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      **\ Jf JLKJ 1 § « RECErTTS OF THE CH ARTIST CO-OPERmVF I IAND COMPANY . PER MR . O'CONNOR . SECTION No . 1 . « B 4 Kl , City of London £ 0 2 6 Cheltenham .. £ 0 * 0 Plymouth .. 2 16 6 Hyde „ ,, 050 Snoreditch .. 0 l 0 Prescot .. 218 0 Vi retoninster „ 1 9 10 Norwich „ 2 0 0 Ditto „ 12 0 Boulogne .. 0 6 8 Ipswich „ 1 u o Nottingham , Sweet 0 7 6 James Snath .. 0 0 3 Glasgow .. 6 19 0 S . L . B . .. 0 3 0 Whittington and Wigan .. 810 0 Cat „ .. 4 11 0 Warwick .. 0 4 6 Ditto ( omitted Bacop .. .. 10 0 0 last week ) .. 0 6 0 Oldham .. 1 0 0 Bennondsey .. 8 10 Sowerhy Helm .. 2 0 0 Ashton .. 8 16 8 Cockeraouth .. 1 0 0 Sniodon .. 4 8 9 Leicester „ 3 0 0 Worsboro' Common 1 14 9 Manchester .. 1 11 0 Salford .. 1 13 9 Staljbridge .. 3 0 0 Bnrnley .. O 14 6 Worcester .. 216 6 Bath - .. 10 0 Scarborough „ 0 11 1 Todmorden 10 0 Rochdale .. 0 10 Hamilton .. 112 6 £ 74 15 _ 7 SECTION Ko . 2 . ¦™ " » ¦ BAKES . City of London 0 17 6 J . Rudtnan .. 5 2 0 riymoutU ., 166 Rochdale .. 059 Aberdeen .. 0 It 0 Cheltenham .. 0 19 e KJnghorn .. 0 10 0 Hyde .. .. 0 12 10 Shoreditch .. 0 4 0 Tredegar _ 0 12 6 "Westminster , R . Frescot .. 0 Ifl 0 M'Donald .. 0 2 0 Boulogne .. 1 11 0 S . Vizard .. 0 8 0 Nottingham .. 1 14 6 C . Gwilliam .. 0 2 6 Market Laving-Harjlebone , W . ton , Lore .. 0 2 6 Fletcher .. 0 5 0 Norwich „ 2 13 U J } itto , C . RaTenor 0 10 Hammersmith 0 10 0 Ditto , B . Gibson 0 18 Somers Town , J ; George Troron .. « 2 0 Dartnall ., 0 10 0 Westminster .. 16 0 Glasgow .. 1 19 0 G . Bishop « # 10 Chelsea .. 2 12 0 Ipswich .. 3 13 0 Sterenson , Cullen 0 10 Thrapstone .. 0 10 Whittington and 2 12 0 Cut 12 unt , . BKEmsoFTBECHtRTisT co-oreamra I

      Ivestoa .. .. 0 G 9 Ivestoa .. z o .. .. 069 Joseph M'Carinev 0 7 0 Ashtonunder-Lyae 4 10 0 Thomas Vowell 0 10 SouUiampion .. 14 3 "William Rogers 0 10 0 Tor ^ iay .. 2 18 6 IVigan .. .. 0 9 6 Worsboro'Common 2 0 0 Birmingham ( Ship ) 0 16 11 B . rmingham , per Central Rossendalc 12 6 Goodwin .. 0 5 0 Warwick .. 0 4 0 Salford .. 18 6 Bacnp .. 10 0 Burnley .. 0 17 0 Stafford .. 0 9 0 Worcester .. 7 lfi 3 Derby ., „ 2 18 2 Xuneaton .. 0 16 0 "W . Coin .. 0 3 0 Clifford „ 3 6 8 Oldham .. 1 0 0 Bath .. .. 0 is 0 George Martin .. 0 10 Teignmouth 3 10 0 Cockermouth .. 10 0 Leubury „ 011 9 Leicester , Astill 1 0 0 Wolverhampton 0 12 0 G . Allinson .. 0 2 6 Gainsborough .. 0 8 0 Manchester .. 0 19 C Bradford .. 2 10 Stalybridge .. 9 0 0 Lambeth .. 2 5 0 Worcester .. 0 12 0 Hamilton .. 0 3 0 £ 88 15 11 SECTION No . 3 . 4 HABE 8 . MrSoulsby .. 0 5 4 Stockport .. 2 0 0 If . Smith , Don- Manchester .. 11 8 4 caster .. 3 15 0 Staltbridge .. S 0 0 Aberdeen .. 19 4 Brightlingsea .. 15 1-3 0 Band Peebles .. 10 0 Worcester „ 2 17 0 Maurice Pygott 10 0 Kochdale .. l 13 3 Norton Falgate 0 8 0 Cheltenham M 3 6 0 George Smith .. 318 i Hyde „ .. o 16 6 Thomas Self .. 0 1 0 W . P . .. .. 2 12 * Catherine Cooper 5 4 4 CHtheroe .. 2 0 0 Shoreditch .. - 0 13 o Sutton-in-Ashfield 0 9 2

      Sarah heighley 12 6 Boulogne .. 1 10 0 Thomas Crabb .. 0 14 Keighley .. 0 4 0 John White .. 0 2 0 Nottingham .. 11 ^ 10 Robert Jones .. 0 2 0 Market LaviBg-Joseph Moss .. 0 5 0 ton , Love ., 10 8 0 Westminster .. 5 4 4 Norwich .. 0 17 6 Joseph Derrick 0 3 4 Accrington ,. 10 0 Joseph Kendall 0 2 6 Hammersmith ,. 12 0 Ipswich .. 1 15 0 Samuel Paynton 0 5 4 Xeswick .. 15 6 Glasgow .. 15 0 Samuel Evans .. 0 16 2 Chelsea .. 0 S 111 Wq , Bracen „ 0 4 4 B . Briggs .. 0 5 0 Mary Ann Mant- Whittington and

      field .. .. 050 Cat .. .. 224 Edward DoTe .. 0 5 0 J . W . Gyles .. 0 5 0 Alex . Powler .. 0 16 James Johnson 0 9 4 Thomas Pike „ 0 14 Elizabeth Foster 0 9 4 Joseph Standen 3 0 0 Charles Long , George LeverUge 0 2 6 Bennondsey .. 0 5 0 James Hill .. 0 3 0 Ashton ,. 19 8 Thomas Saunders 0 14 Southampton .. 16 14 6 Birmingham ( Ship ) 3 15 10 Birmingham , Pare 0 10 0 Central Rossendale 0 15 O Torquay ,. 0 14 7 "Warwick .. 0 2 8 Birmingham , Good-Giggleswick .. 0 5 4 win .. .. 0 8 0 Bacup .. .. 4 0 0 Burnley .. 0 4 4 Woolwich , W . JJuneaton .. 1 11 0 Langbam .. ft 5 0 Pershore ,. 7 0 0 Bury .. .. 5 8 10 Bath .. .. 030 Mansfield .. 0 12 0 Ledbury .. 0 14 Smithy Brook « . 8 18 10 Wolverhampton 18 0 J Jerby .. .. 16 10 Gainsborough .. 18 6 Doneaster .. 0 5 6 Todmorden .. 6 0 0 J . Clongh .. 5 4 4 Hamilton .. 0 4 6 Leicester , A » till 10 0 Reading .. 4 19 6

      £ 185 3 2 EXPENSE FPSD . City of London 0 3 0 Budman .. 0 2 0 Plymouth .. 6 4 0 Scarborough .. 15 1 George Smith .. 0 1 6 W . Pickett „ 0 10 Edward Tobin .. 0 2 0 Prescot .. 0 0 6 Catherine Cooper 0 3 0 Boulogne .. 16 0 Westminster .. 0 2 0 Kottinghain .. 10 0 Ipswich .. 0 2 0 Norwich , Bagshaw 0 5 6 Wigan .. 18 6 Cheltenham .. 0 10 0 Central Rossendale 0 2 4 Glasgow .. 0 12 7 Warwick „ 0 3 0 Southampton .. 1 15 0 W . Golightly .. 0 10 Swindon .. 2 18 7 Derby „ 0 6 9 Worsboro Common 0 5 3 J . Clough .. 0 2 0 Salford .. 0 2 6 Brightlingsea .. 0 6 0 Nuneaton .. 0 4 0 Worcester .. 1 lo 9 Bath .. ., 020 _ £ 15 _ 6 4 TOTAL IAKD FCSD . Mr . O'Connor , Section No . 1 ... U 15 7 Mr . O'Conner , Section No . 2 ... 83 15 11 Mr . O'Connor , Section No . 3 ... 185 3 2 Expense Fund ... ... 15 6 4 £ 364 1 0 FOR THE BANS . Suras previousl y acknowledged 764 8 8 For the Week ending the lstli March ,. .. 92 8 0 £ 856 16 8 The new Land Roles are now ready , price fourpence . The i ssue of Cards is discontinued , as the Rules are made to senre both purposes : each Locality throughout the kingdom will be furnished with a iupply of the same , also with an acount book , and the necessary Bills , &c , for distribution . Books for the use of Depositors in the Land and Labour Banks are being prepared , and will be issued to Depositors in a few days . T . M . Wheeler , 1 c . . PmurM'GBAiH , J Secretary . BECEIPTS OF NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION Manchester .. l 0 0 Camberwell .. 0 3 6 toukd ' s begehebhtion comkittex , Mr Foater , Hanky .. .. .. .. 010

      CENTBAL KECtST * ATIO !» COHWTTCE . Balance of the late And-Militia Committee .. 0 7 10 J BECEIPTS OF THE VICTIMS' COMMITTEE . FOR MR » ICH » EBS . W . George .. 0 0 4 Mr Oakley „ 0 0 6 G . Wright .. 0 0 6 Mr Moss .. 0 0 6 G . It ., Westminster 0 1 0 Mr Boonham ., 0 0 6 -BUston .. 0 12 0 A Friend .. 0 0 2 SomersTowa .. 0 3 4 Newcastle-upon . fl . B . T ., Tower Tjne .. 0 3 0 Hamlets .. oiO Bradford , Yorkshire 0 4 0 £ 1 6 10 VSTE&UfS * , WIDOWS ' , AND ORPHANS IOND . G . R . B . .. 0 0 0 Hull , per J . Shaw 0 7 6 " R , Westminster 0 1 0 Whittington and Bilston .. o 10 0 Cat , per J . Shaw 0 8 1 Camberwell .. 0 3 3 Mr . Dean .. 0 10 Westminster ~ 0 7 9 Mr . Flower , Tower Hamlets Brighton , I . U » numttee , per ( omitted to be J . Soaw .. ioo acknowledged ) 063 £ 3 0 4 Chhibtophk Doile , Secretary .

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      NATIli ^^ TRADEs ASSOCIATION FOR THb P * ° ™ CTION OF IN , DUSTRY . " Union for the Million . " We hare hitherto confined our remark * in this form to the protection of industry , by pointing oat the necessity and advantage there is for the operatives of every trade , and in all parts of the country , to unite with our association ; but while we would impress this duty upon them , and urge theexpedience of one and all to contribute to the £ 20 , 000 fund , which is to be devoted to the protection of those workmen who may be compelled to resort to astrike to lesist a reduction , orto obtain an advance of wages under circumstances which the central committee approve of as being just and equitable , and which unqu-suonably come under the character of conil in '" ' nm ' '" I ill

      tending for a lair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s w « rk ; we nave also to remind our numerous members and friends of the equal nesessity there is for them taking up shares in the fund or the employment of labour , which fund is eparate and distinct from the former . The emancipafc on of industiy is a work of such importance as to require not only the means of protecting industry , by supporting those who are off work during an approved strike , but also to find employment fur those who may be discharged by their roasters for taking an active part in advocating or otherwise u > ing their endeavours to procure and maintain their juBt and equitable rights , wqether as individuals or in numbers . This can only be done by instituting manufacturing establishments of various branches of trade , which is one of the means intended to lie used

      in carrying out the great work in which we are engaged . In order to complete this fund of £ 100 , 000 , every branch of our association , in whatever part of the country it may be situated , or of whatever description of workmen it is composed , may reasonably be expected to take shares of £ 5 each , in accordance with the number of its members , and their ability as biKh or low paid trades . Individual members , also , are elligible to lake shares , and can obtain the necessary information by applying to any of our agents , or by writing to the secretary of the National Association of United Trades , No . 11 , Tottenham Courtroad . London .

      Tl e independent position in which workmen will bep aced by the operations of this fund , ia calculattd to give mure encouragement to the oppressed operatives of Britain than any other source of hope whatsoever , that amount being invested in manufactories of various kinds , will give employment to great numbers of those workmen whose efforts , by prudent proceedings and firmness in the cause of industry may subject thtm to loss of employment . None 'here ' ore , will have to dread the loss of their work by in urring the displeasure of masters in seeking or ma nt lining their just and equitable rights by t rudent and temperate means . The threat of bein « ¦ ischarged will be harmless when associated with the lonsideratioii that other employment is available , Mid sufferers in the cause of industry obtain a Drioritv

      of that employment . Masters who now consider that t is all fair to pay their workmen at the rate ot what the most necessitous of surplus workmen will take , and wlio strive to perpetuate the system of British slavery , can only be effectually defeated by the means we have devised of protecting industry and employing labour , by capital subscribed bv the working man ' s pence , which will be found to ' be as valuable as the pounds of the rich to the same amount . There are many of that class of masters in the country described in our last wetk ' s report of the London tin-plate workers , who wUl hearken to no reason , but resolve upon giving a certain amount of wages and no more , without regard to whether the labonr of the workmen is worth more or not .

      Such characters can only fee convinced of their own folly , and of the justice and efficacy of our cause , by the institution of rival establishments . When a few of tiieseare put into operation , and the masters find thav the enormous profits which they have enjoyed are not required to be realised out of goods sold at the people ' s own shops , and that their customers are availing themselves of the benefit of cheaper goods of equal quality at the workmen ' s shops , they will , doubtless , begin to think that tbeir conduct in abridging the workmen ' s wages to a rate so low as to induce them , to resort to the means of subscribing to a fund to commence rival establishments which can undersell them has been foolish in the extreme . They will , however , have time to reDent of their

      folly , and other masters will act wisely by taking a caution from their situation . No doubt there are many masters who will act with caution , and who acknowledge the justice of the principle , that the producers of wealth ought to be amply remunerated , and that wages ought to be regulated in accordance with the amount of wealth created by labour , and not according to the amount of surplus labour ia the market , or what the most necessitous workman will take for his labour . Such masters , in whatever business the / may be found , will do well for themselves and for all concerned by pointing out to other masters like themselves the policy there will be in their preventing the workmen from becoming their own masters

      by the means we have described , by acting fairly reasonably and equitably towards them : so long as they do this , they need not fear the danger that will inevitably fall upon those who seek to pursue a contrary course ef deportment towards their workmen , lhe central committee of this association will ever appreciate the reasonable and equitable deportment of masters , wherever itjis to be found . They will not support workmen in any proceedings , but what are based on justice and equity . They seek not to promote strikes nor disputes of any kind between masters and servants , to supersede the necessity of such measures , by stepping in between the parties contending , and irquiring into the real merits of the mat . tersm difference , and proposing what is fair and just towards each under existing circumstances of the case . Whichever party is in the fault , they will endeavour to

      bring them to a reasonable view of the matter . Or , if faults exist on both sides , they will act accordingly . But , while they wijlnot support the workmen in unreasonable proceedings , they will use their endeavours to bring those masters to a sense of what unity can effect , even amongst working men , in the present general movement tor the emancipation of industry , fins great work , however , which concerns all , requires the aid and the interest of all who are concernedI ; let every man , woman , and child who are dependant on the fruits of their labour for subsisianee , consider the subject as one which interests and concerns themselves ; and let them prove their zeal by uniting with the association ; and let every branch union take as many shares of £ o each as they can , ana every individual who can afford it do the same .

      The central committee of the above association held their usual weekly meeting on Monday laBt . Alter the usual preliminary business was disposed ot and the voluminous correspondence read , the iollow mg reports were received from the association ' s miS 3 ionaiesr . PAISLEY , S . VEPD 0 X District . — On Monday evening a meeting of the weavers was held in the public school room , to hear the plans of the National Association explained . Mr Jacobs' address thoroughly convinced all present , and the immediate remittance of the first month ' s contribution was decided on .

      NEWTON MEARNES .-Mr Jacobs lectured to & public meeting of this branch of the National Association , on Tuesday evening , in the large ball of tno iSewton Inn . The members and the public were tully satisfi ed with , the efficacy of the plan , and the branch increased . EDINBURGH .-On Wednesday evening , apublic meeting of plumbers was held at Cranstone ' s llall , to hear a lecture . from Mr . Jacobs on the necessity for union and national association . After the lecture , questions were asked relative to certain in . sinuations made against the society in » letter received by the secretary from a plumber in ManchesterThe

      . district secretary read the reply to those queries from the general secretary , which seemed to astonish the meeting that so little should have been paid in , and bo mnch given the party complaining , support . Mr J . briefly stated the nature et the case as it appeared to him in the full committee meeting held in London , in December , but at the next Conference he doubted not all would be satisfied that the central committee had fulfilled the recommendation ol the last conference to the full extent of their intentions and expectations . Votea ol approval were then passed , and the meeting separated . This body has already joined .

      WISIIAyv — Impobtast Discussion on the Be-SEFirs of Trades' Unions . —On Thursday evening , Alfissrs Olaughan and Jacobs procesded to this village , to enter into a discussion on the above subject , with several members of the Philosophical »? " ?« *• „ Tha opponentswere Mr Grey , Mr Sherrer , Mr Wardrop , and Mr Somerville . This discussion grew out of a former one on the same subject , entered into by members of the above debating society , where it was stated the non-unionists had the best of the argument , upon which Mr Olaughan was applied to , who sent a challenge to the opponents ot union t

      » meet them , and proposed , as the form of the aubject , the following :- " That as capital is tullj [ protected by law , and labour unprotected , and unable of itself to resist the encroachments of employers , trades unions are necessary and beneficial . " i . nWr 0 !?* " * tDemceting urged Ibe following :-ilmtteta mijMn as tboy are and have been , are not beneficial to the trades or the community ak largo . ' This question was accepted on the night of discussion , by Messrs Claughan and Jacobs , instead of their proposal . Agreed that the opener on each aide and closer be allowed half an hour ; all tha other speakers quarter of an hour .

      Mr Cucohah maintained the necessity for trades ' unions , the good they did their members , and the community by preventing reduction on , some occasions and wndermgtlieo wower ; w (] w £ tMeg : wtor . t

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      they cannot altogftther prevent , effecting rises of wages when opportunities occurred to favour them , which the employer would never give , utilfss the labourer had power to uphold him in the demand ; and further maintained that the worst strikes had occurred among non-unionists oi disunited men , of which he gave several instances . Mr Grat followed , and contended thai trades ' union , caused an unhealthy state of society by causinz dimurd . Political economists considered ! a healthy state of society one in which men should lire in harmony , and work unmolested at their own or any other occupation they chose to follow , and cited Burns in illustration of his meaning , lie objected to trades' unions : — Because they sought to establish monopoly by confinintj each trade to a certain class of unionists . Because they opposed free trade , by preventing the worhingman selling his labour at the price offered .

      Because thej prohibited apprentices , or sought lo restrict them to a certain number , and prohibited workers from other lines coming into theirs . Because they restricted the amount of work to be performed in a day by each man , though young and atroug could do more . Because they refused to work with non-unionisis , and thus cause them to be discharged , thu « persecuting those that do not join them . Unions teach ignorant men to think that their property that belongs Of right to all , viz ., « ' the trades . " Bach calls his "his own trade , " — a private property ; tUey say to others , " go to your own trade . " Unions have a tendency to drivo men back to ancient barbarism , to confine man , as in Chiua and India , to the calling of their fathers , to prevent them rising in the social scale , dividing men into castes , the mining caste , the carpenter ' s caste , &c .

      Unions charge entry money and render no equivalent ; the miners and some other charge extra to learners . Is it not enough to pay a premium to the master without paying to tho men ! it is the master learns the lad the trade , not the men . Mr Claughax proceeded to defend the restrictions of trades' unions on apprentices and learners from other occupants , as necessary to prevent the trade or calling being over-stocked with hands , as surplus hands caused reduction of wages , and contended , if men , according to their doctrines , were to be running from one trade to another , that they would be

      all their lives apprentices and never work for journeyman ' s wages , and masters would like this . That each man ' s trade or calling was his private properly , and they had a right by union to protect it and keep it to themselves , which was not monopoly . That unions , in maintaining good wa » ts for the trade , did not oppose free trade . He read from the commission ! rs' report on the miners , to show the hardships they were subject to , and the ijood effected by the restricted drag or day's work , in raising ^ prices through shortening the supply . Mr Sherrer did little more than reiterate the arguments adduced by Mr Gray .

      Mr Jacobs said there was a difference of opinion between masters and men as to what they could afford to uay for labour ; no doubt tho masters would think they payed as much as they could , but as it had been stated before the parliamentary committee on import duties that wages were but a small item in the ? rice of goods , it was clear the largest item was profit . He contended that higher wa « escould be paid without affecting the ( rice of the gooils in tkt market , and as the masters were continually ( espe * cially in times ofdepression ) seeking to reduce wages , trades' unions were necessary , and had done good in keeping up wages to which , end restrictions were necessary . As to unions causing the introduction « f machinery it was ridiculous tosuppose such a thing , it was estimating the genius of Watt and Arkwright very low to assert they would never have produced

      their wonderful discoveries if trades' unions had not sought to raise wages . The master class , it was true , had taken advantage of their inventions to further break wages , and rob the labourer of his hire ; they had purchased machinery with the wealth wrung from the sweat and blood of the working class : another reason why men should unite to save themselves from being overwhelmed by the iron aonstcr . The idea that union had driven shipbuilding from Dublin , you may as well say trades' unions drove the trade of Bristol toLiverpooU When he was in Dundee he was told the master sViplmildera who were there paying the lowest wages in Britain , tell the men if they asked a shilling or two rise , oh , you will drive the shipbuilding to London , a { place where nearly double wages ; it the work was done to places where higher wages were paid the working man could follow to his own advantage .

      Mr Wabdrop : Their opponent had strayed or wilfully fled from tho question , h » would correct them . He repeated the subject of discussion . He contended strikes could not occur without union . If men held a meeting and agreed to strike it was then a union ; they had by that act formed into a union to strike , alltne strikes therefore that had occured were caused by unions . He maintained that all trades ' should be free , that neither government nor any class of men had a right to prevent any man from entering and learning any trade . If all trades acted on the restrictive principle the effect would be fearful . Suppose tke farm and other labourers were to unite and

      stop others entering their calling and refused to work but at a certain wage , or so many hours per day , and strike , the fields would be barren , the miners and other trades would have to pay much more fer their food , a superabundance of hands would occur , would have to put ^ people to death to get rid of them . ' , Mr Jacobs had declaimed against the masters , and set them down as robbers plundering the labourer of his hire . Now such assertions were calculated to make the worker believe their maatera did not deal justly with them , and ought not to be said in such meetings . A deal had been said of capital , now he maintained that capital was the health of the community , and without it society could not go on .

      Mr Claughan said we replied to the evidence put in by former speakers , if , therefore , we have gone from the subject , those men have led us away . He had _ given them some information of the good that their own , and some other Unions had done ; but he had other and greater matter in reserve . Now he would show them what the National Association of Trades had done . [ Mr C . here displayed , one atter the other , drawers , under-shirts , stockings , and gloves , to the evident astonishment of his opponents

      and the meeting . ] This ( said he ); is the work of a trades union ; this is the work ef men who were persecuted by their employers ; the masters would not give the men the required wage , the society did ; and is setting more to work every day . Now , would it be better for weavers and colliers to work for themselves , or for their masters ? I think we have proved the benefit of trades unions to the trades , and the community ; and I would therefore call on our opponents to give the matter up , for they must own we have gained our cause .

      Mr Sherrer said the restrictive system of trades corporations , prohibiting men from setting up in some towns , have drove trade to such towns as Manchester and Liverpool . He knew a Glasgow manufacturer who was so pestered with Btrikes , that he went and set up in New York . Thus unions set masters against men . Animals live in harmony , why should man live at war with his fellow-man ? Mr Jacobs said , he had been charged with using offensive titles towards the employer and capitalist . Well , to further the argument , he was willing to retract those offensive expressions ; but why should masters be continually acting against the workmen ? Why should they ( the masters ) be always biteing out ot the poor man ' s loaf ? putting their speon into his porridge ? they must needs take from the toilers

      their broth to thicken their own soup . It was not Trades' Unions that set masters against man : they . were called into existence by this antagonistic power ' , the workman found himself individually too weak to resist the encroachment ot the master , hence he appealed to his fellows to unite and make each other ¦ treng . That unions had committed faults be would not deny , but he supposed that none of the opponents of union would say they were clear of faults ; we were told a manufacturer left Glasgow because he would not pay the wages his men asked , well , what did he do at New York ? Why he had to pay higher wages . This was patriotic of the master doubtless . Let the masters meet the men reasonably and argue the case and give the highest wages they can , and then they may live in harmony ; till then , tho masters are the enemies of harmony .

      It was now agreed to close , that Mr Claughan and one on the other side should wind up . Mr Clauohan proposed as it was late , being near 12 o ' clock , that they would take 7 minutes each , which was done , and the vote taken , when there appeared a vast majority in favour of the " good effects of Trades' Unions . " This discussion is the more important , in that it has opened a new district to the National Association . EDINBURGH . —On Friday evening , a meeting of the housc-paintcrs was held in Cranstone's Hall , Bailiefife ' s-close , when Mr Jacobs delivered a lecture . At the end ot his address , a resolution was carried unanimously to join the association , and a committee formed to make the necessary arrangements .

      MANCHESTER . —Mr J . W . Parker attended by invitation , a meeting of delegates of the Hatters' Society of Great Britain and Ireland , representing the districts of Manchester , Oldham , and Denton , on Wednesday , March 10 th , at the Hop Polo Inn , Hardman-street , to impart information relative to the prineiplcs of the National Association of United Trades , many question * having been put and and answered satisfactorily . She degelatei promised to lay the result before their respective bodies . The members represented by tha delegation was 520 . Since the meeting , arrangements have beea

      made for the missionary to attend a meeting of tb % Hattert of Oldbam , on Thursday evening , the 18 th in » t . ROCBDALE . —On the same day . Mr Paikev also at . tended a meeting of tailors , who were out on strike against a reduction of eight pence , per great coat , ou th' part of one of the principal firms in the trads . The wd » ' ction had b « en iubmitted to f « some time , but tbesor letj in consequence of other employ en paying th fUn amount , had determined , upon t » men recehir Jg the iameattbeeiUbliBbn » ent ) iugrj < stiM 1 > M th , " t of the committee of the Bocb . d ^ e soeiety , Mr P w iued wpon the employee tataefr . hiia to » cc . to tbeii i i 1

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      S ™ in V wwwas P <> 8 ea , theemployerseemin g frKurent DOt - *? yieldl Atlen « th by per 8 Uasion m « argument , earned on by the employer in a very courteous manner , ho not only consented to pay for the future Parked ^ othcr "' Potable employers but paid Mr immediatel / , am Unt P »»« 0 Mlj dedBotea . fi » tt . tt suadtd thif » K Urned to their employment , fully per-Tm £ the I )\ m , eff 6 Ctual ™/ ° f ' gaining -triko . il vet dTanm ! "V ^^ PWersin a calm , conciliatory , ,-uat will inii ; J P Of tho worlcme n to do anything h areao 1 ? . gain 9 t the Intalcst of tho 8 e "" P loye . a 7 ^ rat t \ sadesireofdealin * « irfy «•• * ' ™* hands . Cootru t the above case with the folio , ing :-A Mr A , ns « -orth , o silk manufacturer of Eccles , nenr Manchest er , has discharged from his employment 21 silkp . ckers , beeau 8 ethey are members of tha National Association of United Trade » , at a moment ' s notice , al . though he exacts a fortnight ' * notice from hiAands . Tlio who also belo

      poor weavers , ng to the uasociation , turned out in defence ef their brethren ; four of them were summoned before the magistrates for leaving their work unfinished . They were ordered to return to their employment upon pain of imprisonment , and had to pay four shillings each for a summons , at the samo time many of them had lift eight or nine shillings' worth of work in j their looms for which they applied ; but were told tiny liad forfeited it , because they had left their employment This imperious king of a silk mill summon ed those only | who had left no work unfinished , but the others he stopped hard-earned earnings . In consequence of this state of things , Messrs Peel and Parker considered it their duty to wait upon Mr Ainsworth , to induce j him to relax in his extremely severe conduct to his , hands . They did so , and obtained an interview ; but as soon as he was made acquainted with the fact , ' that tlioy were agents of the association , he very politely showed them tho Soor , declaring * that he neither knew nor cared ansthin / about the " united trades . " It win

      at this very null , some time ago , that the manager fined one of the hands sixpence for daring to liave a Northern Star in his po-seBsion . This haughty and purse-proud manufacturer seems to think , that those who aro unfor . tunate enough to enter his mill as workers , have no right to have any opinions or desires , save thosu that are In accordance with his imperious will . In the evening of the same day Messrs Peel and Parker held a meeting of the trades of Eccles , at the Hare and Ilounils Inn . The room was crowded , au ; * i the utmost satisfaction was expressed at the several nddresses and explanations of the missionaries , and a determination rigidly to adhere to the association as their only protoctors . Votes of thanks were passed unanimously to the speakers and chairman , and the meeting then separated . Messrs Peel and Parker , by order of the central

      committce , met the hands of Messrs Stocks and Tait , of Stockport , made themselves acquainted with theirgricvances , and on Saturday sought an interview with Mr Stocks , with a view to mediate , but , as yet , have bten unsuccessful j likewise with Mr Makin , silk manufacturer , of Manchester , and his hands , with tho like results . MACCLESFIELD . —Mr Parker has made arrangements to hotd a meeting of the bricklayers and labourers of this place , on Saturday , tho 27 th of March , also of the tailors on the 33 rd , and of tho nailors about the samo time . He will feel obliged if the bookbinder ; , printers , stonemasons , mechanics , moulders , sawyers , dyers , currkrs , and the silk weavers of Macclesfield , will conununicato with him at his residence , 5 , John-street , Manchester . KANLEY , POTTERIES . —The tailors' society met at their club-house , on Tuesday , the Oih of March , and passed a resolution unanimously , — "That they forthwith join the National Association of United Trades for the Protection of Industry . "

      Mr Parker will attend a meeting of the potters at the New Market Tavern , on Saturday evening , the 20 th of March , when every member is particularly requetted to attend , MANCHESTER ,. —Mr Peel reports that , on ¦ Weflpesday , he attended the district committee , when , after the reading of the minutes and correspondence , the very important question proposed by Mr Gouldin , district secretary , for the establishment of miscellaneous lodges , to consist of persons unconnected with any existing Trades ' Unions , but favourable to the principles and objects of the National Trades' Union—an interesting discussion ensued , the general feeling appeared favourable to the principle , as it appears universally admitted that such lodgeB would be a most powerful and efficient auxiliary to our ass ciation , prorided no interference is permitted with the e » isting organisation of local trades . The f'ir . ther consideration of the question was adjourned to Tuesday night .

      On Thursday night , ho attended a public meeting of the Working Classes of Openshaw and Drogleden , to which meeting Mr Cooper had also been invited to attend . A very crowded and well-conducted audhnce attended . Mr Peel , in a speech of two hours' duration , went through the usual explanatory statements , and anticipated and completely refuted the oft repeated frivolities of his zealous opponent , Mr Cooper , who followed him at somelength . The meeting evinced considerable impatience , and after some very spirited and inpertinent remarks from Mr Taylor and Mr Stephen Clark in favour of the " Monster" Association , the meeting was adjourned untU Tuesday night . On Saturday , Mr Peel attended a meeting of thn fustian cutters and others of Gravel-hole , Bear Rochdale . An excellent meeting , including a number of females , wa 9 brought together . The lecturer , assisted by Mr llougfe of Rochnle , explained as usual , to the complete satisfaction of the meeting , the superiority of the National Trades' Movement .

      Thanks having been passed to Messrs Peel and Hough , the meeting terminated . Mr . Peel received invitations to attend future meetings here , and at Rocbdale , Heywood and Boyton , which he promised to attend to at the earliest possible moment . Mr Peel attended a meeting of tho committee of the powerloom weavers of Manchester . He went at length into explanations of the laws and principles , answered satisfactorily many objections , evidently arising from the misrepresentation of Mr Cooper . The committee passed a vote of thanks to the lecturer , and announced their intention of convening a general meeting of the body , inviting him to attend the same .

      IsoTiCB . — To the Cotton Trades of North Lancashire . — Mr Peel begs to announce that ho -will be in Clitheroon Sunday , the 20 th instant . He will attend a public meeting of block printers and other trades of Sabdenon Monday , and he intends making Clitherotbe centre of operations for the next few fiajs . He begs , therefore , to call the attention of the working classes of Padiam , "ffhalley , Langridge , New Church , Milton , Barrowford , Gisborne , and Collie , * c , inviting all bodies desirous of obtaining information respecting this rapidly extanding association to address , him at the Post-office , Clithero . Cemmunieations forward by Monday ' s post will > e in time for the programme in next week ' s Northern Star ,

      LEICESTER —Mr Winter reports he was informed an employer in Oadb y , near Leicester , was in tho habit of regularly paying his men in goods instead of money ; he laid an information agaiiist him . The case came on for hearing on Saturday last at the county court , the result of which was the employer had to pay £ 1 9 s . 6 . 1 . wages he had stopped for bread , 5 t . fine , and 12 s . expends . He promised not to truck again , Col , Burnaby told him that if he came again they would fine him 20 ! . without mitigation . When the man who had given evidence that procured the conviction of his employer , returned home , of course that man would givo him no more work , and the other employers of the town refused to give him any , because , being all truck masters , they considered him a dangerous customer ; but the employers will find the man

      will not be starved in consequence , ns tho Association will set him to work . The committee have made up their mind to wage deadly war against the truck system , and where the witnesses suffer in consequence of their evidence against the truck master , tho Association will take them under its immediate protection . The district committee composed of delegates from all the trades in London , belonging to the National Association , will meet at the Bell , in the Old Bailey , on Wednesday evening next , at eight o ' clock , to concert measures to agitate the trades of LondoU not at present members , to receive a report of progress from tho central committee . A member of that committee will be present . Any trade requiring information respecting the above Association can receive it by sending a delegate there ou that evening .

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      TRADES' MOVEMENTS m J ! % S $ ! iZ ^ lSt L Friends and fellow-men . thera was a time when an inS ' v ^ 7 ^ ° " * would have been expelled from , society or Wed , the county gaol , or something » o « w , ifheliadliadiBoralconragi auffi ^ entteOT ™ histhonghtatohia toainKbwthwB . astofhe rSW labour and the best method that would secure IS successlul attainment of those rights-In taking a retrospect view , and contrasting the past with the present , it appears »» though 1 Sjust awaking from a dream . When a few of the honcst-nearted and enslaved tnillioas dared but to meet together to talk over their wrongs , andKl 0 plans for their redemption , they were speedily hunted out like wolves , by the Mood-homuls of opptSon tor working . men to meet by tww and turns- to di « - { f \ iZFt eVtim ^ esleetD € d d ™ genm 8 to the State and to organise a union lor the nroieotion fl f luflu

      siry , ngatdeA aa treason almost to the Grown , to ^ rTand ? TV * *! " ^ S ' *««« of th ! SLSJ . •! lnd , . tlve ' » t ™< lins to silence and wSXf V laun » . £ »* estorting tb 9 bitter and deep sigh far freer a » d happier times . Such was the state ofthingB in day 3 ( happily for as ) gone by . But through what changes have we passod . How amazingl y have tln « H > 8 altered I To atv ; mpUl > us to address you yesterday , as it were , wnuld have drawn \ jpon me tho concentrated rage of t > je urogant and . domineering factory lord ; but to-¦ day , lean express my thoughts wit ' hout fear . So marvellously are times and circumstances changed , that what would yesterday have been visited with imprisonment for a time , ami with impoverishment for lite , is to-day conceded as a just and undeniable right ; « is under these delightfully reformed and transfovraed circumstances that I now consulate you on the onward progress of the National Association . Tbe past triumphs of oppression and capital oyer

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      the r , ght 3 ef industry has infused a spirit of distrust . 5 r MMt dispair , among working men ; so that LaL ^ V /!?" ! ° " the field to contest in UiJffi f bat * ' fefi ' R in place of carrying off the ' „ : of victory , they should , as heretofore , b-KK ? J ° \ , stru Sg 1 e ; and the ideaof succumbaniin J f- mble en eagement , to the dictates and tolmblf i T ef un P » ncipled employers , is in look boi tv ? eniei and therefoVe ^ they detormin ™ -and ti * ' ^ . CDnsider bcfore tlK ' * der . PrecipSncv often ' lght ' ! " * 8 llouItl consi-SH ? sii ^ s EEMSas&SS'

      One of the most admirable features in th * ™; n ? . ples of the National Association is , . 1 " t U C K inquiry , and shrinks not from the moi crUc investigation into its rules and objects " it Seeks S for enlargement by exciting wild enthusiasm , but bv candid inquiry , and by a rational appeal to the understanding and judgment of those it seeks to elevate . Its present rapidly increasing numerical power may be mainly ascribed to the sound and enlmhtened appeah our Rules and Plans of Government make to tuo sober judgment of tho labouring classes , throueh the medium of our honoured t . icsi dent , the activity and vigilance of the Central Committe-, together with tho untiring dcvotednesB of our

      r .-Bpectcd missionaries , and spirited co-operation ol our local oflicevs and warm-hearted frienrls ; all of whom aro aided by the powerful Press , in circulating tlie plans and progress of the association to the remotest corner of the industrious hive . Here let tnth ? MH l T ? tribule Of f > raiae an ( 1 g'ntitude tnthe bold and praiseworthy efforts of the conductor tithe Northern Star , to advocate the claims and nvo mows the interests of our mighty anil matchless combination . B y the mnirtanSe and influe ce of that journal our association has been enabl » d to grow and attain a giant ' s strength , against which the combined power of insatiable capitalists is not able to prevail . But I must not encroach further upon the space so kinoly given us in the Northern Star . In n y next I sball treat on the incllicany of sectional unions to withstand the pewer of capital . March ofcli , 1847 . Edward IIuMrnsira .

      EAST LONDON CORDWA 1 NERS . -A public meeting of the Boot and Shoemakers of the Tower Hamlets was held at the Hermit Tavern , Bedfordsquare , on Tuesday evening . Mr Luko King was called to the chair , and ii > a neat speech showed the superiority of a national union of trades over local or sectional ones . Mr James called the attention ol the meeting to the rise and irogress of the National Association , he showed the good that had been done to several trades , and so clear and lucid was ins exposition of the rules and oiijecls of the Association , that he repeatedly called forth the cheers and approbation of all present . Mr Young said if any per-on had any questions to ask he would be happy to answer them to the best of his ability , and he hoped to their satisfaction . No person rising , the following resolutions were put and carried unanimously —

      That it is the opinion of this meeting that the National Association of United Trades is fully competent to carry out tho objects for which it was in titutcd . That we form a branch of tlie Association , and that the secretary proceed to enrol the names of all who wish to join . A vote of thanks was given to the deputation for their attendance , and to the Editor and proprietor of the Northern Star for their advocacy of the best interests of the working classes . A vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and the meeting was adjourned till Tuesday evening , March 30 . Operative Bakers' Movement .-In our report ol the recent meeting at White Conduit House , we stated , by mistake , that a petition wasadopted to the ( louse of Commons ; it should have been— "That a system of petitioning be organised , praying the

      Legislature to shorten the hours of labour , and aboVsh nit-lit work . " By some accident , we also omitted to state , that Messv 3 Watson and Webber , opulent master-bakers , of the City of London , supported the resolution on that occasion , and pledged themselves to render every assistance in their power , in effecting the praiseworthy objects propounded by the journeymen bakers . We understand it is the determination of the operative bakers to hold another large meetine at a very early day , over which Lovd Robert Groavenor will be invited to preside . Upwards of 300 bakers have cnvolkd themselves in tho Operative Bakers' Society , since the White Conduit House meeting . The committee meet for the transaction of business at the Western Cuffec-house , Drury-lane , opposite Great Queen-street , every Wednesday and Saturday eveninns .

      GALASniELS WEAVERS .-A correspondent ( one of this branch of manufacturing industiy ) informs us that great distress exists in Galashie ' ls . in consequence of ihelyranny and rapacity of the master-class . One grievance complained of is . the employment of a great number of boys as " apprentices , " who are not , however , bound by any legal indenture , but merely " engaged " fur a term of four years , receiving only one-half of the rate of journeymen's wages . The men can only get webs when the boys avc unable to do the work . A spirit of resistance is growing among the workmen , and our correspondent requests the address of Mr . Jacobs , or « ome other lecturer belonging to the United Trades Association , for the purpose of obtaining the

      lecturerb services in organising the workmen for the protection of their labour . AnidRg other nice doings of the Galashiels slave-drivers , our correspondent names tho following : — " There isnot a timo that the factory inspector makes his call here , but that in almost every mill children are concealed , either in gome wool box , or conveyed to the door until the bogle-man goes away ; and even many of them but ten years old , hold up their heads , and before the question has been put , as if by instinct , lisp out , ' Thirteen , Sir . " Shall this be allowed to go on unchecked ? No ! 1 believe will be the ready answer of hundreds of men , who at the public corners discuss their grievances , and the remedies ;—such as the Land Plan , the National Trades Union , < kc .

      Co-operation in provisions and cloth has wrought well in this town for years , and allow me hero to observe in honour of the working man , that at the last general meeting of this society , they voted the sum of ten pounds from their profits towards the relief of the destitute poor of the town , and also formed a committee to arrange matters for the establishment of a baking society . Why should co-operation , for the protection of labour not work well ! Sir , times like these cause men to think , and to think deeply too : all that i 9 wanted is , that these thoughts should I'e directed into a proper and practical channel ; and there is notl . ing . in my estimation , so eminently calculated to do this , as a visit , in season , from some of the friends I have alluded to .

      A Wbavbr . Tnt Cloth Makufactuiies in Gioucestebshihk . —We regret to hear very gloomy accounts of the state of trade in the clothing districts of this county . Many persons . ire out of employment , and many of the most zealous Free-traders , who predicted a flood of prosperity from the repeal of the Com Laws , are nonplupsed by the present stato of aflairs .. LEICESTER .-On Saturday , Peter Howard , of Oadby , in this county , manufacturer of hosiery , was charged , on the information of Thomas Wintera . wilh infringintr on the 1 st " and 2 nd Win . i \ ( tho Truck Act . ) After the evidence of John Kirk . the truckmaster prayed for mercy , saying , " Grontleroen , I am in your hands—I hope you will have mercy upon me —I own I have done wrong , but I will do so no more . Gentlemen , be merciful to me . " He was fined £ 5 ,

      and eost of conviction , and had to pay £ 1 9 s * Cd ., dpducted for grocery the lust two weeks . On Monday a public meeting was held in the Town Hall , bj permission of the Mayor , which was tuldresRsed by Measr 3 Smart , "Winters , WWt »> . Buckby , Brown , Barrow , and others , on the bill before parliament for the abolition cf frame-rent and charges . The laws and principles of the National Association of United Trades were also explained . The hall was crowded to suffoeation . A maeting like this has never been held on trades' purposes before . On March 22 " , three counties' deleEato meeting of the Framework Knitters will be held at the 'Seorgo and Dragon , North-street , Loughberonah , at ten o'clock in the morning , to take into consideration the bill of Sir II . Halfcird , Bart . M . P ., for the abolitioa of frame-rent an < $ charges . It is earnestly requested that as many delegates will attend as possibly can .

      # MANCHESTER CORCWAINEBS . —Tlie society of cordwainers , meeting at the Grecian Head Inn , Deansgate , Manchester , has sent us a long acoornit of some unpleasant differences which have distracted and divided the sosiety . It appears , that on tlwee different occasions the majority of tha members decided to . have no connection witlilhe Mutual Assistance Association ; a minsrlty , howayor , who dissented from t his decision liuvs seceded from the society , and framed a branch ol tho Mutual Assistance Assoeiatien . The condutk of tho minority is warmly complained of as oupased to the principle of "the rul © of the majority , " upon vliicii all popular soeities are based . The Grecian Head Society will henceforth not relieve cards of tho Mutual Assistance Association . Societies that will not relieve the old trade cards must sot expsct that the old trade will relieve their cards .

      Old BAJiFom—Mr Dean , the missionary of the Association of United Trades , held a successful meeting here on Monday i > ve « inEr . BLOCK FRINTERS .-Mr . Duncombo bas presented the following petition to the House of Com . mons i—To tho representatives of Great Britain nnd Ireland in Parliament assembled . The petitien of the Block Printers of Lancashire , Yorkshire , Cheshire , ami Derby . hire : ' Humbly sheweth ,

      That jour petitioners have lonp endured , with the greatest patienco nnd resignation , tUen \ o&t swkms and painful privations fram the want of employment . They complain not of their sufferings fora week , a month , nor &y « ar- » no ; butfora aeries of jenrs Uuir poverty ano

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      Ul "' e 83 ^^ n ^ r ^ e ^ nTr 7 aMn ft untiT ^ T arc actual reduced to a state of appa . llog dStuS " ¦ Bering , „ d . spair , without tho mMt distant hoD ' tbatthojr and their families will over have a rL ™ of their former comfort and happiness , nay , on the Con trary , there seems to be a degree of exultation , at th » " depression nnd downfall of a boay of men oncu con sidered respectable , active , and industrious . That tho gigantic power of s ' eain has enabled capital to multiply and iuerense machinery to that alarming ex . tent , ns almost totally to supplant the lubour of yourpeti . tioners , l ; avin | j them and theirdependants tu perish from the want of food , and other necessaries rssential to exist .

      ence . That the free traders had enlivened their hopea with the promise of an extension of trade , nnd that pltniy would be the result of a change in the Corn Laws ; but , unfortunately , experience proves that extension of tradn is synonymous with extension of machinery , conse . quontly , extension of misery to your humble petitioner * . That your petitioners object not to machinery , but rather consider it a blessing to tho community , when kept under proper restrictions ; but when its rapid and uncontrolled progress reduces so many industrious operatives to distress und ruin , your petitioners humbly think there is something wrong in permitting it to encroach on their means of subsistence , before other resources are provided

      That the lubuur of your petitioners being the only property they have to dispose of , their only dependence , when that is gone destitution and starvation must inc . vttably follow ; when they cease to work , they must shortly cesReto exist , unless they have vecouvse to that painful alternative , the Ur . ion poor-house , where ( they nre tau ght to believe ) they must be continually subject to insult , contempt , and harsh usage , in addition to the scanty fare of a very indifferent diet . That jour petitioners have been surprised at the liberal grant to tlie opulent West India planters ( where the humanity und Kcnevoua feeling of your honourable house abolished the n « farious traffic in human Wood and slavery ) , as a compensation for anticipated losstg supposed to result from that measure .

      That your petitioners have lost their labour , their all , yet where can they look for compensation » Capitalists , the proprietors of uncontrolled machinery , would spurn them with derision . Their only alternative is to appesl to the representatives , the gu ; mlians of their country , for protection , and although euiploymint . uotcharity , is tiirir chief object , yet they eagerly grasp at the least slmde of hope that promises relief , whether that hope be based on a rational ur irrational foundation . That the generous aid given to the starving inhabitants of Ireland and Scotland has prompted the idea that jou n . ight , on application , render sumo assistance to your petitioners , many of whom nre nearly , if not equally , destitute , not possessing the means of paying lodgings , are rtriven from home nnd shelter , doomed to wander from friend to casual acquaintances for food , and very often mttting -with disappointment , there being nothing to give .

      That your petitioners hutbbly solicit a grant of thirty thousand pounds to form an establishment of their own to relieve the unhappy wanderers , and to be subject to government inspection to prove their honest ; , and shew that their intended objtct is fully carried out , and that the grant bo refunded by instalments at reasonable periods , on such conditions as you may approve , That your petitioners possess , every information rcqul . site to carry out their business in all its variety , through everjr operation and process , on the most approved princi ples , and with persevering industry and strict economy , they feel fully confident that they could success . fully compete with machinery , having no idltrs to main , tain , but every man being paid only for real work done ; nor can your petitioners doubt a full share of tha market , as experience would soon prove the difference between a genuine sound fabric and a cloth greatly impaired b y 6 harp chemical processes , as is too frequently the practice , to curtail labour , und to get goods into market in the shortest time , at the least possible expense .

      That your petitioners humbly implore you not to lose si ght of their forlorn condition until you have adopted this or some more effective measure that will relieve and alleviate their dreadful sufferings . And your petitioners , as in duty bound , will ever pray . Signed on behalf of the meeting , &u .

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      A ROMANCE IN STAGE LIFE

      During the drama of" the Battle of Sedgemoor " at the Adelphi Theatre , Glasgow , a few evenings ago , an occurrence took place which far outdoes all such dramatic fictions as " The Wife of Two Husbands , " " The Fatal Marriage , " or those numeious mi » iventujca and mishaps in connection with love , marriage , and triumphant virtue , which are put upon the stage to " fill the pause and give tho fancy play , " The facts of the case are as follow : — " While on the above evening the business of the play wns going forward , and while one of the favourite actresses of the Adtlphi was performing her part —( Mrs De Bourgh ) , a tall handsome man , with a ^ military air , in the pit , was observed to look very uneasy , for a few minutes , to gaze carneBUy at \\\< i Btage as if the lady had engaged his fixed attention , xisine

      several times from his seat during the time , until at length apparently satisfied himself with his scrutiny —when , to the astonishment of all arou > d , he exclaimed at the pitch of a stern military voice , " My wiie , by Heaven ! My Eliza ! " Not knowing the cause ol this sudden outburst , tlio spectators lor a time appeared at a loss whether totnat the affair in juke or earnest . Seeing , however , that the gentleman was perfectly sober , and quite serious in bis manner of address , their merriment gave way to worjder and curiosity , which was ih no degree les'ened when it was noted that the fair actress * who had been thus pointedly addressed had swooned , and required to leave the stage . The play , however , went on notwithstanding , but the occurrence excited the most marked attention . On hearing of the

      matter , Mr . Miller , the manager , at once proceeded to the place where . the gentleman sat , in order to ascertain the cause of the unlooked-for interruption that had been given to the evening ' s entertainment , and . inquired his meaning for the expression he had made use of . " I tell you , " said the gentleman , "that lady is my wife , ' whom 1 have not seen these 19 years . 1 have been abroad , and during that time have not heard irom her ; I thought her < lead ; and can you wonder 1 was astonished ? But , " said the stranger , " who are you that inquire 1 " Mr . Miller replied that he was lessee of the theatre —that he had a respect for this lady , who had now been in his corps dramatique for three years , during which her reputed husband , Mr . De Bourgh , had died , and as he felt an interest in the reputation of

      this lady , as well as f « r the good name of all tho members of the company , he hoped the gentleman weuld not wantonly make a statement to injure her character . " Married ! " exclaimed the stranger , "to another . My Eliza married 1 But I must sec her immediately , she is still my wife . " Mr Miller asked the name of the gentleman , who said "My name is Lewis , Lieut Lewis , sir . I've come direct from . Liverpool , after having been on foreign seivicc with my boy , her boy , sir . He is 22 years of age , six feot two inches high . You shall see him , sir . Somewhat doubtful and yet surprised at this recital , Mr . Miller asked the maiden name of the lady . "Stanley , " said the Lieutenant . ' Elizabeth Stanley . " After these interrogatories , Mr . Miller proceeded behind the scene , to satisfy himself as to the truth of tho representation ,

      when he found it at once verified by the actress , who had by this time recovered from her faint . And now for the sequel . The parties had a meeting , and such a- meeting ! our fair readers may form somo idea . After loving embraces and hurried explanations , during which the Lieutenant seemed to have lived over again his first three years of marriage , the following statement was elucidated , which was highly satisfactory to Mr Miller and the other parties who had the fortune to be present at the scene : —They had married when young ia England—he , at tucUme , a private soldier , she a rising member of n theatrical company in the town of— . The fruit of their union was a fine- boy . The regiment was oTuered abroad , and in vain the young soldier applied to have along with him his loving wife . The stipulated number of women to go . with the regiment had been made up , and , as a favour , their child , then thren veara of ntm .

      was permitted to accompany his tather . They parted , and duriug the lapso ot 19 > yeavs had not seen ov heard of each other . Tho one believing the oiher dead , needle wonder at the remarkable nature of their first encounter ? lie had risen in tlio avmy by steadiness and good conduct to the rank of a Lieutenant , and , consoled by the ? company of his boy , had not married . She , about eight yearsalter the departure ot tho vessel with the regiment , had been positively informed that her husband had been killed in battio . and she married again . The second husband died about 18 months ago . Our tale is not yet told . A fortnight smce , accompanied by a respectable body of friends , the happy pair , both being of the Catholic persuasion , appeared bofore the Rev . Mr . Gordon , who after hearing the particulars , ayain ' formally reunited two whom iovtune and tho chances of war had put asunder . —( ilasnow Post .

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      LOSS OF AM EMlonANT SiIU ' .-OnK IIUNDnSIUND fcuxTY Persons Diwwnkd . —Intelligence has been received in the City , announcing tho loss of an emigrant ship belonging to Hamburg , in the Gulf Stream , while on hor passa » o to Canada , by which upwards ot 100 emigrants , with a portion of the crew , perished . 1 he vessel is reported to bo the barque bteplmni , Captain Bruger , master , which sailed Horn tho port ot Hamburg on the 28 tU of Octobet last . The calamity is stated to have occurred during the heavy gales on the 18 th of December . The master and four of tho crew are reported to have been picked up in an opi > n boat , by A schooner from New Orleans . The Daohnham . Mubdkb . — The grand jury have returned two true bills for perjury aud consp iracy against some of the parties who were examined aa witnesses before the coroner in the inojiiflrflfDlteat

      ittg the murder of tho police-constablo ^ BaabHto ^ , , Tho trial is postponed for the preSfof , 7 & 5 ? 5 p 5 ? Jv \ * j Extknsivk RoBBERY . —On MWto ; % fn » i a « V jf * ^ was received by the police that oiS&tfcS ?| S i * % a gentleman was leaving a bankinOonsiif jtai 5 aw&" ]** * 4 street , Liverpool , he had his pocke ^ ffikea * o ? k ^ ket \ ' . » Vfc book containing Bank of Englandflota to MfriHtf -tfM «* wo , ^ . ¦ ¦ r . ''> .. i ^ ?* S a mm

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      rfTPfirf ? ™ * * s .-The spiriUd lessee of this theatre , determined to afford hi patrWall the pleasure and Tanety of amusement possible , Jas engaged the celebrated American tragedian O . R . Scott-who has been playing the roundofleeil ornate characters as Richard the Third , Damon M acbeth , Ac . On our visit , we witnessed the perl romance of that beautiful play "Damon and Pywas , m which thegreat powers of Mr Scott showed " . much { advantage as Damon . In most characters "" a gentleman is an uneven actor ; hot in this he Kothinl an £° ' s Dam 0 D ' from ^ ginning to end . "uining could he more true to natnre than tfm fin .

      * ST ? ° ScOtt ; iteliched ' « it teved , j C mow rapturous applause of the wholehonse , SiUH , ? * 8 econd M PytKas ; whilst Mrs | g" » WPa Calthia was admirable .-Professor Hem-Bafi-7 , $ are now deliehting the numerous gwons of this theatre , by their elegant and graceful " " wuig . rorjni performances , a La Risley . Bion ^ l - « s * - -The committee for raising a willnE ?\ ' ^ nunemoration of the above patriot , S S' * 5 ? CraTen Uead - Dn » rv 4 ane , on Tnesne « nfi !" : ^ ^ ei e »» t o ' clock , when bu « i-De of im portance will be submitted . * Cc & * % * 1 * 5 ^ " > st-lectMe on " Natural wathnfti .. toe ^ "r tet ' iaeeting occurs on ¦ w « W oi the . preset month *

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      AUdiUVMi Mam 201847 _ TH E N 0 R f H E R N S T A R . - ^ ' 5

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 20, 1847, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1410/page/5/