labour" Market , will do well to read "A Practical Work on Small Farms , " by Fbakgcs O'Conxoe , B 3 Q . It contains much useful information , invaluable to the parties for whom it was written ; and Old Farmers will find many , useful lessons in the new system of busbandry , which they have yet to learn . The work displays great practical knowledge , and is written so that any one who reads may understand . „ Mr . O'Connor seems nftt to have used either the old or ' new nomenclature' in this work ; he has not buried his meaning in chemical tcchni-; alitie ' s , which very few understand , but which most writers ' on agriculture seem so desirous or " using . Pcriiajis they do not understand Hie practice of Farming so well as ; he theory ; and , therefore , mystify that which they canno : explain , by some long chemical term , which the plain reader may pass over as a "hard word , " hard to pronounce , and harder to undevstaud when it is prongttnccU ,
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, Die reader willJind that ' JUh VL » " * " » voided all chose hard names , and suitcl the lau «[ iiag « to the toiling labourer , whose college is K mu . T . " * " > - tlie workshop , - ov , at best , the Sundny School . TL o"f thei worh . « written for lioldcis of Small Farms , j <* " ° Allotment tenant ought to be without it ; the valoa . ^ o information it contains respecting tilling and cropping « alike useiul to all . " — -Extract , from a Farmer's Setter . " This really useful little volume ought to be m tha hands of every one at all connected with agricultural pursuits . "—Lloyd ' s WecUg London Newspaper . " Although we feel no desire , in tho languagfc of t . W proud Peruvian , in contemplating what wo hope to rejoic ^ in , the contentment , prosperity , and comfort of our fellow men , to exclaim— " This , this is my work ; " nor is our object , as Mr . O'Connor declares his to be , " that eacll man who is willing to work may ha independent of everjr of- ' jcr man in the world for his daily bread , " yet we can with much pleasure recognise in the book before us a powerful instrument for aiding in developing in man a wuch higher destiny than he has hiilierto attained . Mr O'Connor shews clearl y , what will soon be apparent to all who reflect deeply , that ivc arc not left witiiout ther msojis of obtaining not only all that is physically requisite for man ' s progress , but also that we may readily proliice what is apparently desirable ; for none who carefully [ ijruae this work can doubt that a system of small farms , held by active and industrious labourers , would amply return , in exchange for healthful exertion , far more th «» is requisite to preserve physical strength . " Ifealiio shews that something more than this is reijui--site to ensure happiness , for lie says in page 121 , " 1 feeV convinced tlwit man can place no reliance whatever upoi * His fellow man , or a community of men , whim circumstances operate upon his or their minds , the intiutilicer and effect of which wonlu be stronger than any abstract notions of justice . For instance , if a co'miiunity of labouring men jnu-chase a quantity > land , and hire labour tor its cultivation ,, hoi-over just their intentions and . pure their motives ,, they will nevertheless teel themselves-;; jusliiieii in raising the pvice of the land , according to tho ! improved value conferred upon it by the labour of tho Hiired workman . This power of steadily trenching upon 'this rights of others is oue of the greatest disadvantages " igainst which the labourer has to contend ; and those : aired ! y i community , at the end of twenty years would be in no Letter condition than they were at starting , while the community of proprietors w . > ulil have increased the ' raluc of tlioi ? property tweiity-fold -, U \ -. \ t la , tUey would have robbed those labourers , by whose industry the value was- increased , of nineteen shillings in the pound . " "These remarks are powerful arguments in tlie sphere in whieh they iire written , ami if examined iii tlieir rela » tion to the universal , they confirm tliu testimony tha Tho earth is the lord ' s , and all that tlicrein is ? he round world and they that dwell thovuin ; " for , ifter partaking freely of what is good for each order of creation , any self-appropriation , by whatever parties inlulgetlin , is from evil , and will produce its consequence , namely ,. vice , crime , and miscr . y . " We can strongly recommend Mi * . O'Connors work to V readers , containing a great amount of prausieal inferj . Uion on agriculture , which should bu most popularly diffused . "—Cor . cordhmi Gazette . May be had in Four Kumhei & , priee Sixpence each ; or neatly t-ound inClofch Two Shillings and Sixpence . Also , Price Fourpenee each , Numbers I and II of THE STATE OP IRELAND . Uy Amuck O'Connor . 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The science of Grammar is disentangled i « them from the folds of mysticism wliich have so Jon £ enshrouded it . The absurd and unmeaning technicalities which pervade all other works on Gramnuu-arccxchaugcd for terms which have a definite and precise meaning , illustrative of the things they represent . The Tiu-ts of Speech are arranged , on au entirely new principle , founded on a philosophical consideration of the nature of language . Tha necessary divisions and subdivisions arc rationally accounted for , and the principles of Universal Grammar demonstrated so fully that tlie meanest capacity may understand them as clearly as it understands that two and two make four . Ill Syntax , tho formation of the Evglisli Language is cx « . elusive )} - consulted , without any unnecessary reference "> o > other languages . A majority of tho nnmerous Ilules given in most Grammars are shewn to . be little better than a heap of senseless tautology . 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rsT . . , _ -- - THE DUSKERMLIXE MODE " ; OF " MAKING ' THEIR " GRUMBLINGS KELT . Is another column Trill be found an account of the late Donfermline ' ' Riots , " differing materially from those wcgavelast week , from the "frightened-to-deatJi " correspondent of the Times . In noticingthematter on tliat occasion ire expressed our conviction that the writer of the inflated " yarns" that appeared in the 2 ? ra « 3 iad either allowed his fears to run away with Jus judgment , or that he was hasely lending himself to a most unworthy purpose . The facts have proved ihafc we were cerwefc in one or other of our suppositions : we do ioi now care to say which .
So , then , all the story about " a deliberate consp iracy , for the most murderous purpose , " and about ' aT » 5 u ^ tt' ^ ^ ^ conspirators organised and discip Yjnsd'wita-watchwords and signals , bound together Hiidei obligations of seeresy , and with hearts to coxcarE and heads to EXECUTE ANY CRIMES however atrocious , " turns out to he an affair got up \ n few thoughtless Sows , aud joined in by others without concert or consideration ! "What a falling off is there ! " A real " conspiracy , " of such a
formidable character as the alarmist of the Times indicated ; oBe" « fliid \ iiadspiead such fewr arovad that , ^ c in tlie secret " Jurat not communicate information to the authorities ; " a " conspiracy" of tltis gort iroaltl have been a source of "thrilling interest , ' jp tiiC melo-dramatistssay , in those oxer-quiet times : Lui &r the curtain to rise on a mere " boys' frolic , " terminating in an " ordinary riot "—lo ! what a disappointinrat ;! "Were we made judge of the actors in such a " sorry come o ff " we voald punish them Eercrdv for engaging in so petty an affair !
The ii'iead who forwarded the page of the Dvm ffniiu ' nc Journal containing t ' ae " corrected account " we ^ ivein : uiotherplace , accompanied it by the following letter : — _ 3 Ie . Edjtob , —Deceive enclosed a eorred account of the Punfcnnline riots , The press has magnified them ; making little things appear great . The people cf DuufermKue stood high during the agitation for the Charter . I trust they know their rights ; and know how to retain -irhal ihev have , and recover their long lost ones . I will give one instance of their discernment . "When Mr . Urcwster followed 3 Ir . O'Connor fcom place to place , endeavouring oy evcrj foul means to bring that good man into disrespect , the people in Buufermline heard them
l ) O ! h ; and , although many differed in their views with Mr . O'Connor , yet , notwithstanding all thatilr . Erewster said , tlie people stood by Air . O'Connor , believing him to be an honest , upright , persevering , and brave patriot And who , in all the Mngdoin , are more alive to their rights , I would ask , than the people of Dunfermliue ? In the year 1 S 12 . who , amongst all the towns , stood forth like they ? Kone . They resolved to drop talking , and lave a little action . They ceased from labour for the space of eight days , waiting to see if any would follow their example . Xone did follow . Had it been so , it might have been better forall to-day . You may taunt us irith being moral-force men ; but moral force must be in front , and the bavonets behind . —A Co . vsxant Headeb .
Just so : that ' s what we have always said ! The bayonets behind ! yes , that's the right sort of " moral force . " That ' s the sort we can do with : but then your ie ? l" downright , " " cp-to-lhe-mark" " moral force philosopher" wont hear of a bayonet at all ! We presume " A Constant Reader" would not have the bayonets merely to pick teeth with . He would have them "behind , " to be ready in case they were needed . "But the mere mention of the name of a bayonet is
sufficient to turn a full-fledged " moral force" man sick 3 ' * lie cannot contemplate any circumstances that would justify a resort to violent measures . " It was at tlicse squeamish white-livered politicians that we sneered , and not at those who , while they put ' moral force" in the front , have the bayonet behind . If the iJunferinline people are of this sort , our "taunt , " as ' A Constant Header" calls it , does not apply .
" A Constant Reader" also says that the people of Dnnfermlinc Know their rights : snd know how to Titehi what tiiey have . We sincerely hope that he speaks the truth ! There is an attempt on the part of the Messrs . Alesaxdeb , to take ruon " what ftev have ; " an attempt which , if successful , will soon be followed by a general reduction of the poor 'SHARE" the table-linen weavers receive . Will those weavers see that they DO " retain what they lave : " Will they belong to the " race" of " grumblers "—those that grumble to some purposetliofc whose grumblings , when heard and PELT ,
ct-iUt fliem to Uvs comfortably and well ! The srcr . ET they will Snd in another column : let them be sure to leara it , and put the "knowledge" they thus acquire in force , to the preventing of the abstraction of the "balls of fat" out of their " nice MESS of broth" ! Of course in doing this , t ' jey will place " moral force" in front : but we trust that they will not forget to have the " bayonets leLiuJ : " and before they give up their " balls of fid , " make "balls" of another sort heard and FELT too ! We are " moral-force" advocates of the Doufcnnline school .
PROGRESS OF THE HARVEST
STATE OF THE CROPS . Another week of good weather , compared with what we enjoyed (?) during the months of July and August ; tlioagb . the last few days have been gloomy and cold for September . Still , the prospect of the Uarvcst is much better than it was a fortnight ago . Then , indeed , it was dreary ; and even now we arc far from being safe from the evils caused by a tlcficient yield . Our present prospects will be best learned from the Mark-lane Express , who this week saw : —
The weather has , since our last , been higWy auspicious for brinsiujr the grain crops to maturity in the backward districts , aud for securing the corn where already ripe . 3 Jryln sun-Imie , wiih drying breezes , was precisely what was wanted after so great a quantity of rain ; and these have been experienced in all parts of the kingdom throughout the week ; should September prove equally favourable , the wheat harvest would terminate much more satisfactorily than appeared at one time likely ; still ik uwfli jiittfioii auetitcr any vseaUitr , lwwecer propitious , CAS SlrtV > 1 \ KZ GOOD THE ILL EFFECTS OP THE W £ T .
c ; u . ioijiEu . The most prevalent complaint , and that ihmi which the greatest deficiency in the produce is fearwl , has all along been the blanks caused iu the ear by l > i : jj " ut . The reports of the mischief done thereby may have lutn exaggerated ; but from their almost universal chapter it can scarcely be supposed that the injury eoniplaiiis < l « if was wholly without foundation : indeed from jnasoiial observation we are Satisfied that , Irom the cold and uvi during the time of blossoming , the ear set ii : i-IMai ' cci ' . v . This defect it is plainly impossible to remedy ; and lliyujh we may hope that the quality will be far better ttta ; it could hare been if ilie rain had continued
* ousct , we cannot , under ail circumstances , divest ourselves of { he impression that THE HELD F £ B A CUE WILL be F «; rjra coxsibe&aelt short of an average . We siiia-rdy . rust us may be ¦ wronjj iu this conclusion , and sliaii he hajijij tw hear from such of . our agricultural iriends as have pat tile matter to the test , by thrashing a puruwi uf titij . ^ , s the opinions they entertain on the SUlijc'Ci . Wliiist the prospects in regard to the result of the wheat hexvtst have uiidergone so decided an improvement Uie acco . ails ofthc iiqnrv sustainedbvthepotatoe crui , li :, rc srcwK increased . It is non- certain that in many ol _ the southern a-. id western counties the disease te 5 iani
« v « S , a , id , should it uuforiunatdv i-pread to the e » st am . south , the coascqueuees would he very serious . A material dendency in the produce of potatoes must , . oois .-r or later , llavt . dedded in jj ul ; nce on t | lis Collsuml ,. , - , , ? d-stuf : s : "" e yield of wheat wUl also he snort , « sstr .. u sgr <) m , lfoi . COHdu ( j ; th . lhe va ] ue of * r K ^ r ^ . " 31 " 5 " ^^ fro m thi s timctUHh e harvest tLt , * " t ) ie past tnelve IU 0 nth 3 ' uieifccsent , however , tiie trade in wheat has , as mi 3 ht ™* ' «*« cxi-ectcd , been Jnauenced by the change from * e > n :,. kal . lv Weta !! d nu cmal weather to tl . atef acompietvly , Ksite dl" - »«^ * - ^ A
^ m * ^ . * ¦ vieia ^" o ^ - Jat ^ r a"dTcl ; yIIUle res P cct 5 ll S the probable the iJ ^ 'V ' *"'^ ^ ^> riag-5 O 1 Vll corn aud puke , but as det-mii " M T ' * st 5 l ! stllssecro P ^ as now arrived , we asvi - toJa * beiore onr readers such information is - ' Z , - * ° " tiaie to time beeuahle to collect . Barley that i > s ' v- *" " 1 ) cl 1 as extremljr luxuriant , so much so lod ^ div ?^ ! Ilas cause ( 1 >* * o be much more extensively st-im ' ei' " tith < ir wllcat or oats - rrom tbe circumtroji ii , J < i"jI J ^ condu < l « l that a large proportion of the tnvvij ] - . * ^ uffere < 1 i « point of quality ; but the quaii-^ ithv " * r ! llaK ' " '" > vcau ! lvera 3 e- Oats arc also , in n-i - ° * 1 > tions > * <« nably spoten of , uotonly Tt 3 ati- " " ' ' 1 < : Ul ' ! ikewise "S to quality . The reports Jf '« . ! i ! V ~ » ' aiSSaild pfeas Tary materially in different litilt r " ** ' ° n r f ! e whciis w
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districts wheat harvest will scarcely be be-Tin till about the middle of September . F * om Ireland we continue to receive satisfactory ac counts of the weather and the crops . In the southern parts of the island a good deal of corn has already been earned , and farinets , we are told , express themselves satisfied with the result . Uy the reports received this week from the United States we learn { that the wheat harvest had been nearly brought to a close in all the principal states , and , though the yield was aescribedas rather deficient in some places , the produce had been sufficiently abundant in others to bring up the total crop to more than an average . Spring corn aud seeds are reported to have been much injured b y the extreme heat and drought . Though the news of the considerable rise which tookplacein prices ofwheatin this country in Jaly had been received at If ew York , no eftect had been produced thereby on the value of cither flour or wheat , and business had remained in a very quiet state .
From Canada , we laain that the wheat harvest was then in active progress , and a very capital crop was expected both as regards quantity and quality . According to the most recentadvices from the continent , it appears that the weather underwent a favourable change in Germany , Holland , and Trance about the siine time as in this country , and harvest operations had consequently made considerable progress . As yet little is known as to the probable yield , but on the whole the ac counts are much more favourable than was the cas 6 some weeks ago . On this subject the 'Liverpool Times of Tuesday
savsi—The complete change in the weather which took place this day week in this disirict , appears . to have extended to all parts of the three kingdoms , and after a whole week of the finest weather , there is still every prospect of a continuance of it . It will be seen from the extracts from the London and country papers in another column , that the harvest has made great progress in all the southern and midland counties . Up to the end of last week , little beyond oats had been cut in South Lanca shire , but tlie cutting of wheat commenced very generally yesterday morning . Should the present week continue to be as fine as it now is , great progress will have been made in tlie wheat harvest in the -north of Engtoa before the close of it , and in the south tlie greater part of the corn will be safe . It is many years since the prospects of the country have been so alarming as'they were at tlie beginning of last week , or since such imminent danger was so suddenly and so completely averted .
Although it is still very doubtful whether the harvest of tlie present year will prove a large , one chic-fly owing to tlie general coolness of the season , yet the providential change iu the weather will save us from the two great tvils of a serious deficiency , and of a sudden importation of foreign grain . From the very-indifferent ripening weather which prevailed until the beginning of last week , the quality of the grain is likely to > 2 such as to render a considerable importation both of grain and Hour necessary for mixing with home-grown corn , but this will come in gradually from Canada and the United States , instead of being poured in suddenly from the Baltic ports , and its effects will ba rather to improve than to injure the foreign trade of the country .
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Jons Rogers , Bjustol . —There was no alteration raat ' e in the law of settlement . The bill was withdrawn ; consrquently the law remains as it was . The party he speaks of , if chargeable , will have to be removed , cruel as the act will be . James Williams , llAxcnESTEB . ~ TVe have not room for his letter . The information it contains we will try to icake available on another occasion . Jonx II . White , 'Wooten-undeb-Edge . —He must first see the wills of tlie donors , and learn the nature of the trusts , before he can move successfully against any of their doings . D . SnEiiBixGTOx , Glasgow . —The address of the operative Cotton Spinners nest week .
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RECBiriS OF THE CHARTIST C 0-0 PEHAT 1 VE LAND SOCIETY . JrER JIB . O ' COKSOS . £ s . d . Ratcliffe , near Manchester , per T . Barker .. 2 0 10 Sheffield , per G . Cavill .. „ .. 0 14 9 Halifax , per C . VT . Smith .. .. .. 12 19 0 Aiva , per \ Y . Archibald .. .. .. i 12 S Lumbley . Notts , per J . Sweet .. .. 10 0 Derby , per Vi . Chandler .. .. .. 5 0 » Swiiitlon , per David Alorison .. .. 200 Miss Kay , one share .. .. .. 2 12 4 Keighley , per 5 . Garnett .. .. .. C 9 0 HeywooiJ , peril . Clegg .. .. .. 500 Manchester , per J . . Murray .. .. .. 13 10 7 Shelton , per J . Yates .. .. .. 014 S Leeds , per W . Brock .. .. ., 5 0 0 Leicester , per G . Soon .. .. .. 1 14 0 Worsborou ^ h Common , II . Swift .. .. 1 14 1
liariisley , per J . Tvai-d .. .. .. 4 o 0 Grcjuock , per U . Burrell „ „ ,. 200 ililes Jiank , Shclton , It . Feriton .. .. 044 Coventry , per W . Parker .. .. .. 248 Dariaston , per li . Gittuis .. .. .. 200 CHtheroe , par J Stowell .. .. .. 1 11 0 StockjHirt , per T . Wooilhouse .. .. 200 . Kidderminster , per George II olio way .. .. 2 12 2 Jiuniioy , per John Gray .. .. .. 8 o o 3 . 11 ., &c . j Warrington .. .. .. 340 Oxford , per John Uridgewater .. .. 2 7 C Birmingham , per Henry Parker .. .. 2 0 0 Bradford , per Joseph Aldersou .. .. 20 0 0 ilevthyr Tydvil , per David Morgan .. .. 100 Cheltenham , per ilelson , Kingston-place 2 0 0 Scarborough , per Charles Whcadley .. 200 Glasgow , per James Smith .. .. .. C 2 5 Dcvrsbnry district , Birslall , per 'W . Lucksmith .. 4 1 C 0
PEE GEKEKAL SECEET 4 HT . SHAKES . £ s . d . £ s . d . Bacup 2 13 6 Battison 0 10 CamherwcU .. .. 1 13 3 J . Wyatt 0 0 G Xamheth 7 0 0 T . B . C . andSons .. 1 li 0 J . Whelan 0 0 0 Mr . Dicksou .... 020 ISSMLMKNTS . Lamherhead Green , James Fisher - - - 0 1 4 Do . James Atherton - - - 0 1 4 Do . S . Pairmirst - - - 0 1 4 Do . 31 . Stoekley - - - - 0 1 i Edward Saunders - - - - - - -014 James tVhclan - - - - - - -014
CARDS ASD ItULES . Bury St . Edniond ' s 0 19 Sheffield 0 10 Stockport 0 5 0 Hothcrham .... 020 Lower tVarley- .. 010 3 Ir . Parkes .... 0 0 S SowerhyHelm .. o 2 0 Caoiuenvell ,,,, 020 Burnley o 3 f Secretary ...... 0 1 G Many of the Sub-Secretaries have neglected to send me the return of the number of members , and the amount of inouey paid . Until this is done , it is impossible for me to issue a correct balance-sheet . Thomas . Maxtix ~ Wheeueb . , Secretary .
KATI 0 XA . L CIIAltTEIt ASSOCIATION . PEE GKXE 1 UL SECEETABT . SUBSCRIPTIONS . Hammersmith .. 023 Honley . 100 Brassfoiiiiders' ArmsO 1 G Staley bridge , cards 0 4 0 Ditto .. 0 0 S ltotherham .... 050 Brighton O 3 0 TlfGXAS MA 1 S . TI 21 \ TUEELEB .
ECXCOMBE TESTIMONIAL . PEB JIB . O ' COXSOS . Mr . Moss .. .. 0 10 A Fr iend 0 1 C C . Fanli .. .. 004 H . Mair .. 0 1 0 jfr . Littlcjohn 0 10 JolmKeil 0 0 C James F .-iirchiia 0 0 G G . Hardy 0 0 ( i Mr . Payne 0 0 G J . Elms , Hair-dresser .. .. .. 020 Peter 15 « me 0 10 Heurv jlauee .. .. .. .. .. 0 1 o
BIXOs FOXD . Mr . E . Tobin , London 0 2 G Mr . J . Shaw , do 0 2 G
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MANSION HOUSE . Satcedat . —Sjiasiuxg . —William Baines , a youth of eighteen , was charged by Ilichard Cable , shopman at Mr . Jackson ' s , chemist , Cheapside , with offering in payment a piece « f bad coia . At half-past eleven that morning , prisoner had gone into tlie shop and asked for a box ot pills , for which he tendered the base coin now produced . Baiues said he was a tailor , and lived in Pimlico . He had worked at his trade up till Saturday night last , wh n his employer paid him with a five shilling piece . lit went to the Bull Inn ami had a pint of beer , and received the half-crown produced in change . He had done nothing this week , save looking about tor work . He' was troubled with asthma , aud found relief from cough b \ taking bilious pills , lie was remanded until Tuesday , for the attendance of Mr . Powell , the Mint solicitor .
Tchsdat . —Alleged Breaches of Coxiracts . — Thomas Taverner and TViJlJam Sessons , journeymen carpenters , were charged under the 4 th ofGeorgelV ., cap . 34 , see . 3 , with Krisconduet in the execution of a contract entered into withtbeir employev , Mr Greenwood of 10 . Arthur-street West . -Alderman Moon sat I ' m tlie Lovd Mayor . Mr . Greenwood stated that he had been engaged to put in a shop-front in a house in Pope ' s Head-alley . The prisoners were in his employment , and had been directed to perform the work . Upon going to the house he found them intoxicated , ? . nu it was ascertained that thev had sot into that
condition in the cellar of a neighbour of the owner of the house . The shop-front was completely pulleii oui , and exposed and left in that condition . Witness paid them weekly . It was ascertained that the prisoner , bad gone ' into the cellar of Mr . Lectliwaite in Tope ' s Ilcad-alicy , and made free with several bottles of wine which Lad been lately deposited there ; that half-a-dozen empty bottles had appeared in the place of fulloncs , to tlie astonishment of the policeman , who designated their drunkenness as a " most mysterious intoxication" before he found that clue to its meaning . The prisoners were sentenced to hard labour in tlie House of Correction for one
month . Jonx IIagoakt , a journeyman baiter in the employment of Mr . M'Fiirlaiie , baker , of Jewry-street , Ahigate , was charged , under the same Act , with having trot drunk and spoiled a batch of bread . TJjc prisoner had been taken into the service of the prosecutor as foreman , dud had not only got drunk iu bis work and
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SDf ? o a i * n hof br ( i ' , buthad actua . 'lylanghedat the misehiei he committed . A respeetabJe baker of toleman street , who called at Mr . M'Farla ne's house , and saw the condition of the bread / stated that the batch was quite spoded . The prisoner said in his defence , that he had a great number of customers to supply , and there never had been madeany complaint whatever ot his skill or attention to buainess Alderuian Moon said it would appear as if the Act of Parliament were not known to be in operation at all , judging lrom the innumerable instances of breach o !" contract which daily occurred . The prisoner was sent to Bwdewcll to take Ills station on the treadmill with the two former prisoners .
BOW STREET . Saturday — You . vg Thieves . —William Joyce and George lleegan , two little boys atout nine years of age , were placed at the bar before Mr . X wyford charged with attempting to stoul two pieces of timber from Tliomas William Iteed , a cabinet maker engaged upon the wood work of the new buildings at the corner of 131 oomsburystreet and Broad-street , Hoi born . The prosecutor said that shortly before ten o ' clock he was in the temporary couuting-house , erected in the building ground at Hloomsbury-street , when he saw the prisoners carrying the two pieces of wood towards the fence . He immediatel y ran after them , but before lie could overtake them they had
throwti the logs over the fence ; two bigger bojs were waiting on the other side to receive the booty , but as soou as they saw him they ran away , leaving tlieir companions . Mr . Twyforcl told the prisoneis he wanted to have the power of whipping them , but he could not have that pleasure under existing circumstances . lie was unwilling to send such young childreu to gaol , but would give the prisoners a short imprisonment by detaining them till five o ' clock , assuring them , however , that they would not be let off so easily another time . Tlie prisoners , who seemed horrified at the mere idea of their punishment , were then taken back to the station , there to be confined until the rising of the court .
FimoEirr . —Howard Augustine Style , who stood committed upon two charges of forgery , was brought up again this day upon a third charge . It appeared that the prisoner , accompanied by a respectable man named Diamond , called on Mr . TomVmson , a pawnbroker , in George-street , Bryanston-square , and requested him to discount a bill of exchange for £ 3813 s . Gd ., purporting to be the acceptance of Mr . 'Withers , the confectioner . It may be recollected also that one of the previous charges against the prisoner was for forging the name of Mr . Crunter , of lierkelev-squiiri ? , confectioner . Mr .
Tomlinson knowing Mr . diamond , had no hesitation in discounting the bill , and it appears that after he discovered it was a forgery , he was not desirous of prosecuting , but was brought forward by the police . The prisoner was formerly a chemist in Regent-street , ancl bore a good character . In this case he had actually commenced re . paying by instalments the money of which he defrauded Mr . Tomlinson , and a letter was found upon him when he was arrested , stating amongst other things , that he had hoped to have taltcn up the ) bill before it was due . —He was fully committed for trial .
Comjiittino a Nuisance ix the Park . —A decently dressed young man , who would not give his name , was charged with exposing his person to a young lady named Miss Jones , in St . James ' s-park . Hanger No . 3 stated the offence , which he himself witnessed , and tlie young lady corroborated his evidence . —Eliza Hall , aged 14 , said , that at a little before seven o'clock , she was on the north side of the ornamental water , and the prisoner was there lying on the ground exposing himself . The ranger came up , and on the last witness informing him what had happened , the man was taken into custody . The scoundrel denied having exposed his person , but he confessed having exhibited something else , in such a way as to mislead tlie young lady . He trusted the young lady would read the 11 th chapter of llomans , and the motto over his worship— " Iloni soit qui" mal y pense "—and perhaps she would not then make a similar mistake . —Mr , T wyford seemed fora moment taken aback by this rhodomontade , but ultimately sent the moralising gentleman for three months to the House of Correction .
Tuesday . —Extensive Robbery . —The court was eiwyded the greater part of yesterday by salesmen anxious to hear the result of a charge preferred against Thomas AYymbush , a dealerin bullion , f or stealing a casket containing a number of brilliants , doubloons , gold watches , value £ 300 and upwards , from the sale-room of Messrs . Debenham and Storr , nf Iving-street . Covent-gardcn , their property . It appeared from the statement of Mr . Clarkson , who appeared for the prosecution , and the evidence of several -witnesses , that on the 17 th . of April , 184-i , a casket , containing the property above-mentioned , was sent from the house of Miss Fleming , pawnbroker , in St . Martin ' s-lane , to be put \ ip for sale , previous to which , dealers , well known to the firm , were allowed to inspect the different articles , among whom was the prisoner . About one o ' clock it was discovered that the casket was stolen , in consequence of which the doors of the establishment were closed to prevent any person leaving the place until a search
could be made , aud it was remarkable that the prisoner was one of the foremost to submit to being searchad ; but the property could not be found . The next step taken was to advertise an account of the robbery ,, and offer a reward for the recovery of the property or any portion of it , Nothing further was heard of the property until last week , when It was discovcred ,. that shortly after tlie robbery the prisoner had disposed of a watch , made by "Walker , of Princesstreet , Leicester-square , to a tailor named doughty , who went to another maker of the same name to get it repaired , and seeing that it formed a portion of the property stolen , and having proceeded to the prosecutor ' s rooms , it was identified , upon reference being made to tlie catalogue . The prisoner was then taken into custody , when he said that he had bought the watch at Messrs . Itobins ' s room , Piazza , Covent-garden . After the property was stolen , the prosecutors yave directions to one of their young men to go round to the different refiners and dealers in bullion to warn
them ot the loss . The prisoner was present when such orders were given , and having followed the young man , he invited him to dinner , and afterwards offered to point out to him the different places where it would be worth making inquiries , which struck him ; o forcibly that he returned and informed his employer what had taken place , and on his return to the street he again found the prisoner waiting for him . It was also ascertained that on the 18 th April , ISM , a , refiner and jeweller , named Collhiijxidgc , residing in IVilderness-row , purchased a bar of gold , weighing ll oz . 14 dwt ., from the prisoner at o £ s . Cd . per ounce , which came to £ 314 s . 2 d ., and had never on any- previous occasion made so large a purchase of him , having dealt usually in small quantities of such materials . The above account is the substance ol the evidence of several witnesses , and after the prisoner declined savin ? anything in his defence , lie was fully committed to Newgate for trial .
MA 11 YLEB 0 NE . Monday . —The Police Spy System . —A respectably-attired man , named Taylor , entered the witnessbox , anil , addressing : the sitting magistrate , Mr . llawlinsin , said— " I have an application of it somewhat curious description to make to your worship . " Mr . llawlinson . —Let me know what it is you want . Applicant . —1 wish to ask you , sir , in the presence ol Inspector Brown , why the police are set , day after day , to keep a watch upon my premises ? Mr . llawlinson ( to tlie Inspector ) . —You hear what this man says , snid I suppose you can give him an answer ? Inspector . —A man fias been sent by the
superintendent to watch , and I'd rather not explain why he }; as done so . Mr . llawlinson . —This person asks the question in open court , and surely you may satisfy him at once ? Inspector . —The superintendent lws cau-cd to be done what is complained of , your worship , and I can explain his reason if you like to hear me . The inspector was here about to address the magistrate in an under tone , when * Mr . Eawlinson said to applicant , " The inspector refuses to give an answer to your application . " Applicant . —I think it is very hard , sir , that I should be watched in this way , and I shall feel it my duty to seek for redress elsewhere , lie then quitted the court .
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COMMEMORATION OF THE LIBERATION OF FEA 11 GUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., FIIOM YORK CASTLE . On Wednesday evening last a numerous party of the Deptford and Greenwich Chartists , together with some friends from London , sat down to an excellent supper in commemoration of the above event , at the George and Dragon , Bladdieath-liill . Mr . Jvlh n IIahney was called to the chair , and presided on the occasion . The supper having been disposed of , and the cloth removed , the Chairman said—It was customary when the aristocracy or their partisans assembled together on festive occasions to commence \\ vav toasts with " CUuveh and Queen . " The Church was , no doubt , an excellent church fjr hungry vicars , bishops , and archbishops , but
a very poor church for those who had nothing to do with it but to pay i-hureh-rates and E .-ister dues . ( Hear , hear . ) One of tlieir excellent friends of the Deptford locality was at . the present time engaged in resisting those odious imposts . ( Cheers . ) Such a toast , then , would meet with no favour in tlieir eyes . ( Hear , hear . ) With respect to monarchy , wneii persons reflected haw ahly a people could he governed by such men as the late General Jackson , for a few thousands a year ,, they would be quite willing to be rid of the follies an J &j » - pevics of monarchy . ( Loud cheers . ) The House of Commons was the real ruling power in this country ; but its members did not pass their nefarious acts in their own
names , but in those of the Queen , or the three estates . As to the Queen , she could do no ¦ wrong—and , lie would add , of course she could do no right . ( Cheers . ) Ministers ux-re responsible for the acts of th& Sovereign ; but when you came to inquire as to their responsibility , Sir 11 . 1 ' eei said "he was responsible to Gud and his own conscience . " For his own . part , he had no objection to full-grown babss being amused twice a ycur wiih the g ikleii glittering processions of royal puppets ; but he did object to sensible men berajj willed ou to pay for them . He called on them , therefore , to -respect themselves , to honour their own order ; and to that e : ; d to accept as their first sentiment , " Tiie Sovereignty of the People . " The toast ivas drank witH all tlia honours .
TJie CHAIRMAN sriiiitliu next tonst was the toast of tinevening—it-n ' . hxOed to the liberation of l ' enrjjus O'Connor from York -Castle . Hehad the honour to be appointed as ;« e detente vepyesonUv . g the people of Sheffield on the ccas ' oa ( , r the release of Mr . O'Cosnqr , andttie welcome
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that gentleman recced at the Castle gates of York The true friends of Air . O'Ooddw were not sycop hants , who were always read y to fawn and flatter—but the , honest men who would set him right when they thoug ht he was wrong , but would meet his enemies in sternest oppositaon . Tlie men of independent souls were the rue friends of Mr . O'CWov ; . * d that truth that gentleman knew , A Iong experiencehad taught him who were Ins veal friends . This was s mist happy commemoration , not only of Mr . O'Connor ' s liberation from a W Ing dungeon , but of his glorious triumph over the atrocious slanders , invented b y the false frienils of ecjuality . One of these slanders was , that J&-. O'Connor betrayed John Frost ; the authors and abottoita of that lie , Unevc . it to boa lie , a wicked , abominable , foul , and damnable lie . ( Cheers . ) But these assassins had their
meet reward m the detestation in which they were held by the trae ana unfaltering democrats , Mr , O'Connor had , been recently Jecturiug- Qnvugk Yovkshhn an < h& Chartist Land plan , and they knew with what glorious results . Well , he was not opposed—none of hia enemies and ours encountered him in fair discussiendid not attempt to set him right if taey thought him wrong—nothing of this sort for they were not capable of playing so straightforward a part : but one of thein ^ the chief of these unscrupulous assassins , craivled after Mr . O'Connor , and when Mr . O'Connor had left a town where he had been lecturing , then in crawled the prime delutionist and mischief-maker , and announced hi * lectures on the "fallacies of Feargus O'Connor ' s Land Scheme . " ( Cries of " That ' s Jemmy O'Biien . " ) Thesearch-enemies of Chartism pretended to ground their dirty opposition on . what they called "firstprinciples . " He ( the chairman ) was a first-principle man . Ho abhorred land-robbers , prontmongers , and
every other description of pestiferous plundem-s and usurpers , His creed was — imd Thomas Spence had taught it him—that "the Land is the people ' s farm /' and that it belongs to the entire nation , not to individuals or classes . But what a fool he should be if he could not get entirejustice at one grasp , that , therefore , he would be content to snarl and get nothing . The Chuvter was not all in the way of political reform he wanted , but the Charter was the gi-eat means to greater ends . The Cliar-Ust Land plan was not all that wonlu content him ; but it was calculated to teach the people the value of the land , and wou d , if properly carried out , hasten the time when the people would insist on a return to first principles . He had much pleasure in giving the toast as placed in his hands— " I'eargus O'Connor , the victim of Whig misrule in Yoris Castle ; the dread of all tyrants ; the friend of all patriots ; we meet to celebrate the fourth anniversary of his liberation . " The toast was drank with immense applause .
Jlr . II . Ross , in responding , said he thought every sensible man would give his meed of praise so justly due to Mr . O'Connor for his consistency and perseverance in his manly attempts to establish the sovereignty of the people , without any dread of being called " tool" or " worshipper . " He thought it the duty of the people to support Mr . O'Connor in his righteous course and noble undertakings . TheCnAinMAN next gave " The Charter , may we all live to see its blessings enjoyed throughout the British Dominion ! :, and its principles established throughout the world . " ( Great cheering )
Mr . T . Cooper , in responding , said he had been much pleased with the former toasts , but he was still more pleased with Hie present , as it was for the Charter lie had suffered imprisonment—for ree * minentlii ) g tlie people to cease work until they obtained their Charter ; and sure he was that it would bring blessings in its train . The aristocracy did not like the word Charter , because there was power in it . Well , then , let the people toast the Charter at aU convivial meetings , speak of it everywhere , aud give it more power still . ( Loud cheevs . ) It was the people that must carry the Charter . Bishops or Icings would uot do it , for they knew that when the Charter became law , away went all their tinsel , glitter , and gewgaw , ( Hear , hear , anil loud cheers . ) Let them stiuul fast by the name of the Charter , and never desert it . There is no hope for the millions save in the Charter . ( Grcatchecrhnr . )
The Chahiman then gave— " The Chartist Co-operative Lund Society—may it produce all the good which its founders and supporters anticipate . " Prank with great enthusiasm . ¦ Mr . CiuiiLES Holwell respoudcd in a lengthy address , descanting on the excellencies of the Land plan and its perfect accordance with thegreat object of the agitationthe Olitirter . He showed the advance of democratic principles of late years , an * predicted a speedy triumph for those principles . Mr . Uolwell ' s address was warmly applauded . The next sentiment given by the chairman was— "The Ladies , " to which Mr . Shaw responded iu a humorous aud happy address . Tlie Chairman then gave " the speedy restoration ol Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis . "
Mr . Shaw snid he had received a letter from Mrs . Ellis , complaining of great distress . Mr . Coopeii said he had seen the letters alluded to , and would wish to see a veteran Patriot Pund established . He was also determined to use all Ins endeavours to procure the means of support for poor Mrs . Ellis . Mr . T . M . Wheeieb then responded to the toast , and said they would indeed be wanting in gratitude did they not exert themselves to the utmost to obtain t ! ie return of those who had done and sacrificed so much for fathui ' - land . ( Load cheers . ) They hail indeed kindled a fire of patriotism which still continued to burn in the breast of the millions . No one would experience greater pleasure than himself in seeing a Veteran Patriots' Fund established , and the wilows of the exiles supported , ( loud cheers ); and ho would give such a project all the help hecould .
The CnAiiiMAN , after some appropriate remarks which were received with much enthuinsin , gave— " The immortal memory of Wat Tyler , and all who have perished in prison , in exile , on the scaffold , or the Held , for the establishment of the rights of man . " The toast was drank with repeated rounds of applause . The next sentiment was— " The health of T . S . Dun . combe , M . l \ , the people ' s friend and champion . " The "health of the chairman " . concluded the toasts . In the course of the evening a number of patriotic songs were sung . At an hour somewhat advanced towards cock-crow the proceedings terminated , all being hiyhlj gratified with the night's entertainment .
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The South Staffordshire Stiukb . —The strike of the Colliers and Pudillers of South Staffordshire lias terminated , the ironmasters having agreed to pay the rate of wages which was paid before the strike . The Birmingham Journal says , " The causes which have led to this speedy acquiescence to the tlcuuinds of ilio men are simply the increased demand for and value of iron . The stocks are now very low , and orders are refused at late rates . There is every probability that this will continue , . and another rise may safely be calculated on . It is rumoured that the workmen intend to demand an increase of sixpence per day immediately , but we trust that this is not tlie case , ns the evil must ultimately foil on
themselves . The pvice ol coal is too high already , and the consequence is that Welsh and Derbyshire coal is fast finding its way into their market . " A correspondent , residing at Nctherton , near Dudley , writes us as follows : — " Labour lias gained a victory Notwithstanding the threats of tho masters that they would let theii works stand for six months , rather than accede to the 'DEMANDS of the men' as they called it ; but the man demanded nothing They struck to resist a proposed reduction of sixpence ; and a more peaceable strike was novcv witnessed . There was no nerainbiiliiting t ]) c country . Tlie men were peaceably determined , and remained at home . They thereby gained a triumph . "
Maxcuesteh Power-Loom Weaveus . —The hands in the employ of Mr . T . 13 . Thorp , power-loom manufacturer , Uatemaii ' s-buildiug-- , Manchester , satdowu , on Saturday evening hist , to an excellent supper , tllO house of Ml . Jones , Saint David ' Tavern , Yoimgstrect , Manchester . The supper was holdcn in hrnour of Mr . It . Winters , tlieneivinana ^ cr . ibrhisinfeyity and straifiUtforwavdness . The cloth beinj , ' removed , Mr . 11 . Winters , was called to the chair . The health of T . li . Thorp and family was proposed , and drunk amidst loud and long continued oheerinj ; . Various other toasts and sentiments were given . The remainder of the evening was spent in dancing , singiug , &c ., and until the clock announced the hour for I'uiiving , when all separated , much gratified with the evening ' s entertainment .
Noiith Lancashire Mineijs . —Monies received for the support of the liroadiield and Belthorn Colliers . AugusD 30 th , 1815 : —Dean-church , £ 1 ; li<on district , £ 1 ; Darwen Colliers , £ 5 ; Baxenden , £ 2 ; Swiushav , HI ; Independent Mechanics , 4 s . fti \ . ; friends , Is . 9 d . ; Blackburn Sj » ., 10 s . ; Knustleiibrnok , 4 s . ad . ; friends , 18 s . Gd . ; 1 ' apcr-miB , Darwen , £ 112 ; . 5 id . ; Davwen Sp ., Is . 9 d . ; friends , dilos . Gd . ; Aspul district , Lodge No . < J , 10 s . ; Wkan district , £ 1 ; ChorJey , ll > . s . ; friends , £ 1 Is . ; Geerye Nurton , £ l-7 s . 4 id . ; Aspul district , £ 112 s . Gel . There is no prospect ot this strike being brought to a close , although nineteen weeks have elapsed since its commencement , and every means have been tried to defeat the men . The masters of several cotton mills have been applied to to discharge iynm their employ all who have relatives among tiie Colliers who wil ' j not sign tho wasters' agreement 1 Tlie owner of the coiiicries is a printing-master , and one of the men
on strike had two daughters employed in the printshoi ;; but when Simpson , the owner , found this out , he immediately discharged , them . The girls hail worked at the place a long time , and asked what they had done ? Simpson replied : " You have done nothing ; 1 have nothing against you ; but your father is on strike , ami 1 wont pay you wages to surporthira . 1 his is not ail ; nn old infirm woman , upwards oi scventy-SL-von years of age , who had two grandsons , her only support when they were in work , with one shilling per week she receives from the parish , has had her shilling stopped , because the lads would not go and draw for the knobsticks . Tku boys arc only young , the one eight years of age , the other ten years , letup . spitc these acts of infernal tvraimv , and despite the treachery of a few unprincipled Un-kcys—to vat : twu iailors , a snob , and a makw of wheelbarrows , Ac . These brave sous of the mine , ve ; \! Uncasiuve mountaineers , are resolutely determined to stand out until they conquer .
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Todmouden Weavers . —A public meeting of the Ilandloom Weavers of Todmorden and . the surrounding townships was convened by placard , and held in the large room of the Mechanics' Institution on the evening of Tuesday last , to take into consideration the propriety of uniting with the "ilandloom Weavers' Association for Mutual Protection . " The Uieeting was numerous and enthusiastic . A young man , whose name we did not learn , was called to the chair . He opened the meeting in a short and pointed speech , showing tlie necessity that existed for a better understanding amongst the Ilandloom Weavers ; of this country . The nucleus of an association i ' orthis purpose had been formed in AVigan and other places , and ho hoped that the day was not far distant when every weaver in tho kingdom would be
united in the bonds of brotherly love and aifcetum . The following resolution was moved n-ml seconded bv Weavers , " That we , the Ilandloom Wearers of Todjnorden and surrounding neighbourhood , do hereby agree to join , without delay , tlie Ilandloom Weavers ' association , iu order , if possible , to put a stop to those unjust encroachments which are continually being made upon our labour . " The chairman then introduced Mr . W . Dixon , who hud been appointed to represent the Ilandloom Weavers of Wigan . Mr . D ., in coming fonvard ,. was loudly applauded . After a , few preliminary remarks , he said that the objects of the Weavers' Association was to destroy that abominable system-of unprincipled home competition wliiefe at pveaewt existed , l >> -having a Dniftawi list of prises , and length of pieces , in all places where hnnd'lMin weaving was performed . He need nst tell
thatntaeting ( tor they knew by sad experience- ) , the evil etiscts arising from there not being a feied standard of lengths- to the pieces . The masters , by making the pieces a little longu * at different times , had stretched them from forty to seventy yards ; but had not given tbem one forth ing more for the extra worki in fact , it l « ul come to-this , that a turn roimtl a six yart ! warping was-nothing 1 Six yawls' extra labour was nothing , to- take from the poor Weaver 1 But if the Weaver dared to cut six yawls off ths piece , he would i ) C sent to the treadmill , as a t ' aiet and a vagabond . My ; Dixoil then said that if the W ' caversof Todmorden considered themselves-worthy of the same wages as tlie men of Wigan , they must demand the same wages for the same work . But what-was the fact ? Why , there was this difference between the two places -.
—Whjan Lpt o / lVtccs ami £ < m (/ 0 ts . £ s > . a . 1 st . Three shuttles Gin ? ham ,. 40 indies wide , DO yards long , 70 picks , 6 ' 4 reed—price for weaving 0 13 0 2 nd . Foul' shuttles , same length . a . ud ree < l as above mi 0 3 rd . Five shuttles , length and reed as abo-ve .. 0 15 0
Todmorden List ofTvkcs and Lengths . 1 st . Same description of work in every respect , 51 ) yards— price for weaving .. .. .. 0 13 0 2 nd . Pour shuttles , iaine length and reed as above .. .. .. „ .. .. o 13 C 3 rd . Five shuttles , length and reed as above .. 0 H 0 Thns it would be seen that the Weavers at Todmorden weaving a three-shuttle gingham of the same counts , had to weave nine yards more cloth than the Wigan Weaver for the same money . If on a fourshuttle pattern lie had to weave nine yards more for sixpence less than the V / isran Weaver ; nd if on a
five-shnttlc pattern ho had to work nine yards more cloth for one shilling less than the Wigan masters were paying . This was certainly monstrous , that men going into the same market must demand so great a saorifico from their poor slaves , Another resolution ; and the Ilandloom Weavers' petition were agreed to unanimously ' . after , vlueli the thanks of tho mcetins were given to the Weavers of Wigan and Mr . Dixon , for the information they had communicated . Mr . D . briefly acknowledged the compliment , and thanks having boon given to the chairman , the meeting separated ,
Manchester . —Carpenters' ILvix . —A lecture iviil be delivered in this Hall , on the evening of Sunday ( to-morrow ) , by Mr . Win . Dixon . Subject : "A refutation of the objections to the Land Plan of the Chartist Co-operatiyc Land Society . " Chair to be taken at half-past six o ' clock . The menthly meeting of the members I'm connection with the above Hall will be held in the ante-room , at two o'clock in the afternoon of Sunday ( to-morrow ) . A meeting will be held in the above Hall , on tiie evening oi Sunday , the 14 th inst ., when Messrs . M'Crrath , Doyle , and Clark will address tlie meeting ; chair to be takeu at half-past six o'clock .
Tub Iaxd . —A general meeting ot the shaieholders in the Chartist Co-operative Land Society will take place in the large ante-room of the Carpenters' Ball , Garret-road , Manchester , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , to take into consideration the revisal ol the rules , &o . Chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 6, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1331/page/5/
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