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BLAIR'S GOFT AMD RHEUMATIC PILLS A severe case of Rheumatism , communicated by Mr . Allen , Proprietor of the Nottingham Mercury . Mercury Office , Nottingham , March 17 , 1815 . Sib , —I have the pleasure of forwarding you the particulars of a case in which BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS have proved eminently successful . A young woman , named Mary Wain , accompanied bj her parents , who reside at Wataall , near this town , called npon me on Saturday last , being desirous of making her Race known for the benefit of the public .
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COUGHS , HOARSENESS , AND ALL ASTHMATIC AND PULMONARY COMPLAINTS . EFFECTCAILY CUftED B 7 KEATLVG'S COUGH LOZENGES . Upwards of thirty years experience has proved the infallibility of these Lozenges in the cure of Winter Cough , Hoarseness , Shortness of Breath , and other Pulmonary Maladic 6 . The patronage of his Majesty , the King of Prussia , and his Majesty the King of Hanover , has been bestowed on them ; as also that of the Nobility and Clergy of the United Kingdon ; and , above all the Faculty have especially recommended them as a remedy of unfailing officaey . Testimonials arc continually r .- ceivod confirmatory of the value of these Lozenges , and provim the perffct safety of their use , ( for they contain no Opium nor any preparationof that drug ;) so that they may be given tot ' emales of the most delicate constitution , and children of the most tenderest years without hesitation .
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TO THE TRADES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND TRE . LAND IN UNION WITH THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDUSTRY . The primary intention of the "Natioial United Trades' Association for the Protection of Industry , "as indicated by its title , and as clearly expressed in the preamble of its "Laws , " is the consolidation of such a " national unity of action among the different sections of working men , " as will most effectually " plate them in a condition either to withstand encroachments on , or to demand the rights of labourl " This irresistible " unity of action " can alone be compassed by the strictest conformity , on the part of each individual trade , with one general system of organization .
The constitution of the Association expressly provide * that the combined strength of the Association shall not be enlisted in behalf of any individual trades contestwhether in resistance of an aggression , or in assertion of a withheld right—unless the entering upon such contest shall have been sanctioned , and be directed , by the Central Committee ; to whom is necessarily delegated the centralized will and power of the Associated Trades constituting this National Federacy of the Industrious Classes . The Central Committee deplore that it now becomes their duty to intimate that , contrary to the Association's Laws , their several local Trade Societies have ventured upon unauthorised " Strikes , " subsequently appealing to the Central Committee for support and protection .
Now , obedience to the laws of the Association , and a sense of justice due to other trades , lias compelled the Central Committee to negative all such informal applications for succour . In some instance' , the Central Committee had to endure the conviction that they were rejecting el ims just in themselves , but which , if permitted to acquire the authority of precedents would have rendered '' unity of action" utterly impossible , and consequently have militated against the existence of the Association itself . The Associated Trades are , therefore , most earnestly desired to bear in mind that they ought notj under any circumstances , to venture upon a " Strike , " and its consequences , until the fullest particulars of each case has been fairly submitted to the Central Committee , and their final decision , as reepects the same , shall have been ascertained .
1 . —Because the spirit and letter of the Laws leave the Central Committee no other alternative than the withholding all support from such trade movements as have not received the previous sanction of the Central Committee . 2 . —Because such an illegal ( as respects the Laws of the Association ) and impolitic procedure , on the part of isolated trades , deprives the Central Committee of every opportunity of interposing " mediation , arbitra'ion , and other proceedings , " as might , possibly , conduce to the immediate and amicable settlemunt of differences between employers and employed ; and thereby preclude the necessity for waging an expensive , and , mayhap , protracted contest . 3 . —Because the Central Committee are alone in a position to ascertain how far the existing capabilities of the Association are adequate to the desired purpose : that is , whether the present pecuniary and other resources of the Association are such as to ensure compliance with the most just requirements of the ill-used workmen .
4 . —Because the Association s efficiency for good would be destroyed , —its funds exhausted , —and its very existence perilled , were it precipitated into contests for which it might be nnprepared , or which it could not carry on to a successful issue . 5 . —Because if the exertions of the Association are not controlled by its means , it will be utterly impossible that it can , at any times , work out the intention of the recent Conference , by accumulating that capital ( £ 20 , 000 ) which would best deter employers from undue exactions , and thereby hazarding a contest with a really national combination of industry , upheld and sustained by its own gigantic capital .
The Central Committee trust that tlie above reasons , ( and others might readily be suggested , ) will suffice to convince the Associated Trades that a movement ought not to be ventured upon , until such movement has been sanctioned by the Central Committee . " The National United Trades' Association" must never act as such , unless effectively , as every failure on its part would but encourage its enemies , and weaken as w « ll as dishearten its friends . Some time must necessarily intervene between communicating an instance of oppression to the Central Committee , and the receipt of the Committee ' s instruetions as respects the mode of resistance to such
oppression . Ilence , an employer may take undue advantage of this circumstance . by a s dden reduction of wnges . or other encroachment upon the rights of labour ; under the presumption that his ill-used workmen would have no other alternative than that of succumbing to his tyrannical proposal , or engaging in an unprepaved-for " strike . " Right-minded workmen would , of course , indignantly spurn the former , but they might place themselves in a " wrong position "—as regards their best interests—by adopting the latter alternative . The Central Committee conceive , however , that the workman might frustrate the machinations of such an employer , by their firmly , yet with all " due respect "—addressing him in such terms as these : —
"Notwithstanding your lack of candour in not having given us previous notice of your intentions , we "ill act more honourably towards you , by continuing at workbut with a most emphatic protest against your uncalledfor terms—until such time as we have been enabled to confer with our friends as to the course we ought to adopt , under circumstances so unlooked-for by us , and , we think , not creditable to you !" By thus continuing for a shoit time , —and " under protest "—at their employment , the workmen would not compromise , in the least degree , their honour as steadfast " society men . " This politic course of action would , however , afford them an opportunity of submitting their grievances to the Central Committee . They would thus legalize any subsequent movement , on their part , and ensure for themselves a well-prepared , and really effective resistance to the exactions of their " cunning
oppressor ! Signed , in behalf of the Central Committee , T . S . Ddncombb , President , T . Babkatt , Secretary , National United Trades ' Office , 30 , Hyde Street , Bloomsbury . London , Oct . , 1 MB . UNITED TAILOR'S JOINT STOCK COMPANY . On Monday evening , a Public Meeting of the inhabitants of Manchester , was convened in the Meal House , Nicholas-croft , for the purpose of hearing the principles and objects of the above company explained . The meeting was called for eight o ' clock , shortly after which time , on the motion of Mr . Lindsey , Mr . Halsali , Treasurer to the company , was unanimously called to the chair . Mr . IIalsaia , upon coming forward was loudly cheered . He said he thanked them for the honour
they had conferred upon him , by appointing him to preside over so respectable meeting of his fellow townsmen . It could not be because he belonged to the tailoring trade , inasmuch as he was not in connection with that branch of industry . But it mattered not to him what the trade tor , if he found the working men determined to do something for themselves , he was willing at ali times to lend them a helping hand . ( Applause . ) He concluded by reading the placard calling the meeting , and introduced Mr . Parker , General Secretary to the United Tailor's Protection Society , to explain the objects of the " United Tailor ' s Joint Stock Company . "
Mr . Parker , upon rising was greeted with several rounds of applause , which having subsided , he said it would be remembered by thejourneymen tailor ' s present , that at the last annual conference of tlic United Tailor ' s Protective Society , held at Leeds , it was clearly proved that strikes were useless for the purpose of keeping up the price of labour , and otherwise protecting the operative classes from the tyranny of capital . It therefore was agreed that a Joint Stock Company should be formed for the purpose of enabling them to work for themselves , by commenceing establishments in all the principal towns in the kingdom . They therefore ( and when he said they , he meant the Executive Council ) , set to work immediately and drew up a load of rules for the Society , which rules was sent to John Tidd Pratt , who refused to enrol them . It would also be remembered , that in Whitsun-week the National Trades' Conference was held in this town , at which time he ( Mr Parker ) waited upon the working man's Mend '
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T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., and shewed him the rules , and explained to him the objects of the Society . Mr . Duncom be told him that there was at that time an Act or amended Act , which would , he thought , answer their purpose . Therefore as soon as the Act was p assed , they obtained it and altered the rules in accordance with its provisions , and sent them again to John Tidd Pratt , who returned them , stating a 3 Ills reason . " That they did not come within the meaning of the first four clauses of the amended Act for Benefit Societies . " Mr . Parker then read a clause from the Act , the purport of which was , that the objects of the Societies for which the Act was intended , was such that by their co-operation they __ * ¦* . _!__
should provide for the members a greater quantity of food , clothing , and fire , and contended that these were the very objects of the Unitcl Tailor's Joint-Stock Company . ., Mr . Pratt , however , told them that they mightapply to the Attorney-generalthrough some lawyer . They did so , and he in like manner refused to certify . Mr . Parker then stated that they engaged that celebrated lawyer , W . f . Rolcrts , Esq ., who had succeeded in getting the Society Registered under the Joint-Stock Company ' s Act . Mr . Parker then read the prospectus , after which he took a general view of the evil effects of strikes generally ; and showed in a clear and convincing manner , the beneficial results that could accrue to
the working classes if the money which was spent in useless and expensive strikes , was used for the employment of labour on the co-operative principle . He was proud to see that this question was taking root , not in Manchester alone , but all over the country . Every post brought him letters of enquiry on tins subject , and those who wanted to see what cooperation could do , had only to go , as he ( Mr . Parker ) had done , and visit O'Connorville , and there they would behold thirty-five good cottages , with two , three , and four acres of land attached tothem , purchased with the ppople ' s pence , by the instrumentality of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society . ( Loud cheers . ) If they looked to London , they would find the shoemakers who were turned out of employment by a Mr . Kendall , working for themselves , and
paying the journeymen better wages than Kendall did , and at the same time making seventy-five per cent , profit . Look , again , in this town , and they would see a splendid monument of co-operation in Oldham-street—the Journeymen Hatters' Joint-Stock Company ' s Shop . There were the builders , and nailers , and the upholsterers of London , workinsr for themselves . It was time the journeymen tailors began to look about them ; for wages were coming down , and provisions going up on a rapid scale . In Jersey , the coat that was 10 s . making , was reduced to 7 s . 6 d . ; and in Leeds there was a reduction of one shilling on a coat , 9 d . on a pair of trowscrs , and Cd . on a waistcoat . In London , the papers told them , there were 8 , 000 or 10 , 000 tailors out of work , but that they were receiving , in the
shape of support , ten shillings per week . Ihis was not true ; for there were not half that number in societies in London . But were these men not in the power of the levies , the masses , the hysen ^ s , the wolves , and the foxes , who took advantage of such circumstance to grind the working man ' s wages down to the starvation point . One object of this society was to snatch these men out of the grasp of such as had been enumerated . He was struck tile other day by observing , written on the wall of the Club-house ' these words — " Misery every day . " There was misery every day ; if they had a job of work , they were in misery , for fear that when it was done iherc would be no more . In fact . In work or out of work , on the road or at home , it was too true , the lot of the journeymen tailor was misery every
day . The objects of this society were to mend tins state of things by employing the members , first giving the heat of wages , and selling a good article as cheap as others . And this they could do , for they had amongst them all the talent requisite either for cutting or stitching ; and although they would have to pay for premises , they would not have to supply the means to put a master into a princely mansion and keep him at a princely rate . This would at least be some advantage to them , inasmuch as it would enable them to compete with others . They wanted all to come forward and take up shares , for they were desirous of opening two establishments in this town , as speedily as possible ; one in the sale and the o'her in the bespoke department . And there was no doubt but that the other trades would support them ; in fact , had they had such establishments last winter when the strike commenced , the employers would have been very careful about the
manner in which they treated their workmen . It was true that that strike had produced apathy ; and no wonder . But he was proud to say , that the Protective Society was not destroyed , as had been reported . The next balance-sheet would be the largest they had ever had . They had now 107 towns in the society . Mr . P . then said , the rules of the Co-operative ' Society , or United Trades' Joint Stock Company were in the press , and would be printed in a few days . Parties wishing them could have them ; and when they had read them , he hoped they would become shareholders . He was about to make a visit to Scotland , and he would pledge himself to make known the principles there , and their old friend , the Northern Star , would also make known to the working classes of this country , that the tailors were about to do something for themselves . Mr . Parker then resumed his seat amid much applause . " The following resolution was then moved by Mr . Gash , and seconded by Mr . Lindsey : —
That meeting having heard the objects of the " United Tailors' Joint Stock Company" fullv explained , believe them eminently calculated to secure the end in view , viz ., the pmelioration of the distressed condition in which the trade is now placed ; an > l further , this meeting pledges itself to use all means in its power to promote the same . " On the motion being put from the chair , it was carried unanimously . Mr . Littler moved , and Mr . Lindsey seconded a vote of thanks to the chairman , which ; was agreed to . The chairman acknowledged the compliment in a brief speech , and the proceedings terminated . We subjoin the Company ' s prospectus : —
PROSPECTUS OF THE UNITED TAILORS ' JOINT STOCK COMPANY , for securing beneficial employment to operative Tailors . ( Provisionally re « istered . ) Present proposed capital , £ 20 , 000 in 10 , 000 shares of ten shillings each . Deposits , two shillings per share . . President—Mr . John Gash , 24 , Dumville-street , Manchester ! Yice-PTesident—Mr . Thomas Lindsay , 20 , Dolefield , Manchester ; Treasurer—Mr . William IlaKall , grocer , &c ., 61 , Hargveavtjs-strect , Hulme ; Solicitor—W . P . Roberts , Esq ., 8 , Princess-street , Manchester ; Trustees—J . Eager , Esq ., M . T ( ., St . Peter's-square ,
Manchester ; R . C . Hulley , Esq ., M . D ., St John-street , Manchester ; Booth , Esq ., M . D ., GreatJacksenstrcet , Hulme ; Provisional Committee—Messrs . J . W . Parker , Temperance Coffee-house , 5 , St . John-street , Manchester ; Patrick Flanagan , 41 , Royton-street , Manchester ; William Tunnieliff , 5 , Johnson-street , Chee . tliam , Manchester ; Thomas Davis , 9 , Saxon-street , Salford , Manchester ; Robert M'Kinzic , 27 , Roytonstreet , Manchester ; Richard Littler , 22 , Mount Pleasantstreet , galford , Manchester ; John M'Cutelion , 87 , Crown-street , Hulme , Manchester . Secretary—James Ronayne , 21 , Catherine-street , London-road ,
Manchester . The Provisional Committee appointed by a general meeting of shareholders , held in Manchester on the lith of October , 1846 , have to announce that thoii arrangements for receiving subscriptions are completed , and that they will commence operations as soon as a sufficient number of shares are subscribed for . The Capital of the Company to be applied to the open-Ing of clothing establishments in Manchester and other large towns , whenever practicable and desirable to the absorption of surplus labour , by employing its members at regular hours , and at the current wages of the town wheresoever such establishments are opened , and in clean and well ventilated workshops ; shareholders ( of the tailoring trade ) to have priority of employment . Any person ( whether >> f the trade or not ) is eligible to become a shareholder , and can hold any number of shares , but entitled to one vote only .
Each share to be paid by a deposit of two shillings , and by instalments of not less than twopence per week per share ; but subscribers disposed to pay up their shares at once in full , or by larger and more rapid instalments than here required , would more effectually assist and promote Hie objects of this Company by so doing . As soon 89 the instalments are paid up , a scrip certificate of shares will be issued to the shareholder . The design of this Company is , to elevate and improve the condition of operative Tailors , and release them from the degradation to which they are reduced by unprincipled competition . Steady and respectable Journeymen Tailors are earnestly invited to assist in carrying into effoct the above laudable objects , by becoming shareholders , which are easy of attainment by houest and systematic co-operation .
Tradesmen of all classes arc also respectfully invited to become shareholders , who will receive 10 per cent , interest por annum upon the capital advanced , and a participation in the management of the affairs of the Company by the Directors—consisting of two-thirds of operative Tailors , and the i < emainder of other occupations . The Company will be enabled to supply the public with clothing as cheap as can be obtained at other establishments , and of the best quality ; they being ; en . afaled to command first-rate talent , both in the cutting and sewing departments . Applications for 3 hures , rules , and ather information , to be had of the Secretary onl y , at J . TT . Parker ' s Temperance Coffee-house , 5 , St . John-street , Afunc . ' iester .
A ccpy of the rules can be had by enclosing tour pos ' tage stamps . Form of Application for Shares . To the Directors of the United Tailors' Joint Stock Company . I request you will insert ray name for Shares in the above Company ; and I hereby undertake to pay the instalments and conform to the Rules and Regulations of tlie Company , .. Vaine in full Residence Trade or Occupation ( if am ' )!! . ! ' !'" Date
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N . B . —Trade Societies are recommended to form Committees , to receive weekly contributions from individuals disposed to take up shares , as they best can afford ; and when the requisite sum for deposits is paid , each person to send a written application in accordance with the preceding form . __ _ ^— — _ - - '» ** *• _ ___**
MANCHESTER FUSTIAN GUTTERS . A special and delegate meeting was held on Monday last , at ! the house of Mr . Henry Chutam , sign of the Cotton Tree , Great Mount-street , Manchester , Mr . George Fitton in the chair , when t he following resolutions were resolved upon and carried unanimously : — Moved by Mr . Seth Travers , Warrington , seconded by Mr . James Clayton , Jun ., Lymm , That it is highly important in order to insure confidence between workmen and their employers , that the present rate of wages should continue to be paid , therefore we are determined to use every legal means in our power to uphold and fully maintain the present scale of
prices , M o ved by Mr . Charles Faulkner , Cadishead , seconded by Mr . Thomas Butter worth , Lymm , That in furtherance of petitions presented last session ofParliament , praying that childran under thirteen years of age be not allowed to work at Fustian Cutting , a Bill be prepared to that effect , and submitted to Parliament early in the forthcoming sessions . Moved by Mr . John Elledge , Gravel Hole , seconded by Mr . Robert Robinson , Warrington , That as all will be benefited by such a Bill , all should contribute towards the expences thereof , therefore it is resolved , thas a levy of so much per head takeg place , and each district appoints a treasurer , to hold the money until called for , to defray the expences of the same . Moved by Mr . William Davies , Manchester , seconded by Mr . Abel Young , Cadishead ,
That the thanks of this meeting are due and are hereby given to Lord John Manners , for his kindness in presenting our petition , and for his exertions in the House of Commons on behalf of the Fustian Cutters . Moved by Mr . James Walmaley , Manchester , seconded by Mr . Charles Dearden , Manchester , That the thanks of this meeting are due and are hereby given to the B'litor of the Manchester Courier , for his uniform kindness in giving insertion to any communication we may intrust into his hands .
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES . Wednesday evening . —Mr . Jacobs Lectured to the Dyers in Dyer ' s Hall , Charlotte Lane , when thorough , approbation was expressed of the National Association , and a second general meeting agreeed on . Thursday . —Attended the Type Founders of Edinburgh . Friday . —Delivered an ac'dress to the Ropemakers of Glasgow , in the Painter ' s Hall , Irongate , who expressed themselves satisfied the plans of the association wns the only means of benefiting their trade , and a general meeting agreed to be convened thereon .
REDD 1 TCII . The Strike . —We had hoped in detailing an account of this affair between the Needle Manufacturers and their men , to have had by this time the pleasure of announcing its termination , but from the information before us , we regret that we cannot make this announcement . The strike has now continued two months , and begins to be most seriously felt . Scarce a day presents itself but more hands are thrown idle . We would beg to ask , as a passing remark , why blunts and betweens should not be paid for the same as sharps , straw needles , &e ., they are sold at the same price ; and even g iving the advance , the profits are nearly double on this description of goods , from the fact that the same weight of wire , will make nearly
or quite double the quantity of thousands , which in many branches are an immense saving . We are positively assured that even if the price first asked was given , it wauld not make one penny per thousand difference to the masters . Another act of injustice the pointers have been subjected to ( to the honor of Messrs . Hemming and Bartleet , and some few others , they are toe high , minded , just , and patriotic to be guilty of such meanness ); the principles names apapplied to needles in the course of manufacturing are— "Best , " "Best Common , " and "London . " Now , in pointing very little difference exists , they are obliged to be done as well as possible , but the price of " London" is Gd . per day ' s work less than the other . Now , in order to cheat the pointer , " Best Common , " and many packets of " Best" ( which are both of one price ) when given out to be pointed , are ticketed " London ; " on return the tickets are
changed to their proi er names . Now by this system the men are robbed of , we may say , scores of pounds . This fact will speak trumpet tongued to the kingdom at large . Let the base scribbler of " Cato Street" notoriety . deny this if he can , we defy him . It is scarcely creditable that a fellow who knows no more about pointing than the atones do of him , should have the audacity to write barefaced untruth ? , against a body of men every way his superiors . Shades of the barely betrayed and murdered Thistlewood , Ings , Brunt , nnd Tidd , rise up in judgment , and by your presence crush his guilty soul . But his designs have failed , aad he is now despised and execrated , and mostjuaily . We arc happy to announce the arrival of Messrs . Bush and Williamson , from the Central Committee of the United Trades , and we trust at the meeting of the Employers , which we are informed would take place on Wednesday or Thursday last , that the strike will be brought to close .
Query . —What are the Stampers and Hardeners doing that they have not joined the Associated Trades . If report speaks true , the former stand much in need of doi"g so . [ We understand that the employers have communicated to thefCentral Committee of the United Trades , their intention of considering the proposition of the "Committee . " ]
BARNSLET WEAVERS . A public meeting of the Journeymen Weavers in this town , was held in Mr . Acklam ' s large room on Monday last , for the purpose of forming an association of the Journeymen Weavers . The circumstances which have called this union into existence are as follows ;—Those persons who are householders , have weaving shops with large rooms varying frrnn two to six in a shop , and some have a monopoly of scores of rooms These fellows care nothing about the price of the work , as they contrive to live out of the labour of others . The manufacturers give the work to them , so that the journeyman has not the least control over the price of his labour . In fact , the journeymen are completely crucified betwixt these labour monopolisers and the tnanfucturers . Under thissvstem a practice
has sprung up which is a most crying grievance , viz—that of finding reeds , peers , flaniers , and other materials , which in justice the workmen ought not to find , as it would be just as reasonable for the manufacturer to demand that his men should find him a capital to carry on his business . But these fellows with a ureat quantity of looms , care nothing about this grievance , it affords them a fine pretext for charging thejourneymen 3 d . in the shilling , and two or three shilling per week ( which is under the mark ) , where a loom stand ought to be sixpence . In slack times , these reed and geer finders monopolize all the work , \» hi ! e those that are either too poor or too honest and upright to find these things , have to go without work . The following resolutions were passed , and a Committee appointed to draw up rules : —
That in th « opinion of this meeting tfce formation of a union of the journeymen weavers throughout the manufacturing districts , to act in conduction with the United Trades' would enable us to contend with better success against the insolent averice of our cruel oppressors , and also materially assist us in remedying many of the domestic grievances which we as journeymen have so much reason to complain of . That the enactments made by the manufacturers on their workmen ' s wages , prove the necessity of all honest men uniting to resist their desire of plurfder , that this meeting therefore agree to form a journeyman union for the purpose of compelling the manufacturers to pay an advanced uniform rates of wages ; antf also to resist all tyranny and abuse that may be practised no matter from what quarter emanating .
THE KEIGIILEY WOOL COMBERS . The struggle betwixt these men and the anti-wages league still continues , without any material alteration . Last week one of the masters who lately informed a deputation that he wanted no wool combers , sent for a few of them and gave them the very liberal offer of setting them on aaain provided they would go in at the wages they had when he turned them off , and sign a document that they would belong to no Union . This generous offrr was declined with the contempt it deserved . This ii : S » lent proffer has had
the effect of stopping the relief afforded by the Guardians to many of the men , the Board teilir . " them that as they now had an offer of work they durst no longer find them employment . The refusal of the Board to continue relief under these Icircumstances is looked upon by the combers as making porochial relief to depend on the will of a few manufacturers The men , however , mean to try next Board Day whether every degrading offer they meet with is to be a sufficient excuse to a Board of Guardians for depriving them of their legal and constitutional rights .
The manufacturers employ amongst them an Inspector , at a very handsome salary , to look after their property ; the honesty of the combers and weavers have made the fellow ' s situation almort a sinecure and through want of rcgi-for business in his own line ' . they are now employing him and another in liuntiii '' amongst the moors for ignorant and unprincipled . characters , who will lend themselves to the destruci tion of the very business by which they live We are ! sorry to say that the mission of these agents arc , sometimes attended with success , and last week they j liscovcred a being of this kind at Furnhill , about five miles from Keighley . The fellow was induced to pay a visit , along with his jackass , to a small firm in i . veighley , when the poor animal ( by far the nobler of tiio two ) was degraded by having its back loaded with "' underwage-wool . " The manufacturers who had supplied him , thinking that his poor ignorant dupe nnVIlt be annoyed by the combers , very kindly
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followed after him to see that nothing happened to him on his way home , He overtook him on the road accompanied by a good many combers , who were quietly walking along with him , and either apprehensive of a disturbance or wishful to make one " very officiously tried to procure a constable , but with ! out success . On arriving towards home the black sheep was met b . v a crowd o f his own Heighboure , and amongst them his wife crying biSterly , and begging of him to take the wool back again . The frantic state of the wife , and the entreaties of the crowd , who assured the owner of the wool that the man was IaI lAiiran n rt a % * r % i v % * r ^ rt ^ #% iUnt- »* ** £ l * ¦ * a ^ - I- _ ¦
of the moat degraded character , and would think little of claiming it as his own property , so wrought upon the manufacturer that he broug ht it back again with him ! One of the trinks the manufacturers have been lately playing off is that of employins agents at Bradford , to put out work under false pretences , and thus make th <; Bradford combers instrumental in prolonging the struggle , and keeping down wages . This deception , which has been carried on for some time , has been discovered , and it is hoped that in future the town of Bradford , the very centre of the wool combing business , will not suppl y men to pull down the wages of themselves , and others who are suffering every thing for the general good .
Hie Committee return their kind thanks to the various Trades and Towns throughout the country , w '' o have rcsponed to their cry for help ; and trust , that they will not allow them to fall into the merciless fangs of their cowardly oppressors .
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Fratricide at Steeple Claydon . —On the loth , instant , an inquiry was commenced at the schoolroom . Steeple Claydon . into the circumstances attending the dpath of Thomas Shirley , who , it wag alleeed . had died from injuries received in a pugilistic encounter with his bothei-Joseph Sbfr ' ey . Tha inquiry was twice adjourned , and did no terminate till Friday , the 23 rd instant . It appeared from the evidence adduced that , on the night of , Thursday , the 14 th instan / . , the deceased and his brother Joseph were , with other persons , drinking until a late hour at the Milk Pail public-house iii the village of Steeple Claydon . A quarrel occurred between the
two brothers , and they went to the parish pound , where a fiaht took place between them at two o ' clock in the morning Both the men appear to have been intoxicated ; but the deceased was admitted to be in a . much worse state -ban his brother . After between 40 and 50 rounds had been fouEht . Thomas Shirley became insensible , and wa 3 came-d tn his father ' s house in the villnpe , where he expired in a very short time . The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter asainst Joseph " Shirley , as principal , and a-iainst John Pan"bourne and Richard Cross , who acted as seconds to the combatants , as accessories . They were according committed to Aylesbury Gaol on the coroner ' s warrant , for trial at the next assizes .
Deaths from Starvation . —On Saturday , two inquests respecting the circumstances attending the deaths of two persons , both of whom ( lied from starvation . The first commenced on the body of Mary Mi'es , aged seventy . three . The evidence showed that the only' support of the deceased an-1 her husband was is , and a Jonf weekly , from the . White * chapel Union , and casual relief from their neighbours . Through the dread of being separated , they would not avail themselves nf the offer to enter the work-house . Deceased was recently attacked with a lingering illness , brought on bv the want of
necessary food , of which she died . The apartment occupied hy them gave every appeara ce of the utmost destitution and want . Verdict " Natural death . " The second inqu-st on the body of Charles Grpen , aged fifty-three . The daughter ' of deceased ' stated that her father being out " of employment , upwards ot nine months , he was supported by witness and her mother , but was creatly in want of the necessaries of life . On Thursday he ' was seized with vomit ins : blood , the parish sureeon wns sent for , but he shortly afterwrds died . The jury recorded in this case a similar verdict .
SLICIDE OP k Cabman-. —On Wednesday , Mr . Milk held an inquest on the body of Robert Watts , It appearcd by the evidence of deceased ' s wife , that he was an inveterate drunkard , and passed half his time in bed , to recover from the effects of the spin , tnons liquors he drank during the other half . After having been intoxicated for three days previously , he came home on Friday morninsr , and went to bed . On Saturday morning she went out , leaving him still In bed , and on h <> r return , 'found that he had strang ' ed himself by means of a rope fastened to a bed-rail , and twisted round his neck . Verdict , that deceased destroyed himself , whilst of unsound mind , caused by the habitual use of intoxicating liquors . Incbspiaky Fire at toe Sheffield Tows IIall . —On Saturday morning , about half-past one o ' clock , two centlemen passing the Town Hall , perceived a smell of fire proceeding from the cells where
the disorderly night prisoners are confined . They instantly gave the alarm to the officers in the interior , and assisted them with a eood supply of water , which they poured into the cell where the fire orieinated . It was afterwards ascertained that a lad , about eighteen years of age , named Thomas Gillman , who bad been brought in the previous evening on a charge of drunkenness , and who had concealed about his person some lucifer matches , had set fire to the straw bed on which he was to have reposed . The remaining persons were taken from their cells immediately , andthe fire was extinguished without having extended its ravages to any further portion of the building than the cell in which the yung incendiary was incarcerated . The clock , which is a convenience and ornament to the town , was da mased by the engines during their operations upon the fire .
Stocking Affair at PE « nnn , —Last week , tho town of Penrith was thrown into a state of great excitement , by constables taking James Donaliow , an Irishman , who died before he was cot to prison . He became faint on his way there , and on examination , it was found that blood was gushing out of his shoos , and he died within ten minutes . Deceased had a bad les previously , and in struggling with the constables , the old wound broke out . In the early part of the day he had been intoxicated and quarrelled with his-irife , and his passion was so great that lie actually burned his liens and chicken" in the fire in his own house , hacked the clock case , chairs , and other furniture to pieces , afterwards burning them , and was in the act af heating water to scald ft fat pijr alive .
A Daring Burglary in the open daylight was committed at Gatcorobe Rectory , Hants , the residence of tho Rev . Dr . Thompson , during his absence at Gatcombe Church , where he was performing divine service . It appears to have been the custom in the family for one of the servants to remain in the house whilst the others went to church ; and , on this occasion , it happened to be the footman ' s turn , to stay at home , where he remained until , at the termination of the service , the old clerk of the pamil , Mr . Hookey , returned , for the purpose of depositing his master ' s surplice and the keys of the * church . Ihe clerk , found the footman bound hand and foot to the chair , with a table cloth thrown over
his head . He stated , that , whilst sitting in the pantry , he thought he heard the cat in the doctor ' s room . On going out to see , he met a man coming out of one of the apartments with a pistol in his hand , that he then retreated back to the pantry where he procured a loaded gun , and , advancing t £ meet the robber , discharged the gun at him , but the contents unfortunately weet in another direction and the charge was lodged in the stairs ( which are shattered ) : that the robber then discharged his pistol in the footman ' s face , but his aim , it appeared was also very wide of the mark , as he escaped The uproar produced a second depredator from another apartment , who pursued him into the pantry where
one ol tue gang Kept guard , whilst the other proceeded to search for a rope , with which they bound him in the manner already described . On examining the house , it was found that the doctor ' s bureau had boen forcibly broken open , and a considerable amount of cash taken therefrom , and that the housekeeper ' s bedroom had been entered , and from her box a large sum ot money and securities to the amount of about ninety pounds abstracted . Not an article of plate was missiae although many very valuable articles lay within their reach .
More Poisoning . —An inquest was held at Codnor-park , on the body of a child aced four months , whose death took p ace from the effects of laudanum administered the day before by her nurse girl , a child named Elizabeth Parker , aged twelve vears . brom the evidence which was taken before the ' jury , it appeared that the nurse had sent another « ii-l for a pennyworth of laudanum on Friday mornint ' . and that she had poured half of it down the child's throat , and in about half an hour aftet wards she took it home , andthe mother of the child asked the nurse whether she had given the child anything , to which , r < " slie lmd only given it two teaspoonsfull of ale . Ihe jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against Elizabeth Parker , wko was committed or trial .
Accident at thk Biackivall Termi . vus . —A se > ious accident occurred at the Blackwall Railway works , on Saturday , to a man employed in the engineer ' s factory as a lobourer , he fell * with a heavy load of iron , whereby he received a fracture ot the right leg iinii a severe contused body . Lamentable Accident . — A shocking accident ; happened on Monday last to a man employed on the farm of Mr . Soobey , Gayton Thorpe , to frighten crows from the hind . Doing furnished with a s "" a"d powder , b'it no shot , lie substituted for the latter a piece of blackthorn stick , a few inches lonjr , and sharpened to & point , which he had phced insi ' ie tho barrel , when by some means he touched tlip trigger , and discharged the gun , and the muzzle being towards him , the stick was lodged in his side near the shoulder . Though it was extracted ' almost immediately , the poor fellow died a few hou' ^ s afterwards .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 31, 1846, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1390/page/2/
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