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TO THE WOOLCGMBEBS OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND , Fellow Workmen , —In introdnring to jour notice a subject of the very highest importance to our interests , a su « ject involving our very existence as a Union , namely , the protection of oar wages , we think apology unnecessary . Submitting to you our views on this subject , witn propositions for jour approval , we most earnestly sslicit your favour and attention . The distrust and disaffection at present prevailing in many of our societies togetb-r with our exhausted treasury , our want of proti-ction , and our utter helpless condition , demand that speedy and efficient measures be adopted , to enable us to retain the remnant of that which we once held sarred , and to show our mercenary and relentless tafkmasters that though disjointed , we are unconquered and
invincible in the cause of truth and jusiice . The paramount object of Trades' Unions is , or should be , the proteetion of wages : we have Song nrld this position , although the principle has never been recognised in the government of the Union The funeral fand . and the walking system , are highly benevolent and praise-worthy objects , but as these laudable institutions depend entirely on our wjges , it is evident that the latter should be the primary object of union . The most superBcial observer must be aware , that the object * f Machinery , and a variety of other causes have entirely changed our circumstances , and our social relations , the laws that once governed us wili govern no lon » ir . and it is to this altered state of things th * t we must adapt ourselves , our laws , and our Union It is for this purpose that we have for some
time watched withintense interest the progress of " THE KATIOIfAIi ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES , " and among the numerous instituiionsnow in progression , having avowedly for their ol-ject the moral and physical advancement of the working classes , we know none so admirably adapted to our immediate necessities . Its object , its advantages , the high character of its leader ? , the liberality of its government , the equity of its laws , and its moderate contributions , set forth irresistible claims onus , and on every body of working men in ihe Un-ted Kingdom . This monster association , under the distinguished leadership of Thomas Slingsbt Don . combe , Esq ., Member of Parliament , alread y numbers fifty thousand members , and thousands are weekly flocking to its standards . The great good this association has
alieady effected is unparalleled in the history of Trades ' l * > -= ibination . Tiiis association we bare joined , we are members of this ' mighty confederacy , " and as such , we take this opportunity to propose that the whole district join it to one man . To th « se working at the trade , but not at present in union with us . we give a most cordial invitation to co-operate with ns in this jjsod cause , and should any frel disposed to join in this , without belonging to the General Union , we freely accept them ; we have all the same interest » t stake , we have all one common object in view , let ns then lose sight of past differences , and unite iu one indissoluble bond , which shall say to tyranny and oppression in unmistaken language , "Thus far , but no fartlnr . " We furnish every society with a cojiy of rales and regulations , and other documents for their information , by winch it will be seen that if ten shillings is the rate of wages set down , which we propose ,
our contributions can iti no case exceed five pence per mrath , and will sometimes be no more than one pnmy . Nc . t brethren , what is our true position 1 are we not without funds , without protection of any kind , without union f Here then we have an association exactly Milting our circumstances ; an association to which neither the religionist , the moralist , or the politician can object ; an association having no individual interest , or sinister motive lurking in the back ground , but an association established on pureiy benevolent principles , having no other object but jour deration in the scale of society . "What say you then , will you join this association ? We leave this subject to your most serious consideration , and that we may all go hand in hand in this gloiious union for seif-preservation , is the prayer of your brethren at South Moltun . South Mo ! ton , December 2 nd .
To the LvniBiTASis of Leicester . —The Frame-WOik Knitters in tbe straight down branch , are asain compelled to solicit your aid anil assi .-tance t <> wiuistaud the encroachment of Hopkins , whose men have now been out for three weeks a £ a nst a reduetioa , and the firm of Corah , who are reducing the wages of their workpeople irom Is . Gd . to 2 * . pir hand a week , (< ve say nothing of the Messrs . Coiah , reducing the wrought hands from 6 d . to l .- > - GJ . per ¦ reek , which he had done , f u r t h e r t han this , w e hope they will publicl y expose their redactions as well as their advances , } which wil ! make a total reduction iu a jvar of £ 3 5 s . each from the scantyearnings of this ckus of workmen . Messrs . Corah are determined , a 3 usual , to be the forerunners in the work of
destruction , by reducing tlieir workmen as follows : — tney must mike round feel for the same price as long , which is a reduction of 3 d . a dozen in this ease . The men remonstrated against it and appealed to the committee of the branch for protection against this infringement—plenty of work was offered at these prices . The committee waited on Mr . Coraii , when be state ! "he did not want the work . " The men immediately waited upon him and solicited him to give them a note , to pass the Board of Guardians , but , he refused giving them any , say ing , '' they mi ght take two leads out and make half an inch shor t er , " savins : at the same time that . " that would
be an equivalent to making long feet . " This is not the case , round feet are always 31 . a dozen more than lung—and the taking out of two leads aud half an inch shorter , i 9 only Id per dozen , learing a real deductiou of 2 d . per dozen . At a meeting of the trade he ' . d at theBarkby Arms , it was agi-eid to pay 3 d . per frame for the ^ ujipart of the men oa strike ; tai l not in your subscriptions , or it may be your turn nest . Please forward y < , ur subscri p t ions t o t he fiarkbj Arms , on Saturday , between tour and ten o ' clock . Signed , M . Hunt , J . Murby , S . Holmes . J . King , J . Brown , Committee ; D . Lucas , Secretary . Committee Room , Upper George Street , December 2 id , 18 iO . MOVEMENT OF THE OPERATIVE BAKERS FOR SHORTEXISG THE HOURS ; 0 F LABOUR AND ABOLISHING SIGUT WORK .
Another great meeting was held in the large room of th ? Kin ; and Queen , Paddington Green , on Saturday evening . Dscemcer ihe 5 th , for the above worthy objects , Mr . JI'Laren was amidst considerable applause , called to thech : dr . Mr . Geobge Read , author of the I ' raeti&il Biscuit BjJcir , kLo was rectived with much cheering , » ai- ! , this mttro '^ olitan movement had been cunimenced by a few working men , who desired to see the condition of their fellow men improved . The movement had originated iu Scotland , and Scotia sons had been eminently success ful , and now only worked twelve hours per day , without an . ) ' detriment to their wages . ( Hear , hear . ) Iu Elizabeth ' s rei gn , bakers were not allowed to commence work until nine o'clock in the morning , and where allowed three hours out of the day for refreshment , recreation .
ec , but now they were -o degraded that thsy had to slate from eighteen to twenty hours without interims * Bion . ( I . md cheers . ) He would put it to them where they of less value than br . ckluyers labour eis , —true it was , the ; were , worked as hard , and fir a much longer period , and in many cases for a less remuneration . ( Great cheering . ) He thought it"journeymen baktri constitutions were capable of , sustaining ei . ^ ht » eu hours labour per day , they at least ought to bav * sis of them far the improvement of themselves mentally , morally , anJ physically . ( Tenement cheering . ) How did this overworking system affect their pecuniary interest ! Why , eiery tiirJ man was employed—( hear , hear)—consequently oae third of the journeyman bakera were reduced to the necessity of living , « r rather existing on the benevolence of their brother operatives . ( Loud cheers . ) And competition for work , and a reduction of wages was the natural consequence . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Read concluded by Biiviug a resolution denunciatory of the present sy ^ Um , and resume 1 his seat amid great applause .
ilr . Williams , hi seconding the motion , said the system required serious consideration , he hud l . ecn in the biking business sines tie was eight years of age , and felt ( hat the hours of labour was far too lung , it not only affected the journeymen , but the masters their wives and families , as they bad to rise and admit the men , aud the wives of the journeymen was als , injured as they had t <» setup to call their husbands to go to wurk . ( Il-. ur , hear . ) He thought a -clay of hands better than the entire ahull tion of night work , and he wished thtiu to act with such Caution and prudeace as to ensure a certain and speedy success to the movement . ( Hear , hear . ) An Act of l ' arliameut sad beea passed to emancipate the bakers doss , whilst the poor miserable baker was still left
unheeded in degraded slavery and . bondage —( grout ;» pplause)— but lie was most happy to see so many of his trade come forward with the firm resolve to emancipate themselves . ( Loud cheers . J Tbe resolution was then put and carried unanimously , Mr . lTEi rose much applauded , to move a resolution in faTour of abridging the hours of labour , anl s--. i < l lie had no donbt that the operatives would succeed in their present struggle , and be thought it would be ( hen necessary to obtain an Act of Parliameat tu prevent a relapse . ( Loud cheers ) The success of their movement must care a natural tendency to create a demand lor labour , and the increased demand would , as a matter of couvsr , tend to advai . ee its value .
The resolution was seconded , and earned unam mously . Mr . Burn , in a brief but eloquent speech , mored the formation of a district committee , which was seconded \ j Mr . Watts , and carried unanimously . It was retolved that the district committee shall meet every vTedncBday evening , at the Windsor Castle , Church , street . Purtinan-market , near the jJarjlc-bone Theatre , at eight o ' clock . Mr . G . Head passed some high compliments to the p ress in general and tj ; e Northern Star in particular , for « o ; r exertions in favour of the operative Bikers' movement , aiid . ~ was liudly applauded . He also announced that Mr . Webber , of Lombard-street , had consented to become their treasurer , and that many mister bakers , had followed his excell&at example , and subscribed to their fun-is . ( Loud rteere . ) A vote of thank 9 was swarded bv acclamation to the chairman .
Mr . M'Laveb , in responding , announced that the KorOiera Star of that day , contained a report of a co-I : ma nndahalfof their late meeting . He thought they cauld notbe . too grateful to the reporter , editor , and fcoprietor of that Journal , ( Great and r « itl » t € ( l « P-
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lanse . ) The beat way io requite it , and serve thenr " selves , was to extend the sale of that excellent paper as widely as possible . ( Loud ' eheera . ) ? He thanked them for their attention and determination ; and he had much pleasure in stating that ' they , ; on this night-fortnight , would hold a meeting in the suburban district of Clopham . ( Loud cheers . ) After the enrolment of a vastnumber of members , we belterefour hundred , thU enthusiastic meeting dissolved . TO THE MEMBERS OF THE JOURNEYMAN BASKET MAKERS' SOCIETY OF ENGLAND , SCOTLAND , AUD IRELAND .
Feluvw Woukkem . —I have seen a paragraph in the Star of November I 4 th , headed " Persecution of Basket Makers , " wl . ich after repeating a string of resolutions past at a meeting of Master Basket Makers at Birmingham , concluded with recommending the journeymen to work for themselves ; but as Mr . Wileman has neither laid bare the ruinous effects of tbe Masters tyranny , nor explained how or ou what principles the journeymen are to work for themselves ; 1 consider it of importance to lay before you the following remark s ;—In the Birmingham resolutions , it is requested by the Masters , that the Men go back to the prices of 1830 . Now
I tonRldtr tiiis an unreason able request , inasmuch as every working man ' s labour being his own property , his only property whereby he can live , deprived of which he C 3 ii no longer exist without being a burden on society . The man , theref "" , « ho dictates to another the p « ce at which he shall sell him his labour , is a base soulless money "rasping wretch . But more than that , he w lO dictates the price of another ' s labour , dictates on what he and his family shall live , in what sort of a dwelling he shall abide , what education his eh'ldrcn shall receive , at what aire ? hey shnll commence to labour . Ina word , it is one man fixine the destinies o' his fellow man .
¦ Before the Union , there wire not two shops in one town that paid alike . One master would have hi » article made half a size larser than another for the snme price ; or , in some instances , leos . Some wouM have more staken put in . 8 'me one thin- ; extra , and some another , and the man had to comply or go on tramp , greatly to his injury . Now since the Union , wher « strikes have taken place , the men have invariably made their lists for all to pay alike , all shops to make work of one size , and a fixed number offtakes , sticks , and < tc . In each shop also tbe men used in many placed to fill troughs and rod ? , pack up work , and in some places carrying it home , and get all
tlie rniJ » In for nothing , wiiich is now charged as lost time . Tl'is is why the masters kick , because they find the men more like men , independent and united to put down oppression . But among the Birmingham resolutions is one stating that they will not eitinlo / any mnn that is a member of the Union , another , that they nish the men to work by a list made out by masters and men ; and then tmike a wonder at the men ' s assurance to employ them-« cH s when they won ' t employ them . It 5 s itrange thot men dare be so independantas to commence business for themselves , especially after serving a seven years apprenticeship .
I think the establishment of a hive amongst the Union masters of Birmingham or Ii ' -iceoter . or anywhere else . Oil tile plan I am about to submit , is much needed , and would be the means of enabling the members of our trade to carry out the principles of " a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work . " In the Stat of the 21 st November , it is stated that tbe London Soci-ty have civen £ 20 to assist in the present struggle . Let us put £ 100 to it by private subscription . Let a qualified per / ton tn overlook the business l > e selected , and after paying for raw mater : *] , rent of premises , n-ages , and interest of money advanced , let the profits be divided in the following manner : — 1 st . An equal per centage to the Society for advanced money , 2 d . To the manajrer a ' cording to his wages , and 3 il . To every man and boy employed in the establishment , according to their rate of earnings by i iece work
Only set one of those hives of independent industry to worts , with the understanding that it i « to be permariont , r nd not to be broken up when the masters find out that they cannot make the men submit to their terms , and the death knell of Basket-making tyranny will begin to t « ll . Let u * have a general subscription throughout England . Scotland , and Ireland , to take place on one day to he fixed l . y the Central Committee . I would suggest New Tear ' s Bay . In conclusion . let u « rememhor . that if we allow the men now on strike to be sacrificed , we must not com * plain when it comes to our turn to suffer , as it most assuredly will . Besting assured that the trade will fly to the rescue as one man , and raise a fund wherewith to enablish a hive that shall stand ai a monument of our resistance against unjust and oppressive employers . T rnmnin .
Tour brother operative , Richard Grassb y . Leith , December 7 th , 1840 . Merchant Seamks —The . Commissioner of the Customs department hare received a commun catinn fmm Mr . Parker , Secretary tn tlie Lords Commissi o ner s of her M a jest y's Treasury , stating that with reference to thei ' reports relative to the Merchant Seamen ' s Act , he has hecn commanded hv their Lordchips , to acquaint them that their Lordships approve of the suffi'fstions therein contained , "for notpr - coding against parties who have omitcd to require
the name of the se . iro . pn to ' be si « ned at full length , and for aiving full publicity to the same ; " and that . pnvVins the re-adjustment o ^ ' thelaw , their Lordships desire that Mr . Field , the Collector of the Customs at the Cape of Good Flnne ( as well as tlie other col lectors in the colonies ) may be apprised , that the 1 'W does not impose upon the collectors of customs th <> duty of proceeding by information before her Majesty ' s Justices of the Peace , and that it forms no part ot'lii-j duty to sue in the character of an informer for the penalties imposed by the Merchant Seamen ' s Act ( 7 and 5 Victoria , cap . 112 . )
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CORX EXCHANGE , December 5 . During the past week our arrivals of English wheat were very Iarje , and there was a good showofsamplGR . it this day ' s market . With so large a supply , the trade was well supported , although prices wive rather the turn in favour of buvers .
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PROVINCIAL MARKETS . Richmond ( Yoekshike ) Corn JIabkkt , Saturday . — We had a tolerable supply of grain in our market to-day . Wakefield Cons Mahkbt . —The arrivals of wheat are fair : the dem = ind tolerfibly good , and in seme cases Is in advance ; inferior samples without change . Manchester Corn Market . —At our market this morning there were but few samples of wheat offering , and for which holders generally required enhanced rates . Both sack aud barrel flour met an improved sale , the former : it fully the previous currency , and the latter on higher terms . Wabmngton Cohn Market . —There was a faiv attendance of farmers at tbe market , and a moderate show of new wheat , which sold at 2 d per bushel advance . Hull Corn Mahket . —The corn trade has been very dull during the week . At this day ' s market we had u middling supply of wheat from the farmers , for which the millers were free buyers at last week ' s rates ; no transaction in foreign , either free or under lock . Birmingham Corn Exchange . — During the present week there has been only a moderate sale of wheat at former rates .
Newcastle Cobs MaekeT . —We had a very fair supply of wheat at this dny ' s market from the growers .-is well as coastwise , but the attendance of buyers being unusually small , the trade ruled dull throughout , and to effect sales a decline of fully Is pur qr . on last Saturday ' s rates must have been submitted to . LrvEnrooL Corn -Market . — Wheat has been in good demand ^ throughout the past week . Extensive purchases have occurred daily for shipment to Ireland , and our own millers and de . ilers have also supplied themselves pretty liberally . All descriptions of wheat have advanced 4 d to fid per bushel , and flour 6 d to Is per barrel , and sack over the quotations of last Tuesday .
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? - STATE OF TRADE . Leeos . —On Saturday the market at the Cloth Hulls were of the same dull character as of late , but Tuesday ' s market was still worse . There has scarcely been so little Lnsines ? done on any market day this year . Manchester—We have had a most depressed week for cloth . The advance on the staple has caused manufacturers to ask higher rates , which , in uu instance , wfc think has been complied with . Bradford . —There is some improvement in the demand for wool , as the spinners are in general out of stock . The spinners are very generally contracting their working hours . For moreens and heavy gouds there is much inquiry . Hodbe « sfiei . d . —There has been a slight improvement in the market to day for heavy goods , which may partly be attributed to the inclemency of the season . Halifax . —We have again had rather more business dicing in the piece market , but do not yet hear of a coiresponding improvement in the demand for yarn , the pritres of which are extremely low compared with the current rates of combing wool ? .
Rochdale Flannel Market . —There is no improvement in the demand for fhnnells to-day , and business still continues languid and flat . Nottingham . —There is a shade of improvement in the Cotton glove trade , but every department of the cotton hosiery manufacture remains stagnant . The lace trade continues in a most depressed state . The plain trade , especially the plain quilting trade , is not suffering in the snme proportion as the fancy branches , but the prices tor m : iking those articles are wretched . Leicester . —The demand both for the London and country tr * de is very limited . GLASGOW . —Cotton Yum ; Onr market is stilt in a
depressed state , and prices may he quoted a shade lower than even last week . Cotton Goods : There has been a very general depression in the markut , and little appearance at present of any immediate inpeoremeut .
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COMMITTAL OP SEVENTEEN WORKMEN FOB CONSPIRACY AT NEWTON . * ' ( From the Manahetter Courier . ) ¦ . On Saturday last , Mr . ThomaB Lyon and Mr . Wm < Stubbs , two county magistrates , sat at the Court-house , Warrington , to examine into a charge of conspiracy , preferred against no fewer than seventeen individuals , by Messrs . Jones and Potts , of the Viaduct Foundry , Newton , iron founders and engineers . The . parties brought before the magistrates " were—Henry Selny , of Manchester , ( chief secretary to the Mechanics' and Engineers' Union ) , John Bousfield , Alfred Chceseborough , ( chairman of the committee of union ) , Francis Dawson , John Dumbell , Gilbert Gray , Peter Grundy , Samuel Mills , Wm . Murgatroyd , Joseph Platt , James Quarry , Matthew Ramsdale , William Reed , Joseph
Smith , Robert Wastewater , Thomas Wilson , 'and Thos , Wright ; and the formal charge . made against them was that upon certain days named , they did .. unlawfully conspire , confederate , and agree to oppress John Jonee and Ar'hur Potts , to persuade workmen in their employ to leave it , and to prevent other workmen from entering it . Mr . Marsh , solicitor , of the firm of Wagstaff , Marsh , and Barrett , appeared for the prosecution ; Mr . W . P . Roberts for the defence—Just so much of the case was heard ns to warrant the magistrates in adjourning , and then the easa was remnndod to Wednesday , all the parties except Selsby and Cheeseborough being admitted to bail , Mr . Roberts being bound for them . The case originated in a dispute between the masters and the men , trie former determining to carry out a system , of adult apprentices , to which the men objected .
On Wednesday , the case came on for hearing agnin . before Mr . lyon ( chairman ) , Mr , Stubbs , and Mr . Gilbert Greenall . Mr . Pollock was retained hy Mr . Marsh toconduct the prosecution . Mr . Roberts again appeared for the prisoners , who enme up at the proper time . The greatest excitement prevailed among certain portions of the working classes in the town , nnd when Mr . Roberts went to court , he was loudly cheered by a very large crowd , who had assembled in front of the Court House , As soon a « the doors leading to the spectators ' area in the court were opened , the crowd rushed in with great impetuosity , and it was some ' time ' before ' order could be obtained . They were crammed in the spot , and in consequence noise was frequently made ; but upon the whole they were quit , and showed the deppest attention , now and then audibly expressing approbation , or the contrary , at what fell from the different speakers , and once wnrmly applauded , ' '
Mr . Pollock then opened the case . He went throneh the circumstances , which he alleged showed the existence of an extensively ramified combination of a dangerous charact r . He laid down the law upon the case , and said that , though he might not be able to show all the parties charged altogether at one time , yet he could prove them all working independently or in company for the same object , and as the nets of a conspirator , however distant in time and place , were the acts of a coconspirator , oven though they might be performed bo . fore he became a conspirator , and were evidence againtt him , if he could prove single acts against each for the same object , be had made out his charge .
Mr . Joseph Jones , deputy constable of 'Warrington , deposed to the apprehension of Murgairoyd , Cheesebo . much , Wilson , Bonsfield , Wustewnter , Dumbell , and Henry Selsby . the lost named at Manchester . I asked Selshy if he was secretary to the executive council to the trade ' s union . He said he was , the chief secretary ; he said everything they had dinne was open , and he would show me all the public addresses they had issusd ; I pro . duced some addresses he gave m « , which had been issued by himself ; I then producer ) an address , and a 9 ked him if he had another similar to it , and hegave me one ; he anid he had issued it , and his name was attached to it ; it purports til come from Henry Selsby , for the executive council ; I then showed him a letter found in a book tak ° n from Chcesebi : rnugli , nnd he admitted the handwritins of the envelope and tlio lett-r was his . " He ' said
it had contained a post-office order , and was sent to Cheesehorough , at Newton . He snid two persons'had heen with him that day from Newton , who had stated that a number of men had been taken into custody , and he liHd sent them back to get the particulars of the charge on which they wero apprehended , as ho could do nothing without the particulars . I nftcrwards went tu the place where Quarry lived . In a box in the house I found somo papers which I now produce , Elijah Bowman lives in thesirae house . He was not there , nor was his name in the warrant . In a box which was pointed out to be his . I found certain papers which I also produce , They bath lodge in Crjw . lant , Newton , nbout » quarter of a mile from Mes * r-. Jones and Potts' works ; I got the copy of the bill I produced to Selsby from Mr . Mflr&t \_
Cross-examined . —Selsby made no Apposition to me when I arrested him . I did not know him personally before . I have not seen Selsby in Warrington before . I have , during the last three months , seen several men at Newton , who were appointed out as pirqucts , nenr the railway . I saw five or six of them there about a week ago . At the time I have seen them there has not been any violence or threatening language , or threatening ( restores . I think I have read the book taken from Cheeseborouffh nil through . I don ' t see anything wariikeinit ; it is all of a business character . I did not give it to Mr . Janes , or let him look at it ; I gave it to Mr . Marsh last Sundaj morning and he retained it till Monday morning , and then he gave it up to mo ; Ijam not personally acquainted with any of the prisoners ; when I took pnsse « sion of Quarry ' s papers , Igot a email memorandum book and a trade card .
Mr . Roberts : I apply that that card and memorandum book may be put in . The parties I represent are anxious to have the whole case brought out , and are willing to take all risk of f'Oso documents , Mr . Pollock said he should have them . Cross-cxamin : iti"n continued ; When I went to Qunrry and Bowman ' s lodgings I had not a search warrant , or any warrant ajrainst Bowman ; I had an ordinary warrant against Quarry ; Mr . Johnson , Jones and Potts ' cashier , was with me ; he assisted me ; Bowmin ' s box was open , Quarry ' s was locked ; I tried some keys to it , but they did not open it ; Mr . Jolinson then tried a key ; I am not aware that Mr . Johnson was deputed to assist me as constable . The Chairman : You know he had a right to charge him to assist , having a warrant , Mr . Roberts ,
Cross examination continued : Mr , Johnson broke open the box with a hammer , wh ' ch was furnished by a young ; woman , daughter of the person who lives in the house I took the papers I produce out of a box and Johnson took something out , but I ; im not able to speak what ; I have not brought here to-day till I took out ; I to » k out a number of letters and some papers ; the letters arc at the police-office . Mr . Roberts : Perhaps you will send for them , Mr , Pollock . The Chairman : It is quits a matter of choice whether he gives them or not . Mr . Pollock : I believe the letters are very numerous , and don't belong to the case ; I have no instructions that they do . Mr . Roberts : Then , sir , 1 beg to make on application , which I do with all solemnity , that those letters be produced , and not that we be kept in ignorance o ? the contents , and then they be bro u ^ lit down upon us at the triil .
Mr . Marsh said he had seen those letters , and he selected those from them which bore on tbe case , those of a private nature he abstained from reading . Mr . Roberts said he was instructed that there were among those letters documents very material for the defence ; showing the nature of t'leir connection with the society . Mr . Pollock said he would be happy to produce any one letter on which Mr . Roberts relied . Mr . Roberts said he relied on them all , and asked for them all . They were most important to his defence that day . Eventually it was decided that the papers should be brought into court , and a gentleman on account of the prosecution , and Mr . Blake . Mr . Robert ' s dark , should examine and determine on the private papers , and reserve the rest . Tliis was done in the course of the sitting .
Cross examination continued : I went to the Quarry ' s about ten o ' clock in the forenoon of Friday ; I gave the papers to Mr Marsh , the whole of tb-m , on Sunday morning , and got them back on Monday morning ; I got them back in two bundles ; " I was directed to produce one bundle here to-day , but had no particular directions as to the other ; " when I received them I did not make any inventory of them ; I did not rend them all myself , but I read most of them ; there was nothing else but papers that I took from the box ; I can't say that Johnson took anything ; from Botvman ' 8 box I took a quantity of papers , but nothing else ; I tied them in a handkerchief and k < "pt them ; they are not here to-day ; I gave them to Mr . Marsh also ; I did not make an inventory of them ; I rend some of them ; Mr . Mnrsl ) gave them me buck on Monday morniug , hue he did not give me any instructions an to producing them .
John Richard Marsh : I received the papers and books mentioned , from Mr . Jonee , and they remained at my house until I returned them in the same state as when I got them . Enoch Marks : I am time keeper to Messrs . Jones and Potts ; at the latter end of August or the eurly part of September , for the first time , I flay a plcquet on Messrs . Jones's establishment ; by a piequet I mean a number of people standing together day after day to prevent any one coming in search of employment ; "I have never seen any violenoe used to such persons : " I produce memorandums of names taken down by me as I passed the picquets I have spoken of ; after I passed by them I got some scraps of paper , and put down iu pencil the names of the parties I saw standing or walking , and I entered them regularly and accurate the samo day , one day after another ; I havo since destroyed the scraps of paper ;
referring to my memorandums I can tell the names of all the parties on pickets , day by day . [ The witness proceeded to read a sort uf journal of the names of the parties whom he observed on piequet from Monday , November 16 th . ] In the course of his cross-examination the witness said , —I have been with Messrs , Jones and PotU upwards of eleven years , and am still their servant ; I have not been a member of any union during that time ; "I hare seen a great dtal of tli . se picquets at different times , and l >» far as I have seen their conduct has been peaceable ; " they go nnd talk to people who conic to seek work , but none that I hav * seen them talk to have come to work ; I have seen people that hare been coming towards tbe foundry , and they have been stopped by some of these parties , and after that they have gone away ; I have seen one during the last month , but not to mjr recollection in the last week . By being asked . If ( bat *
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— .., ¦ ¦ r * , ; ¦ . ¦ seen . ' -one , " I suppose itis moant have l aeen one of these picftuets turning men away ; lhave seen it happen several times during the last month ; less thaa a month ago Francis Dawson was the plcquet , and had two men whom lie was takiug away ; there was no one but the two men with him when they passed mo ; "they were coming sociably aud comfortably together ; " I can't call to mind whether I have seen any one of the prisoners but Dawson taking men away ; I cannot positively say that I have seen Dawson take any nun away ; I have seen Dawson in a piequet with other men where men were stopped , but I cannot call to mind exactly when , His companions were parties of the piequet . When I speak of preventing pereons , I cun t suy what the piequet were to do to prevent them ; I can't say that it was to prevent by force .
Joseph Shatwcll : I am an engine litter , and have been regular ) y ; brought up to that trade ; on tuelOth of November , I came to Newton in search of employment , and at that time I had riot heard anything of a dispute at Jones & Potts' works . 1 app lied there on Monday night , but did not get work , and between seven and eighe on T uesday morning I applied * gain . When I got near the work I met two men , one of whom , Joseph Platt , I had worked with j he is a fitter , and is now in the dock ; I Fee the other man there too ( Thomas Wilson ) : they camo up to me , and Wilson asked me where I was going : I said to keek a joY >; they said there was a disturbance at Jones ' s foundry , and I had better not go ; thi'y did not say what the disturbance was about , but that it was between the master and men ; I said I was out of a jub , and I would like to get a job somewhere ; I was not aware there was nay disturbance : Piatt said if I was hard up they would give me something to
eat and drink ; one of them also said if I went there I shouldn ' t stop long , and I should bo told of it when I went to another shop , and be called a " knobstick ;" I consider a " knobstick" one who goes and takes another man's place and works under price . I went to the works , but did not see tbe master , and oad to return after breakiast ; usi wont after breakfast , I saw Platt , about 300 or 400 yards from the works , walking backward and forward , in the same way as a soldier on guard . When I came back before breakfast Platt was by himself , and said if 1 went to work thei o I should repent it before the winter was over . I went to a public-house near the works , and as I was going Platt made use of a foul ex . pression and said I must not go into that b y hole but go with him aud he would give me sometking to eat and drink and a shilling to go on the road with . After breakfast , I went again , and got work , and I work there still .
In the course of his cross-exanunation'this witness admitted that lie was not frightened at what the prisoner hadsuid to him , but worked on as he thought proper . ' John Daggers : Hive at roster ' s at Newton ; 1 have been in the employ of Jones and Potts since the 10 th of November , as a turner . Last Thursday but one I saw Peter Grundy and Thomas Wright on the road to Jones ' < thop , between 200 and 300 yards from the shop ; Grandy nodded his bead at me to go to him , and when I went to him heaaid , What ' abccu in thy Ifad Jack , to eoriie here , and I said , Where must I work ? He said I had done a bad job fur myself in coming , and he said I could not gtt made intu the society now ; he said , Art tuou going to sieep here ? and I unit ! yog hu suiit , We can raise thee 4 s . or 5 i . to get thee on the road , and thou"il get work at the Vulcan as they were wanting hands there . He said they would give me a note , to certify that I had come out
when they wanted me ; 1 left them , and went to my dinner . On the Saturday following , as I was going to my work , I mctDawBon , Bousneld , Mills , aud Platt , and several others whom I don ' t recognise ; about a dozen in all ; they were opposite Power ' s door , between 300 and 400 yards from the works ; I asked Dawson whether Grundy had gone to l'ruston , and he came to me and told me he had gone , and then said—What ' s ta ' en iu thy head to come here ? and then one of the men called out , Frank , come away , what ' s the use of talking to such a thing as that i Danson said , Thou seest they are all vexed ac me for talking to thee . Dawson said , Art thou for stopping her ? and I said I don ' t know ; he saw me on Saturday night , and he said , If tliou'll come out thoull 'get a job at the Vulcan , ' and a certificate to say thou came out when we wanted thee ; I have seen Dawson standing near the works at meal timeB when the hands were passing .
Cross-examined ; I have been in gaol for Bulling stolen goods , not knowing they were stolen ; I was tried for it in 1842 , and pleaded guilty , though I was not guilty . Joseph Hill :. I have been in the employ of Jones and Potts since the 10 th November ; on the fith I engaged to gu Into tueir employ , and on that day Bousfield and John Frith came to me opposite Jones ' o new buildings , close tu tlie works ; iJousOeltl askid me to have a glass of ale with him ; I told him I would not go , and then he called uiea d—d rascal , who deserved my throat cutting ; they wanted me to come out , and they said I should not be there ubore a month before I should be kicked out . John Oates , Joseph Baker , Peter Taylor , Thomas Terry aud Thomas Davies , who had all been working at Junes and Po . ts ' s , gave similar evidence to that of the preceding witnesses . Mr . Pollock , in announcing the close , said he thought he had established a strong ca * e , nndhe now applied that these men should be committed for trial at the assizes on the charge laid against them .
Mr . Roberts then rose to address the court for the defence , when Mr , Stubbs remarked that we cannot refuse to commit ; ' it is impossible notwithstanding what you may say . " Mr . Roberts , in analysing the evidence as against the different prisoners , said there was evidence against all , perhaps , connecting them with this ati ' uir . There had been many foolish things said , but they were only common observations , capable of being used for a prosecution , but capable also of a different signification , they were the mere ebullition of passion , and not the result of any conspiracy whatever . Tbe charge resolved itself into one of intimidation , and as such , perhaps , it might be treuted uudcr the Intimidation Act , but it was not one of conspiracy , Conspiracy was a combination to do ctr . tain acts illegal in themselves , or do a legal act by illegal
means . But it was not au offence at law to persuade a uuiu not to work for a muster , as was the case here , He admitted that the old view of the law held that it was , but Baren Rolfe had declared in the case of O'Connor and the Chartists who were tried at Lancaster , an opinion , which from the { act of the then universal agitation of the question of conspiracy all over the kingdom , was entitled to more attention , because the judge must have given it in a peculiarl ; deliberate manner , and after the calmest and most searching inquiry , Baron Rolfe at that trial said , that to determine yourself not to buy of a tradesman was a legal act , and to combine to persuade others not to buy of him was not an illegal act , but it was not
the lens a conspiracy . Conspiracy in itself was no crime , the very meaning of the word settled the question . It was to breathe together , to think together , and so fur these men certainly had gone . In a club , if an obnoxious member got in and could not be removed easily , did not all the other members act in concert to drive him out . That was a conspiracy of the rich ; and were they to have their conspiracies with impunity and not tbe poor also . Why there was a conspiracy within a very short distance of that place ; there had been a very large meeting of musters from all parts of the kingdom ; they came to combine and conspire together not to employ unv individual who belonged to a union . They entered into a conspiracy , and whoever thought of indicting them
tor it . Mr . Pollock : It is quite possible some one has thought of it . Mr . Roberts continued to speak at some length for the defence . The magistrates , when he had concluded , announced their determination to commit all the prisoners for trial at the Liverpool assizes on thu charge of contpiracy . Mr . Hoberts then applied that they should be admitted to bail ou Monday , when the assizes commence ; the application was granted , the amount fixed , £ 80 each for Selsby and- Cheeseborougb , and two sureties in £ 40 each ; and £ 40 for each of the others , and two sureties iu £ 20 each . This it was understood was only one half of what was originally intended . Mr . John David Boyd and Samuel Fletcher , of Manchester , gnre bail for Selsby , the others w « re bailed out mostly hy men employed at the Vulcan Founday .
Before the court broke up Mr . Marsh a iked Mr . Roberts if he intended to traverse at the assizes ; to which Mr . Roberts replied , he should act on the instructions of counsel . It was probable the caso will be traversed . The case was not over until uine o ' clock at night , having been ou from a little before twelve . Mr , Roberts was loudly cheered on retiring .
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Dreadful Occurrence . —Last week tlie body of a man w as f o u n d , in a literally roasted atate , in the hot ashes , at Mr . Dixon ' s works , Gavan . It appears that the ashes , as they fall from the furnace , s ink into a bed in successive layer .-, forming a . mass , which is constantly in a heated , if not smouldering state , and emitting noxious gases . The deceased was a poor , houseless creature , supposed to be a foreigner , and ol' whose name or connections nothing is known . lie had , however , been frequently seen about ihe works , and it appears was in the habit of
making the ash-heap his bed , having no place of shelter , and finding comfort in its warmth . It seems probable that , on tlie occasion in question , he had been overpuwered , perhaps suffocated , by the gas from the rubbish , after laying himself down , and whil e in a s t ate of stu p efaction , or rather , it is to be hoped , alter life had totally ceased to exist , the burning of the body had gone on by a slow process , until found in its partially consumed state , with the integuments , it is said , crumbling to the touch . _ A more shocking and deplorable result of destitution ins seldom occurred .
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[ Fromthi Qatttteof Tuesday , December 9 . ] J . Donaldson , Regent-street , and Margaret-street , Middlesex , coachmuker—1 \ Howard , Hingham , Nortblf , wine merchant—S . Nelson , New Bond-street , music seller—J . Spence , Queen-street , Hoxton , china , glass , and eartharnware dealer—E . J . Hows , Deptford , china dealer—J . K . BuIIcd . Peterborough , tailor , draper , and hatter—J . Bussey , Bear-street , Leicester-square , ironmonger and brassfounder—R . Sntehell , jun ., Winsley-street , Oxford-street , aud Hyde , Middlesex , cowkeeper—Wt Cameron , New . castle-upon-Tyno , confectioner — 0 . Evans , Liverpool innkeeper and victualler—J . J . Jackson , Liverpool and Birkenbend , wine merchant—J , B , Uodwuy , Birmingham , commission agent — W . Barker , Nottingham , hosier—W . Thomaa , Treforest , near Cardiff , Glamorganshire , draper—21 , Burton and B , Shtieu , Manchester , cotton splaufcrB ,
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;¦¦ " TO i ? EAROC S O'CONNOR ) ESQ . Respbcted Sib . —I have seen in your address to the oppressed and cruelly persecuted Irish people , an allulion made to an article in the Tin t s in regard to the Irish finding a home in the Highlands of Scotland . Whether this hafc come from any of his Grace of Sutherland ' s Stirlings , I know not , but this , I know that no true Highlander would give such iniquitous advise , as it Is well known , or atould be , that there has been atrocities committed on the poor Highlanders unparalleled in the history of any country by the Highland Lairds , and especially by the Sutherland family .. Let any person
read Mr .. D . M'Leod ' s pnmpblet on the cruelty of the Sutherland family , or Mr . Cobbett , or Mr . D . Miller , of the Edinburgh Witness , and then they will be satisfied in regard to . the happy Paradise that awaits the oppressed Irish in the Hi ghlands of Scotland . The Highlanders of Nova Scotia have not forgotten the monstrous cruelty perpetrated on their fathers on that memorable night , when four hundred families were ejected from their houses and lauds by a brutal military force ; their dwellings burnt to ashes in their sight , and the aged and iufirtn . left a pray to the devouring flames ; and all at the command of a tenant who has no more right to an inch of that soil than . the Emperor of China has . '
Those brave men , although subjected , are yearly in communication with , their friends in Britain , waiting for a fiirournble opportunity of showing the world that they have not forgotten ' their oppressors . Go on , then , Noble Sir , in your endeavours to cement that union , which has been so long wished for , and rest nsnured you will have the hearty support of every true Highlander . I am , respected Sir , Tour ever grateful servant , A , M'Leod . Ulgham , December 5 th , 1816 .
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TO THE ROMAN CATHOLIC HIERARCHY OF IRELAND . Right Rev . and Rev . Sibb , As an Irishman I may be permitted to address you upon a question which has hitherto occupied the attention of tlie people of this empire , and in ; which you have taken a very active part , and at preaent hold a very pro * miuent position . \ Ireland has been for many years the theatre of a continneus agitation , professedly for the purpose of procuring an amelioration of the condition of her people , but of all the various measures of reform sought to be obtained , that of a repeal of the Legislative Union claims to be the chief ; it is , as Repealers say , the grand climax of national hope and happiness ; it i « , to use the words of the man you call a Liberator , his "ULTERIOR MEASURE ! " all ether measures previously introduced were
intended to he only pioneers to this last and greatest of your nation ' s achievements , and to the credit of the Irish people ( hey nobly supported their leaders , and constituted in wnrd and deed all that the most enthusiastic patriotism could possib ' y require . The monster meetings of Ireland ' s sons , and the monster sums of money contributed by the very poorest class of beings in existence , ' were convincing proofs that Irishmen loved their country , and were determined to free her from bondage . Thus far the agitation was perfect ; but let us examine whether oil this enerpy , patriotism and expenditure have been well or ill applied ; M us see what repeal really means , and what it would do for the millions who . echo the cry of " Ireland for the Irish , " and who , although starving , contribute their pence to the Repeal Exchequer . Let us examine whether the existence of a parliament in
College Green would promote the interests of the nation , or whether it would be as stated the panacea for Irish grievance . ); but , above all , Jet us examine whether your mode ' of agitation is likely to prove effectual ; whether it is based upon sincerity , marked by consistency ; or whether it will bear the test of honest political critioism . The first great principle of a reform movement requires that the party agitating should be well acquainted with • he nature , of the grievance to be rbmedied ov removed ; the second , that they should use only such means as are best calculated to produce the speediest and most permanent results . I will admit , for brevity , that the loader who assumed the guidance of your agitation for repeal was well informed on the subject , that he was conversant with thfl nature of every evil with which his country was burthened , and that he possessed transcendent abilities
tn conduct it to a successful termination . The third requisite in an agitation is to create publie opinion , first concerning the nature of the grievance , and , secondly , concerning the best means of removing it . Unity is strength , is a favourite theorism with Repealers , and so itis , provided it is based upon honest principles ; but unity may be weakness in a political movement when it has to contend with might for the victory , and has only broken reeds and harmless missiles to oppose the enemy . It may be very well for a people to say we are aggrieved ; but that is aot attempted to be denied even by those who aggrieve them , and it may seem an act of heroism to rise up to declare their determination to defeat the oppressor , but it would , if I may use an example , be ridiculous to see a donkey , with his teeth draw and his hinder hoofs unshod , rise up to encounter a Hon . Such a battle would
be like Don Quixotte ' s encounter with the windmill , the spear of the one and the ears of the other are synonymous . It may be asked , Why make . such an analogy ? My reply is simply and plainly this , I ronsider them to be perfectly alike in every sense of the word , except that in nae case wehadbut one Quixotteand one Sancho Fancha , but in the other we have a host of " Knight Errauts " and a whole nation of Sancho ' s bestriddled on each other ' s backs , braying most lustily without knowing whether all the uproar would evvr bring them a grain of corn or a a potato more than they were accustomed to . I would not be misunderstood , I am not opposed to a Repeal of the Union , if accompanied with proper guarantees for national good ; but , according to the Repeal system , every man possessing a sound » nd thinking mind , and who loves his country , must feel dissatisfied .
Gentlemen , as you are conversant with the doctrine of cause and effect , it will be only necessary to ask you , what the cause was which led to tbe existence of the union betwixt Ireland and Great Britian ? I need not to be told that it was the corruption of one party who bribed , or the treachery or treason of another who sold you into slavery . Tese are answers daily and hourly given to the people of Ireland , and with which they and . you , gentlemen , seem satisfied ; but which will not satisfy me , nsl consider their is a cause far above this perfidy of that baseness ; these iniquitous transactions were but the effect of a cause , and that cause still exists , and n < -t a man amongst the Repealers , from tbe " Liberator" to
the humblest associate , or even amongst the clergy , has as yet the courage or political honcBty to recognise it , although it is obvious to the meanest capacity . Let me ask , upon what kind of suffrage the Parliament which contracted the Union was elected < Did it represent the whole people or a class of them , or did it not rather represent itself ? It is quite certain that the people were not fully and fai rl y represented , and it i s equally certain if they had been thuy would have possessed a power capable of compelling the legislature tu be honest . Thus the want of political fowbb , or a voice in making tbe laws by which they are governed , was the cacse which led to the Act of Union .
Now in order to remedy the effect , would it not be advisable to remove the cause , seeing that by doing so the effect would assuredly cease ; for if repeal were to be ob tained by your present mode of seeking it , it would still be objectionable whilst the cause was permitted to exist ! Would it not be more patriotic to remove the cause , and grant to every man of sound mind , 21 years of age , and unconvicted of crime , " a voice in choosing his representatires—to give him the CHARTER—which the Liberator declared to be his right to protect him , and without whleh Repeal would be worthless—nay , worse , i t would be injurious ? Can there be any danger to the country from the fact that the people would have an intereBt and a power to promote its prosperity ? Assuredly not , and as we now see the connexion betwixt slavery and non representation , it may fairly be assumed that unless your
agitation embodied the principle of equal , fall , and fair representation for the entire people , it could be an honest agitation , and consequently all the energy , patriotism , and expenditure contributed towards it have been nothing less than time lost , useless vapouring , and arrant swindlins of the people ' s hard earned pence . What man in Ireland will have the hardihood to assert that Daniel O'Connell ever intended to extend the franchise to his countrymen , to protect them against the class interests or class legislature , or who will venture to affirm that in the absence of such protection Ireland would not be , even with Repeal , a nation of slaves as she is now 1 I t is to be regretted that the people have been so long deluded with false hopes and expectation , but it is more deeply to be regretted that you , roost Rev . Sirs , should have lent the weight of your influence to a movement
conducted so injudicious , andbearing the impress of the most reckless political profligacy , I would be sorry to imagine you have acted throughout the agitation otherwise than as you believed to be consistent with just principles , or were guided by other motives sava your desire to render your country all the service in your powar . I am of opinion you felt convinced you were pursuing tbe best eourse to render Ireland independent , and her people happy ; * nd I am willing to admit you are sincerely desirous to raise to that position in the scale of nations , to which nhe is so pre-eminently entitled ; but , notwithstanding the respect I entertain for your motives , I deem it to be my duty to remonstrate with you on the impolicy of giving support to a measure without having previously given it the most attentive consideration . It is plain you have not done so , and in this particular lies the great error of your movement , and the developement of ita
failure . It was not be expected that the poorer classes of Rociety could understand ttw sophistry or specious measuring 8 of such a man as Daniel O'Connell , in whom thoy were taught to confide , and whose word they were led to believe wns infallible . They might not he expected to ask themselves questions concerning the propriety of doing this thing or doing that , when they learned to leave such things to their " betters , " and to render obedienoe to their will . The poor Repealers have their unfortunate position to plead in extenuation , but the Clergy of the Roman Catholic Church have not so ckeap a subterfuge to screen them from political criticism . Their education should haiO taught them to distinguish the relatious betwixt cause and effect , and thuir influence and position iu society should have restrained them from rendering a blind support to an agitation iu which their examp le muat p « ces » wilj be profolsUTt q ( evil CQugeaueaiif Bi
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The Irish people are aometftneg at fault in bein grateful to pretended benefactors , and the clergy ! ^ fallen into this error a « regards the question of C » th Emancipation . They unfairly attribute to Mr . 0 'Co the sole honour of having achieved this impo " . " ''' victory , and thus consequently rely upon his agg ^ r and give him credit for sorouch political integrity a" "' induce the belief that they suppose feim to be mean V ° of error . You were grateful ! but mark how yonr » . tude has been abused—witness ths result of your ample in tbe shattered remnant of a once great Natin ' *' Movement , slandering each other in " Conciliation Ha . | ln Look at Ireland as she wag—as she IS— . STARYlun Look at the Liberator (!) at one time swallowing Rem i in mouthfuls of Tory venison fattened on Fhomix Part , at ther i down the accumulated ^
ano gulpng subscriptin ' of his wretched victims , and NOW drivelling and into icated with the fumes of a " mess" of Whig " pottage" » j slops I f Look at these things and ask yourselves whethp your energies and patriotism have not been misapi , iip , i and learn from the fact that a man may get credit for sincerity fig n patriot , without being a patriot in reality with th e kind permission of the Editor o f the North ™ star , I win continue this subject , and endeavour to convince you that if you wish to set Ireland free , you muot obtain political power for the people , and direct their at . tention to the cultivation of her internal resources among . t which as the chief , is the land , upon which they are at present but "Hewers of wood and drawers of water , " stiangers and " aliens" in the land of their birth . , . . I am Right Rev . and Rev . Sirs , Tour most obedient Servant , W . H . Cmfton .
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REPEAL . TO TUE EDITOR OF THB NORTSEttlf STAB , Sir , —1 beg to forward you ( requesting its publication ) the copy of a letter addressed by me last week to th » Editor of the Nation here . This letter was sent probably too late for insertion , certainly not for notice , I cannot say what course the Editor of the Nation may take with regard to my paper : whether , actuated by the liable s--ntiraents which he hebdomadally puts forth for our edification , he will bravely set narrow and ridiculous prejudices at defiance , and give it the publicity it chal . lenges , or whether he will still hesitate to do justice from motives of sordid prudence , and repel me as ungraciousl y as he did the English Chartists . In either case , sir , it becomes me as secretary to the Irish section of the Uni . versal Suffrage movement , to do my duty by those with whom in politics I am associated , and as the Northern Star comeg into hands which the Nation does not reach , I ivish our English to know that we are neither dead nor
sleeping here ; we " bide our time , " and have little doubt but the ' « war of internecne factions , " otherwise the Irish battle for the bone , will terminate in the adoption by the people of the enly panacea for their miseries—tbe Charter ; which can alone raise them from serfness to freedom , and from wretchedness unparalleled to that status of social comfort in which eternal justice require * that the industrious classes of these countries should b » found . To hasten the auspicious moment when tlie work * ing classes of the two countries shall me clearly to undertand their own interests , and rightly estimate their own power should be the object of our unceasing exertions ; and it is because I believe no man too humble to contri . bute to this good work , that I set many interests aside to occasionally devote a part ) of my time to the briefly laying my thoughts before my countrymen , I am , Sir , Tour obedient Servant , W . H . Diott . MATERIALS FOR AN ENGLISH REPEAL PARTY .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NATIOH . Sir , —In your last number you have invited attention to the above subject , a most important one . In reply to your invitation I beg to assert that an English repeal paf-ty does exist , } there ate three and a half millions of British men pledged to that measure ; they are of that " working class" whom you have lately denominated "brave , " and expressed " a hope at " some future time to be better acquainted with ; " they lovs liberty ; they are attached to the principles of Cartwrigat and Cobbett ; they read your journal and admire its
integrity and spirit ; they have ou many occasions given proof of their utter unselfishness as regards their Irish brethren ; they hare petitioned for Repeal ; remonstrated against the monster indictment , and the subsequent im . prisonment of its victims ; they armed the ungrateful bands of Mr . O'Connell with hO 3 ts of English " signatures against the Irish Coercion Bill : in tbe House of Com . mons their acknowledged chieftain is one of tbe most distinguished denunciators of every governmental fraud and ministerial ] tyranny ; he at all times upholds the cause of { Ireland ; his name is ThomaB Buncombe , and his political supporters hare adopted as their proper designation their nickname—they are called Chartists .
I must confess , sir , that unless in the junction of this party , and the Irish residents in England , I can see no materials for forming a powerful repeal confederacy in that country . That such a confederacy would be powerful—nay , all-powerful , we have the testimony of Richard Lalor Shiel , when pleading for Mr . O'Connell on occasion of tbe state trials to prove . On that memorable occasion he put >" t to the gratitude of the Queen ' s government that Mr . O'Connell had stood between tbe English and Irish working classes , the latter of whom , be asserted , were 83 eager to hold forth the hand of political amity to their fellows of the sister country , as the English operatives
were ardently anxious to clutch that hand with faithful anil determined grasp . Mr , Shiel declared that Mr . O'Connell had prevented this union , and affirmed that had this junction taken place , no administration could have withstood its collected power ; and he pleaded that Mr , O'Connell , because he had prevented this junction , checked the fraternisiug impulses of generous men , and retarded the advent of a nation ' s enfranchisement , was , therefore , entitled to a gratoful consideration and acquittal from the government be had served and saved , for any un-guarded etcapadt in the moment of oratorical effervescence .
Is not this fact extant , and written in very choice English in the book of the Irish State trials * Mr . Shiel ' s opinion I fully concur in : I think the union of the " brave" working classes of the two countries would soon repeal the union for this , and achieve tha fi anchise for both countries . It ts not the tones who will form a repeal { party , though they may frankly surrender to one . when it becomes sufficiently powerful . It is not th « Whigs—pledged to resist repeal to the death—it is not that pestilential and perfidious faction whose treachery and eoriuption are only equalled by their imbecility and incapacity ; it is not those dribbling statesmen , petifogging economists , and namby-pamby orators , who will for » or foster a repeal party in England . Neither is it to the profit-mongering middle classes , who gorge upon the spoil wrung from this plundered land
that you may look for sympathy or assistance ; it is not to the ehureh-ridden Exeter HftH clique , nor yet to the ignorant and bigotted bores you must appeal . No ; it is to the justice and generosity resident io the bosoms of the " brave " and intelligent artisans and operatives of England that you mast have recourse if you desire to find materials for a repeal party in Saxon land . Sir , you must unteach the Irish people much that has been sedulously inculcated on them ; yeu must show them that it is unjust , as well as absurd , to charge upon a body of men the acts of individuals , or declare that principles are vitiated because some of those who hold them may , under strong excitement , act imprudently . You must show them , sir , that much of what Emmet died for has been achieved , and that his death , far from turning us irom the nationality for which he died , should rather heighten our enthusiasm in tbe cause to which he fell a self-deserted sacrifice . Sir , you must go further , you must
dispel tbe delusion that men are unfit to serve their country because in religion they may believe less , or in po litics go for more , than the majority of their countrymen : even , sit , should some of the points in men ' s religious or politi * cal principles justify , ia yonr estimation , the use of the strong phrase " abominable , " you should , even if you declined to point out where the abomination lay , yet hon « 8 t ) y admit , that where there was no moral taint , and where there was perfeot willingness , nay , anxiety , to assist in working out the measure on which Irishmen had set their souls , such auxiliar aid , instead of being—to serve some poor and paltry purpose of tbe hour—disdainfully aud contumeliously spurned , in common justice to the generosity of the parties offering it , be courteously received ; while refusing to turn it to the account of the country and the cause , could only— -if Mr . Shiel's assertion be worth anything—be considered the act of madmen or of traitors .
Sir , you like brevity and favor boldness ; I have the uudacity to address you these Hne 9 not exactly expecting tbat you will publish them . I have no' " miserable vanity " to gratify : but I am a poor and humble man , though an ardent worshipper of truth and of my country , who thinks that it is the duty of every man to take s port in those public proceedings which so considerably affect the private relations of society . Sire me a living reason that the principles of Chartism , which you sneeringly say are " good enough for England , " are unsound , unconititutional , or unsuited to the people of Ireland ; and tell me why the " brave " men who bore and forbore under all O ' Connell ' s rancorous abuse and transparent misrepresentation , are not worthy to coalesce with the Irtnh who live amongst them , as well as with the £ Kab bulk of the deluded people of this ill-treated island . .
lam , Sir , Your obedient and admiring Servant , W . H . DroM , 29 , North King Street , Dubli B ' ,
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A Thief ' s Dodok . —On Saturday night a + . hief went into the shop of a watchmaker , in Mark-lane , just as the proprietor , who waa in the habit of packing up his gooda in a bag and taking them hciine , every evening , was preparing to depart . Tha bag lay upon the counter , the thief seized it , th ' .-evr a handful of pepper in the face of the shopkeopr ; v , and ran down Mark-lane- The p lundered mao roare * out lustily , and notwithstanding the blino ' ing effect of the pepper , ran out after the th » ef t ' who threff down the bajj , and vanished . None af ' tlio property was lost . The thief escaped . Prince Louis Napoleon . — On . Tuesday Prince Louis Napoleon , accompanied by t . ue . Marquis oi Doujfliw , arrived fromArwn at ' jjj 6 st ar Jlotel , IM'DOB » 14 ' B )| Georjfr 8 a , UaN , Glff * gQW ,
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A certain cure for Scrofula , or King's Evil by IIolloway ' s Ointment and Pills . —Many of the Hospitals finding that a number of their patients , afflicted with ulcers , abscesses , and sores , be more particularly from Scrofula , who had been discharged as incurable from various medical institutions , were afterwards soundly healed by Holloway's Ointment and Pills . This fact has induced several Infirmaries to purchase , hy weight , from the Proprietor , Holloway , Ointment for Hospital use , for tbe purpose of curing this class of pationts . All such patients would , therefore , do well to have recourse to those famed remedies when suffering from similar ailments .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 12, 1846, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1396/page/2/
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