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J ^ TCH OF THi : TAST . AKD THB PMSMT . ^ jne . mj&ieaas , how well aU thingsgo on , P ^ jfji Sir Bob ert , and console Lord J » hn J J -chtng d th « timeh <*>¦» what they onn h » a been fci « t iibirth of « ur mort gwcious queen I 22 , flwa *• & « Uon » haWt " »«• it nrte , T ^ e tfce throne to erery royil tool ; JjL fflooMcbsTwni torwgn errnk at will , S ? La * «¦ so m « a , wer » counted monarch ' s itin . ^ ebox'd thtwdU . MdpUj' 4 athansana trick « , •^¦ « m taon « Hin , * g » v 8 8 te te » Taeiiprlncelj ldckti 55 am w « *»«* « " » « m to kings wu mad « , Viti&g , i ^ t or in m" ttueraia . 5 " , iit'd on riot , otherscrowiu would pity , ^ dl got debt * , none erer wiih'dto pay ; ^ ^~—rrr- — - . _ - >
# B 1 .. AmcttnmJ- all »••» : j :. a . < £ , n 8 n « rehs d « stuK # , all were idioUbcrn , J , knaves might flatter , wise U « gk to f ton ! nca of king * bteam * a matron ' s sport , * tMch mankind the follj of a court . , w p rinces , then , were all csrrnptwn makts ir 6 «« of aranfeflri « »« a the worrtof rakei { f inljMt * poan'd , there was batona repl y—Z . cBt their throats , or hang them up to dry . * or coMorti , too , it was a thing of course , ijbt choose between the scaffold or worce—« 1 died unwept , few , fewouflired their time , j ^ nss on fled and rirtae was a crime . B > H nif tt all weep this wretched country ' s fate . fjB , tjrante tOgufi and hUj raled the staf * f dl Bight a nation to her gri « f gfre way , ' jod Bsg land hlnsh to own her Casthrtagh .
jot times are changed , xmlika the days of yore , gar gracious moaarchs bow run mad no more , fhsrrotjecte tchool'd by their omnipotence " give taught thsm prudence and some common sense fteS feel , at last , though in a palace born . £ crown can ' t smthem from contempt or seem j . fortune taught , they now can understand * flattings are tools all subjects may command forth stamp * the nun , as Sod deci des bis fate Sis truly gosd alone are truly great ; ' gtgret andshama from folly must arise , TThen kings go mad , their subjects should be wise . geme this , seme that magnuhBou may call , Bat rirtae ' s anilw esmimand the hearts of all : flhitever taite or pissisn nay impure , $ must approve of what the ; moit admire .
few passions rise , as mem the old pursue , Indpleunra clogs when it has nothing new ; ¦ Ibrtne along , hut never hunan art , Oaa fill the Teid of aan ' s ambltiQus heart . Bat let kings Mign and » midrt their courtiers shine , Wfcat . '« their worth , their right is not iitine . San nates th « tnrone , and gold can make the crown , jf reason mounts , the monarch arast come down . li itnot strange to see these ttw ^ . o / eortft , - ,. Csmmand the millions-tad made kings 6 y birth f git sot strange to see men bend the knee , Jpdbow before the pomp of royalty ! . . fhj pay the knarea each honest man must fear , Tjianldngs , for nothing wnnld be &r too dear t ' - ; j 3 llordlM » bia ,. bntmonareh «« re , B 11 won * , f or royal robbers are a nation ' s curse Sat afl must change , for right is sometimes wrong , gage hadftdr day . Cod knows , it has been long , from age to ags the aoillioaj hare been tools
, She jest of tyraats and the sport of f « ol *_ Sbar de arest hopes the promise af an hear Tee sold b y traitors , or destroyedby power , " gae wears the cbaia , the night ef thraldom ' s pftlL Jci thiaUng millieas must be free at lut ; Jfee diTe who said , * ¦ Arisa Jet ui be ine } Su tat'd maakiad , abolished slavery ; .. When dm * onca reason , they are slaves ' no more W hear , my friends , the pompous , wanton lies , Of each proud monarch , who all scase defies , Brefl up to rice , and schotfd by wily seers He comes before you , to insult yourtears ; Hear , hear th « caatingjof this worthless fry , Who care but little , if you lire or die , & speech each year , as fall of sense as fire , Ii all you get , what raora do yon require f Thai words , selected with the nicest care , ice empty sonnds , and nd&er here nor there .
Strpares at will , the terns to oadtnie , iBKrae tix lines , deroid of common seats ; A wordy nothing , as yon atight expect , from fools who labour to b « incorract . Hoe , take this one , which seems , upon the whole , 1 iplsndid sasiple of tfce rigmarcfr . M ; lords . ' 'tis thai that ilmga and qnemM oegia j'Bespectad lords and learned gentlemen , . ; ' Icanuot help expressing my regret , . - ¦ ... 'Hat many things , since yoa sad I last met , ' Hm put me oat of humour—for God knows , 'I do deplora thepeopla ' s wrongs and woe s ; 'Their cries of sorrow and their great distress , f&itnrb mypaaceandmarmybappineu . « 5 or can I rest , smnch less refuse a . tear .
'To tiem whose sornwsauketaea doablydeu . « Us mogt afflicting aid you may be sure , That all these ills shall fiad a speedy cure' Our trade is prosperous , our homes are five , ' Aad all mutt o « a that Britons rn ' e the sea : Mj Allies , too , althoagb they all complain , ' That eTtry nattoa quite detests her chaia , Hare pronii * e « me , tkat they will do their best , 1 To lire in p «* c * , and lat their neighbours rest . ' But , hold , dear me , I almost feel ashamsd , - - ¦ For when m » Q Starrs , taa thing should not b « named ; ' The wretched Irith cry alona for hrcad I .. . ' I irish these panpus and these beggars d * a&—'Their cries and waitings bant upon my ear , ' 'And pshlish past and famiaa ayery year ; ' . , ^ .
f I cannot tiinkhow this ungrateful raea , . 1 Has thus become a subject of disgrace . 'All we hara dona to help them has beea raia , . - . 'As we bave plenty , why should tkey cowplain f 'Some crops nan failed , but « thers are In store / And Hsarsn shall bless them when they are no mora ; MftUy be patient , and abstain from crime , \ ' * Their rtsignation will ba most sublisse . 'So , lords and gentiesaen , I prsvtake heed , 'Th « case is ahoddnf , racy bad indeed , . 'I'dsasch prafer to « ee all things go right , . .. . "' 1 doaa—my lords and gentltnun , food 1 nig ht /' I . too , hare dan » , myfri » ads ; whatoighj be said , Toa well may think—good night , ana go to bid . HKHkT QEACCHCS , Ionflon . KoT . 2 ith . 18 * 7 .
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PIUS THE NINTH ; or the lint Tear of hutimtikau . By Connt C . A de Godd « de Liancoort , of the Pontifical Academy of the Liencei , at Rome , an ( 3 Jame 3 A . Manaing , Esq .. of tke Inner Ternpie . Vol . 1 . London i T . C . Newby ; 72 , 'Moriim € r-stre « fe , CaTehdiah ^ squarie .- ' ' ' This book is a strange compilation of the weful and the nseltss , the interesting and the reTerss of that . What share Mr Manning may have had in its production we do not know , butnnless in the way of tecs ' r . tion we think n » t mnch . The work altogether snacks ranch More strongly of the ' Pontifical Aca < iemi" than the 'Inner Temple , * and if we mistake net , " its author or authors , had a rtligions , not a Political object in view . This we regret , as it will
col increase ' . the ipfloence of Fins IX . in uus oocntry , to make hia name the pretest for . poshing certain relieisas doctrines . Reduced to one fourth none third of its present dimensions , this Tolnme Ei ? hthave formed a pleasing collection of anecdotes ^ Pope Pins , the only really interesfing portion of the « orb . About one half the volume is occupied irith a review of the rise and history of the Papal Sever , with notes of the acts and characters of the several Popes to the time of Gregorj XVI . ; a &etca of that Pope's lift , with an account of his death and funeral cerembniea ; ancta lengthy account of the mode of electing a new Pope . The remaining Half of the volume describes Uw election of Pius , his Wranatkn , the granting of the amnesty , the tqoicing
of the people , the intrigues of the Cardinals ,, 4 c ., *?• This part of the work is interspersed with a *? rkty of anecdotes illustrative of the patnotism , Piety , benevolence , and firmness of the new Pope . G-ovaani Maria Mastat Ferretti was born at Smi-Sjdia , a . email city in the marshes of Ancont , in « e Papaldominwns , on the 3 rd of May , # 92 , and ;' s wnsequently now in his 56 th year . In his boyhood jie was known for his attention to his studies , and we swe et cess of his disposition . At eighteen years j « age Le was seized with epilepsy . It is insinuated w * t he was miraculously cured of that disease by «! e Pwers of l'one Pitu VII . He was
origin-% intended for the military . service , but instead eatercd the churck . Pope Leo XIL appoiated him a prelate , and subsequently conferred upon him the ^ difebopric of Spoteto . In 1831 . Gregory XVI . inferred him to the more important Sea of Lnola , * Wca he oontinned until elected te fiU the Papal chair . " ¦ . '" . ' ¦ - . . Jius the Ninth is a man of commanding presence , . fine figure , and very noble and baadsome features ; ^' ma- inera are mostgraciouB and engaging . Hi » Pi ties when Bishop ef Imola , are described as ° * J «> 2 Heen almost boundless . ' ... n . i ' ^ wng anecdote exhibits at one view , ftotn « e hamiUty and the generosity of the Pope ' - ^ - '
A'Str a long conversation with ' Cardinal Girxi one «« nl » s . ?( , ntiie jnbjeet of the Reforms he contem-*« tea - , he sskid for some lemonade . His Talet retired to Pje tiiei ; tKSfary orders , amd in the course of a few ^ >« ts , ihe srrrants entered , ' ikaiirg two splendid gilt " •** I ^ en with refreshments ot eTery description , - and ^ na as ift-y encliantment . " ' "'• " .-Iwil j asked for some lemonade , ' said th » Sovereign p « tiff . . " .. . .. 'It is true , most Holy FaAer ' they " replied , 'But we and
~* Ve ouV conformed to the prescribed ceremenials , * eprdin stocnston , bare to offer yonr Highness these T 1 ^<> U 5 re freshments . ' ' . . « J"ell . * replied the Pope . 'Be goad enousl * * ° ^ e me alemtn . ' . ft ww-bro nght immediately . . ' . x gire me the sogar and a glass of water . ' * ien , having made the lemonade , he added— . Take away these disbes ; distribute the refreshments 9 contain to the first poor persons yen fiad upon the * " «« of the Monte Cavallo : gwe etch of them ten
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THE ' WHISTLER AT THE PLOUGH . TrSlw \ B tt 8 [""^ PS woeDent articlefrom the FafefeH Jwmal of Friday , Nov « mber 19 th . ] fin ? Ih * * ? *«' « l * " »« * - « r of Saturday fat , we w ? - SS f ^ * ? ,. from , the pen of « Oae who has WhaUed at the Plough . ! in reference to some rt-? SL i ? ° Ura wIudl a PP ««* i » the Journal of tha 15 th ult . : — These who hare read , or may > eaa , the > arratiTe of rents at Birmingham , in connsetion with the rotes of the Moms of Common * , or « fiha Hotua of Lords on the Reform Bill , in Z 882 , and the part which I and others acted as soldiers , which is new in process of being relatedin the JvUbiographs , will Miily anderstand why , wh
en I was no longer a soldier , pereoas , wh » thaught it a fine thins to hare courage to do what I had dome , sought ay society , and sometiasi my advice upon pro * jects whica toty had in tow , and whioh inrohsd th use of arms against the gonrnmsnt , On erery acsaslon told them I t was folly and . a crime , amd showsd them why . I shall say little more , at pressnt , of the designs and conipiraciK previously hinted at ; which wsre to have got np an attanptat rerolmtioi , at London , in I 8 Si . An editor has been saying , in a newspaper at Wakefield . that tt me to h * r » known of that consplraey , and to have prerented Its takinselec ^ . pr oTes that . I must hav * been a oonsp » ator , or a spy npen those who wereconsplrators . I was neither . Itwasbecanseofthe part which I had enacted in behalf of the Reform Bill , at Birmiogham , in 18 SS , and the known fact that I had
expressed then , as since , and as I still do , a deddsd conrictkn that tcfry nn has . a ^ natural right to fee represented in parliament by his etatlye vote , tkatpenoBl , who intended to resort to arms , oame to me to enlist tae in their projicte . Until I knew what tha projects were I conjd not say yes or no . When I knew what they were , I told thesi of their Mj and crioe , the impraoticability of those designs far the snds contemplated ; and pointing to what I had written and said at Birmingham , « f th « doty of soldiers to pat down rioting and outrage , that nothing would hara indneed myself aad other soldiers at Birmingham to act as we acted , and prepare for farther action as we were prspared , but the unirsrtalit / of . the national opinion ia favour of reforn »; . hnt , th » re-was no , national opinloa in farour ol Unirsrsal Snffiwge and aRepablie fa 1884 , and that , therefore , thsy eenld net hope to hare , there was no
possibility of their receiving , thecoioner « tlon of th » army or any put of it , or any man in it ; aU that thsj eould dp , I nointed out to them , was to commit some of the murcars projected , raise an inBarractioa in tht street after , csmmltting the most damnable of crimes elsewhere , get hondreds or thousands of people shot or cat to pieces by the military ( and agaU I pointed to onr swora-iaarpening at Birmingham , oa Sunday , the 18 th of Hay , ISS 2 ); anuaberofthemielvtshaagtd ; posiibly many innocent petBOBS hanged ; while thegoU ^ projectors of the ' scheme' wsuli , escape . I uld emphatically ' Ho , I shaVhare nething t * do with ' it ; it is a > nnninglyeontrired ' scheme , ' bat Its coasequenoes mast be assasBinaticn in the first kutance , deeper guilt at arery step , ruin to all at last , while the pregms of public liberty and the attainment of the rights of the pttple most for many years be postponed « s its ultimate con-• equrnce , '
The ' scheme ' was attempted to be carried out . I pr ««(«* it , andyetIwasHot a spy . I had be » a informed of it , because I was sought out and reqasstsd to join ia it ; not because I soaght it . I prevantei it , by putting those who wera in danger on . their guard ( the details of which shall appear in the fatnre chapters of tha Avlcbiograpky ) ; they were put on th « ir guard , stoad on their guard , and wsre prepared ; bat tkey obviated the danger by not allowing its occurrence to be possible . The most forward , bnt matt cowardly af the knaves wko bad comspired , ««» absent , as might hare been expected , when the catastrophe skanld have taken . place . I had say eye on the conduct of store than one of them ; and yet I was not a spy . Neither threats of punishment nor temptations of reward induce * me to nane a Bingls ptrsos , when I was a »)« ed to d * so . I only said that I had not sought for the information ; it was voluntarily given to me ; I had done my duty , by putting , the sndangersd parties on th « ir guard ; ., they . had aatsd as I suggsstei they should ; I was satisfied .
» Those matters , however , snail be giyea more in detail , now , that they are thirteen years old ; ama thay afford m »« ne reason-for vnblishing my 'Avtobtographg in soy own lifstima , thtugb . . originally writtsn to be pnblishtd when I was deal . The noWemem , gentlemen , amd others acquainted with th » circamstances , are nsarly all living ; and . I deem ittnt to lay tks matter before the couatry , for public warning and . instruction , whea it may be of some , serrica , and when living men can corroborate or correct my ascount of it . . ' Frem my narrative of the Birmingham conrtmartia ] , snd the , official dpcumenU quoted in ; it , it is sean that there were persons involved , ia tha Scots' Greys , with the political uaioii , whose naeei I rtfnied to divalge ; though ( as the official report of the commandiag officer ' s evidence proves ) I might have escaped the pnnisbmant of the lash haa I done so . - It shall na mot lisa clear that
I might have divalged lhenauasof tisconipirators of 18 S 4 , at lsast such of them as wert knowa te me , bnt d ' id not , and against all indmcamienU , would not . Eo much ier the geatlaman writing at Wakefield , whoie experience of political mankind ttsms to lead him to the cancUgioa that every person politically sympathiiing with the people , ia advisiag or restraining them , mast be a fool or a knave . . .. Oar readers will no doubt bear in mind that what we siid was caused by a somewhat blustering and braggadocio paragraph , to the effect , that the writer had prevented one of . the most serious outbreaks that ever-occurred . That had it not been for Jam , property and life would have , been sacrificed to a most alarming extent . That had he not inter .
fered , streets would have become rivers of blood , thrones . and dynasties overturned , governments broken np , and confiscated : to the ruthless violence of mob-law . Our remarks were , accompanied by a small word of some importance , which appears to have been overlooked by our friend , the' Whieller . ' We said , ' IF this man speaks the truth , he must have either been a spy to entrap the unwary , or a physical forcist . ' What is his answer to this supposition gathered from bis own remarks—let it be calmlyread— , . . , , . -,, . '^ The scheme was attempted to be carried eat . I preventtd it , and yet Iwas not a spy . I had been
informed of R , beemue I was sought out ndrequuud to join in it ; not because / sought it . 'I prevailed it , by putting thoie v / ho . were in danger on thrtr guard , they were put on their guard , stood on their guard and webe pbhpared ; but they obviated the dancer by not allowing its occurrence to be possible . The most'forward , but the ' most cowardly of the knaves who conspired wa 3 absent , as mieht have been ex-{ ected , when the catastrophe should haveUthmpUc * had my eye on the conduct of more than one of them ; and yet I was not a spy . Neither threati of punishment nor temptations of reward induced me to name a single person . '
This is the only answer after a moith ' s . deliberation which the 'Whistler' can give te OHr charge . Is not corroboration doubly strong ? We said before that we wished for no « ther evidence than that furnished by his own pen—we say so . again . Here we have it—He sets out with acknowledging that the scheme was attempted , ' hepreveated it , 'by putting those who were in danger on their guard , —' they were prtpartd and on their guard . ' 'They , ' ( who are' they ? ' ) ' eb ? iated the danger by not aUowing its occurrence to ba possible , ' wd still the writer says in his next breath , that one man on whom he ( the ' Whistfor' ) had his eye was absent , when the catastrophe should have taken place , ' and yet , this immaculate being was nroof against' threats of
punishment and temptations af reward . ' How could the danger , bo obviated by not ' allowing its occurrence to be possible , if the scheme was , ' allowed' to be attempted , and those who were looked for could net be found T Was ever sueti miserable special pleading put upon paper , as that contained in this man ' s defence ? We . could have understood him if he had said when he was consulted ( but how , comes it that he shonld have been consulted . we would like to know ?) We could have understood , an honest man gayinf , f No , my lads , I > ympathhe > i ' . h you , my decided ; conviction is , that , every . ' maa has a . natural ri"ht lobe represented in parliament by his elective
tote , but I " am decidedly opposed to its accomplishment bv bloodshed , and Inow tell yau that I will at ence g ire information to the authorities ; . that it has come to my ears that such an outbreak u intended . I will not ' compromise you , but I will , ' at all hszards , do my utmost to prevent bloed being shed , and will dear ray conscience of being even directly or indirectly a participator in those deeds of darkness . ' We ask would not this , or something very similar , nave been the language of a man who was really desirous of preventing anarchy ^? But how have » pi « always acted ? Have they not ingratiated themselves into the good graces ef Eome less designing but more onen-hearted persons f Havetheynot wormed
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- SSrtSvS ^ FS ^ tt Sg ^ wiftBSft teM&r-Afess It amanttigtakeaour charaeler so much as to wmSPPi ^** *« To Soot SLJKSa' « ¦ *?*¦ ' woaId accomplish hia SmITJ !? l u "PP ' yPtttB » B the ' Whistler ' «> hiagaat . , and br allowine the man to suoDoae be ul Hull mrf i . . ¦ "
Zl I ?^ * » secret . That would the very means of bunging about an accomplishment of the died . How then did the'Whistler' discharge his by allowing the poor infatuated men to ' attempt the schema and b y giring them no notice that their lives would be the ransom of their temerity ? Again'fa' ' Whistler' talks of 'threats , ' and tto » j » teftonj »/ r « tt-ar 3 . » Y 7 ho said one word of "iwats and temptations of reward ? Not we . Why should threats have been u&ed to this 'Whistler' ? why should ' temptations of reward' have been made f No donbt similar confidants gave informaturn of th * inteaaod Ntwport outbreak , ana n » doubt opnnd&nts kept back from the intended notare that information had been given to the
anthorittea . No doubt many men were led into the mess by false friends , and also by partiet who had resisted ' threats ' and temptations of reward . ' The ' scheme' was attempted at Newport . 'They , ' ( whata convenient word , they . ' ) They were put on their guard . ' 'They obviated danger by not allowing its occurrence to be possible / and yet there was much danger to many misguided men , and many are now suffering in a penal settlement who are less guilty than some wretcbes who are allowed to roam at large to blast the character of the innocent , and prostitute their talents for a mess ot pottage . We know nothing of the 'Whistler * further than what we have seen of him in print . That he is a
man of considerable talent wa admit . But whep we find him mixed up as be has been , according to nla own showing , with revolutionists in England , and the veriest vagabond-cutthroats in Spain that were ever allowed to disgrace the human name—when we find him perambulating Ireland for information to damage the private character ef an opponent—wken we find him retailing the spawnings of disappointed discarded servants , we have no wish to know him juther , but leave him as a , very worthy servant for his very amiable employer , and no doubt he will act in England upon the axiom he Bays he acted upon in Spain , that' if he did not kill his enemy , his enemy would kill him *
It is degrading to the press , that in discussing the practicability of a piblic project , that column after eolumn is filled by prying into the private affaire of a gentleman supporting that scheme . Snppoiethe case was reversed . Suppose every item ot the Anti-Cern Law League was Berutinised ; every private ransactioDMof Messrs Cobden and Bright brought to ligkt ; the disputes with tkeir workpeople blazoned abroad ; their accounts with their bankers published , and the amount of mortgages upon their estates investigated . Or suppose the private ledgers of the itcMthuttr IuM * tr were revealed by men who had been confidentially employed in their office , what would the JExaminer then say ? Would it not indignantly call upon its contemporaries to aid it in
putting down such villanous treachery f We fancy it would . ; , Then vrhy is it not a * scrupulous with respect to others as it would be with respect to itself and its friends ; Why shonld it lend its columns to hunt down an opponent by such un-English means f We again say such exhibitions are degrading to the press , and the sooner they are abandoned the better . But we may be told that the projector of the Land Scheme rests his elaim to confidence upon the ibnesty of his motives . Granted that he does so ; ) ut how is that honesty to betested ? Is it cot to be tested by a reference to his public life ? Hbb he made away with public funds ! Has he appropriated those funds to his own purposes f If he has . why
wag he not ci th $ Hm denounced by those men who are now so envenomed against Mm ? Why was the exposure allowed so long to remain , autil the 'Whistler' undertook it ? Up to the time of the late editor of the Star leaving that paper , we always heard him speak in unbounded praise of Mr O'Connor as a private geatleman and emplojer . Within these six months we have heard Mr Hill , a gentleman who for years also edited the star , say the same , and Mr Oastler , in his letter , bears testimony that Mr O'Connor is much more likely to put money in the people ' s pockets than take it out , but this portion of Mr Oastler ' a letter is suppressed in the Ezaauur .
Soma months ago we took np this question on public grounds . So far from being influenced by private feeling , ' we never spoke to Mr O'Connor but once , and that was upon accidentally coming in contact with him while we were in company with one of the gentlemen who is now writing the attacks in the MayahaUr Examiner , and who , we are sorry to see , has bo far forget himself as to assist in putting down a man who hsu stood his friend , when Bright and the Anti-Corn-Law League would rather have taken him to the gallows than admitted a line of his into any paper of theirs , So 'far from being influenced by private feelings in the ' matter , it is just the contrary . Our readers generally belong to a class the very antitrades of the readers of the Star—a , class who have no sympathy for Mr O'Connor , or perhaps his'Land Scheme , or his political faith , and we may , no doubt ,
offend some by the course we have taken ; however , we have done so conscientiously , believing that tbe lasd scana apart from politics , if properly worked out , may be a meats of bettering the condition of the labourer—a means of lessening , if not ultimately destroying , the poor rates—a means of suppressing crime , and a means of raiting the character of the country by improving the physical and moral condition of the people . We thought the scheme was attempted tt be put down by an unfair and unwarrantable attack upon the private character of its principal ehampion , and believing this , we have taken our course , oareless and regardless alike as to whom we pleased , or whom we displeased , knowing that the consciousness of having performed our duty ia fat more satisfactory than the plaudits of thousands , or the rewards of the great .
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" ¦ W tn ftrihe lMU * . " iSS ^ K ^ Ms ShrinTSiA ww leged few ' then d « off ^^^^^ ss ^ s of intrC " ? 8 ufficiency of food . and that , too , arSf ^ r * **^ ding to repose his wearied limbaurinn nfto . *»» i : » " j
, and unrequited'toil of the day . ^ But " in addition to these inconveniences , ho is exposed ti > iSSSS of his employment ; and , asmay be expected a fearul amount of mortality is thfewinjp Snd S ; ^\ lhen the Tiotim 8 haw attaineu-ftbo dly age of three score years and ten , ' bttfitf tke \ v 3 ages of fifteen , sixteen , BeveBtaen ; , » nd \ $$$ L atsaa »«? ttS sss ^ - ^^ aSSS
f . f" f dhaggard countenanceV . ^ nhe r cheekbones standing out in bold relie Und IZ oncebnght asstars , are beoamo dim , and &t sinkinB in their sockets : whilo their limbs ; oface ^ rSi strait , are now distorted and apparently too' weak to carry an emaciated frame , loaded and destroyed with a complication of irremediable , maladies , ! imibied upon them by the health-destrojiog tendency of their occupations . In performing ' which some of them are almost roasted to death , the heat being efghty , ninety , and a hundred degrees , causing the perspiration to o ^ ze forth from every pore ; while volumes of smoke and clouds of dust and steam encircle them , impregnating the atmosphere with pestiferous diseases ; and , as we will show , permanently consigning thousands to their graves . ;* •• : " ¦¦ ,- ¦¦ ' ¦
. As facts and figures are powerful , weapons , wo will adduce a few in confirmation of our assertions , and which , we quote from i parties , whose experience , whose protraoted and careful investigation into , this subject entitles them to great reBpebfc . Firatj in reference to wb p lcembing , in whick business there are many thousands of operatives daily employed . ' The authority from ' which we quote , observes , ' woolcombing is admitted to be a very unhealthy , employment , ' the woelcombers comb the wool chiefly in an apartment of their own dwelling . The work is done over a fire of charcoal , which sends forth '' volumes of carbonic acid gae , and the work people are obliged to keep their windows open in all kinds of weather , to prevent or mitigate the evils of tha gas . They are raasted to perspiration pu one side , and have often a currentof oold air rushing upoa thea from the window . They look pale and cadaverous , and are Bhort * lived , few reaching fifty years of age . . '
Their , roasting employment and exposure to carbouic acid gas , gives a desire for spirits and opiates and , it is probable , that the frequent free use of them may have some considerable share in shortening their lives . In some instances , when they have bean brought te work together in factories or shop * , their health has been improved , and their habits have become more regulated . The following is a table of the mortality of the different classes of Bradford . This table presents the average ages at death of the various classes in society in tbis manufacturing t « wn , mi shows , at one view , the effects of occupation upon the lives of our fellow men . Geatry and their families . „ » m 89 Agricultural labourers ana their families ... si
Tradesmen and their families ... „ , « , Woolcombers and thslrfamilies , „ , it From this you will at once perceiva the immense disparity between the gentry and their families , and the poor woolcombers and their families of the same plaoe . ' But take the agricultural labourer , whose avocat on is performed where the ( oxyfen ) or purs vital air is . uncontaminated , and contrast it with the woolcombers who heie to do their labour , half-reaste'di half-starved , aHd constantly inhaling impure air , or ( carbonic acid gas , ) which their charcoal fires so highly cha . ree the atmosphere with . The differences are great , the agricultural labourers and their families average age at death being thirty-two , and that of the woolcombers and their families being sixteen , or just half the period of the former .
The sanatory report of Bradford attributes this immense amount of mortality among the wooleombers to scrofula and scrofulous disQasas , which la . the effect of impure air . ' Pulmonary consumptions ' are the most common , ' says this report , ' as well as the most formidable shape of scrofula ; and the registration returns show , that out of 109 deaths of woolcombers , above twenty-one , during one year , thirty-eight have died of tkat disease . This ocoupation appears peculiarly predisposing to asthma , from the constant inhalation of noxious gages , as well as the tfe&mef small particles that arise from the working of the
woo ! . In fact it may safely be said , that half ef tha combers and their families die of scrofulous diseases , which might , by proper ventilation , and the removal of thejeomb pots from , sleeping apartments , be ve ^ y considerably diminished , if not prevented . ' . This is one instance of the injurious life- « ettroying tendency ' of the staple manufacture of the West Riding of Yorkshire . And we will . from time to'time , advert to other tradea , whoBe members are stffering and dying , in consequence of inhaling the poisonous inhalations ' arising . from their occupation , and which constitutes the atmosphere in whieh they almost live , and move , and have their being .
If there are any species of manufactures of this eonntry , that minister to the pleasures , luxury , and wealth of the community , that are produced at the expense of the healthy lives of our fellow men , should not the community protect those who sustain such losses ? We know that when life is cut off , the victim can receive : no personal equivalent for hia own loss , but most" likely he leavei a family to lament his death ; the comtnunity ' should protect the surviving sufierera , who have been deprived of their guardian , in assisting his country to grow rich and happy through his labours ; And if the nation allow its members to suffer in this respect , how can we expect , as a nation , to be in a healthy and prosperous conditi on ? ... . * ..
But this unfortunately is not the ¦ oase . The ho nest labourer , whoso lite is sacrificed upan ^ the altar of our country ' s wealth , leaves his'family to grapple with a cruel world ; and to experience all the bittor excruciating pangs of hunger , without one to help or pity their abject condition . If a man by perseverance and hard labour , can make a bare living , his family may then enjoy a few earthly comforts ; but if he is incapacitated for doing that , lie is completely turned adrift , he may die for want , and his family either turn beggars or . thieves , which is too often ( he case , or else , be consigned to endure the indignities and insults of abastile , from whioh honest poverty often tarns away in disgust . This is what the working man and his family are exposed to , in
contributing to the wealth and aggrandisement' 6 'i ' the country , in following an honest-and ( a hationallyibeneficia ! calling ; butif , on the other hand , he engages"tiimsolf to a military profession , —if he commences an authorised crusade against human happiness ; 'and human life , —if he will' lay waste' fruitful fields , and destroy plentiful harvests , pillage and burn' down the heat cottages of humble and happy peasants , and desolate populous town ; and if amid the dismal roar of mock thunder and the glare of mimio lightnings , he will cut down human beings , and trstnple them under foot like logs of wood , and saturate the earth with human gore ; if he will do this , forsooth , he ia a worthy man , his country hails him as a hero ,, a cloud of martial glory will encircle your brow , and amadal of bra-¦
very ornament your breast ; : sndto crownoll , ' a weekly pension shall be awarded to you , f 6 r life , which will far ' . exceed the average wagos of 40 , 000 in * dustrious , frame work knitters , ay , and twice that number of hand loom , weavers . But as we said . before , if yon are engaged in an employment that ministers to the wealth and luxury of the country , and confers permanent good upon societr , in doing which your own health or life is , exposed , there 1 b no pension for you , no honours , no rewards , but unmixed poverty , and at last a pauper ' s grave Suohastatu of society ought not to exist . If a man ruins his constitution , and expends his ' physical strength in producing the wealth of the nation , he ought to be protected .. And if anjthing in the shape of justice for the poor . existed in . this . country , the working man would obtain a larger proportion of the wealth he produces ; to provide against the con *
tingencies incident to many branches of industry . But Buch justice is never dreamt of ! All that the capitalists can screw out of labour , is too small for his own insatiable thirst for 'filthy lucre , ' and the more speedily he amasses an enormous fortune , out of the blood and toil of the operative ! the m ' pr e . he is respected , and looked upon . as a , bold , persevering , and enterprising man , whose , industry , and attention to business , have so quickly rewarded him . Sach is the way ia which we hear men of this stamp spoken of . But , wemay Kit it down as a ' true maxim , that as one ' man becomes Bo ' rapidly rich , great numbers are rapidly made poor—and the very thing that makes one so wealthy , consigns hundreds to penury—and while a few are revelling in » p lendour , and 'faring Bumptuously every . day , ' the millions are craving for the crumbs , ' . the rich man throws to his does . ' - ' ' '
There is something radically wrong in the constitution of that nation , whore those who produce all , are the only class whoare poor and abject Bufferers , and where those who produce nothing ( except it be mischief snd crime ) , live upon the'labour of others , and absorb all their productions ; . and then- treat them with eonterapt and derision ., Strange anomaly ; that the idle and prodigal should live in
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pnneely . man 8 ieaB , —have their parks and pleasure ground * , and beds of down to repose upon ; while tha industrious and frugal , whose whole 'life is doonitd to hard and unnecessary toil , are pent up in garreti , or thrusk down in cellars , and on beds of straw spend their sl * epl » ss and restless nights ; pondering ov « the painful questions , 'Where shall I proeuro a bmkfa » t for my ohildren from ?'' How shall I satisfy their hunger , or stay their ory for br « ad ?' ihiB is a strange perversion of right , but it is the H of thousands « f free bom happy Englishnisn ! We are told ' that man must live by the sweat of hia brow , ' and we have no desire to have itethwwis »; but it so happens , tkat those who work and sw « at the most « obtain tbs least , while those who awtat the
least , gat'Benjamin ' s portion ; ' nay they gel all ! Where suoh is the case , we feel as though th « re wanted a . thorough reformation , of which St Paul ' s advioe should ba tha end , ' That those who won't work , shall not eat , ' unless through infirmity or old age , some be unfit for labour . . How long wa would ask , is such a state of things to continue I How long shall the poor man cry , and the rich nan oppress him ? Bow long shall human rights , and common justice , and equity , be trampled upon , and spurned with impunity ? How Ions shall insult asd poverty , be the reward of honest industry ? Thesa are Eerious questions , and the cause of' 'our oomplaints will continue . bo long as the apathy and indifference of the people
will allow it . Such abuses and wrongs are only continued by sufferance , nod when the people have a mind to shake them off they can do so . They peasessithe power when they choose to oxereise it . And when thsy like , they have only to ask , and irecaive ; tosesk and find ; to knock , and the de 6 r of . liberty ~ of moral and social emancipation , will be thrown open to them . If we are . slaves , it is bacause we will net be freemen ; .. and unless we struggle for liberty , it will never come of iis own accord . Mirabeaw , th » great French orator / spoke the truth ' , when ha cried out in the National Assembly—« 2 « 8 Jioit tu . iont grands queparctqu ' t nous tommu ' agewm . -toions mw . ( Kings are giants only because we kneel to thsm-let us stand jup !) . And , wewould . Bav . canital .
» M we » yranw » nadespote only . beoauge we bow , and taraelysnbmit to their , exaction .,. « Stand up t ' " assort your rights—declare your independence : aad with ne voico , proclaim the jubilee for Briten ' s * emancipation ! Let it be . knowD that you are determined to have a larger pertion of the wealth you . produce : that yoa will have better and more substantial food ; better' - 'ventilated dwellings , and mere' suitable clothing ; " Let it be known that you wish for more tihwfor recreation and mutual improvement , and far attending to your domestici duties in general ; and , by your united efforts , you will realise them . Be
determined to a man , thab you will mutually aid , and unflinchingly stand by each other , and tke way is clear—the object of yom union is certain . But ii you remain disorganised—indifferent toeaoh other ' s prangs and sufferings , you may rest assured that capitalists will continue to devour your children ' s bread , and your rights and privileges be still withheld ; while your condition and circamstances will gradually become worse . ¦ But we trust that you will rally round our standard , and remember , ' . That united we stand , divided we fall ! ' and that the day is come when we must stand up aiid vigorously defend our rights .
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. The Central Committee of the above expanding association , met oh Monday and following days for the transaction of business . A great mass of cor * reBpondence has been received from Glasgow , Greeeock , Paisley , Aberdeen , Holy town , Alva , Tilliooultry , Birmingham , Bristol , Leicester , Nottingham , Barnsley , Leeds , Bromsgrove , Halifax , Manchester , Keighley , Old Basford , Denton , Accrington , Bacup , and a number of other towns and villages in different parts of the country also , the following reports from agents and members of the Central Committee : — On Friday evening , November 19 th , Mr Humphries attended a . meeting of the paper stainsrs , at Kent and Essex-yard , Whitechapel . The meeting was well attended . Mr Humphries folly explained
tbe principles of the Association , and showed that it must be by such a combination the paper stainera , aid every class of operatives in this country , must be raised to a proper standard . The speaker pointed out the discrepancies in local unions , and , though the paper stainers bad their trades' unien , they were now , in some shops , only receiving about IBs . while , for the same amount of labour , they were , a few years back , receiving £ 3 . —so awfully had their prices come down . Mr Humphries urged uponthem the necessity of forming a part of tbiB Assfloiation , as the only safe and effectual manner of preventing any further aggressions upon their rights . Tin question will be taken up and discussed among themselves , and the result will be made known to the committee . . ¦
. Oastlbmwn . —Our agent at the Isle of Man , has attended meetings at Castletown . and Laxoy , on which . occasion he entered into explanations of the principles of the Association , and urged . upon the audienees the necessity of becoming numbers of this Association , and thus show te employers , that the working classes of the Isle of Man are determined to assist and to bo assisted in ' vindication of their owhrights , and in resistance of the aggressions of capitalists . In suck a combination &l « ne are they sate , and against whioh oppression must , ultimately ,
Mr Rebaon attended the nailers of Liverpool , and had an interview with a number of ' the' men to whom a reduction had been offered ; matters were ultimately settled satisfactory among themselves . Mr Robson , or eome other member of tho Central Committee , will attend ; . at an early opportunity , to agitate the trades of Liverpoel * ' BirkeHhead , Ac , with tbe view of bringing them into the Assooiation ; and we trust that some arrangement will be made , to facilitate this purpose . Due notice shall be given of a lecturer ' s visit . : , Mr Robson waited upon an employer at Bolton with the view of inducing him to withdraw an offered reduction . From investigation it appeared that the reduction had been suffered in June fast ; a fortnight ' s notice however was given to the employer to return the reduction , and we have every reason to expect he will comply with the requests af the men . ' ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦
Messrs Rbnscm and Pavkor attended at Bacup . to have tin interview with the employer , but from some cause brother they were prevented from ioing so . The case atBacup is a very peculiar one—they have been on strike for the last six months , and out of 145 weavers who turned out , not one has given in . Whin the strike commenced the men were not mem . bers of the , Association , but have subsequently become so ; hence the desire ef the Central Committeo to bring themstter to an amicable terminations Besides the reduction offered ; the master has presented a document for the men to sign . This is a cruel . case ,, and we . trust-the . sympathy of the trades will be manifested towards these brave men . Mr Robson attended several other . caseSj ^ but as nothing satisfactory ordecisive has been effeofced . we abstain from : giving a report of the same .
Mr Williamson attended a case of mediation at Dudley ; ' on ; behalf of the horse-nailniakers . ' He waited upon the employers , and nqtwith standing Mr W . showed them the injustice of their doings towards tha men , they turned a deaf ear ; the result is , the Central Committee have agreed to support the men who are eligible to aliment . ,: . . Mr Williamson attended aDoiher cise of raediation at Kettering , biifcon' account of the eiaploycr not beine ih tho place he could not be seen . The effect of Mr W . ' a visit we have not yet learned , though wo are inclined to think it will be favourable to the
men . ¦•• ¦• : ¦ : ¦ On account of a . great number of applications for members of . the Central Committee to attend in cases of mediation , several have been obliged to stand over for a few days , but shall be attended to in a day or two , " Old BASFOBp .--OnTuesday evening , Messrs Woolley and Gadbeh attended as a deputation upon the trimmers and bleachers of Old Basford , to explain the princi p les and objects of the National Association . The . meeting , which was an exceedingly crowded one , tookplacoin'the large room ofthe Vernon Arms Inn . I'The deputation respectively explained the prindipleTot ' the Association ,, and showed it ,, when fully carried out , to be , well calculated to raise the coRdition of the working classes , and procure for them . 'a fair day ' s wage , for a fairday ' s work . ' At tho close of the address , the -ollowing resolutions
were adopted : — ' That this meeting views , with pleasure , the noble exertions made by the National Association to emancipate the working classes from the oppression they havo so long been subjected to . ; and , to all appearance , will continiieto endure , unless they co-operate together in one great national union- ^ the only way of effecting our redemption . T 7 o ; , thercfore , ane and all , agree to join the same forthwith ; and that our levies be forwarded asenrly as possible . ' f That the Central Committee be requested to insert the proceedings of tbis meeting in the Northern Star . ' ' That the thanks of this meeting are due , and hereby given , to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., MiP ., for his uatiring advocacy of the rights of the . working elasses . ' A vote of thanks to the deputation , for the able manner in which tbey had explained the principles of the'Association , also a vote of thank ' s to the ohairmanj terminated the business of the meeting . . , ¦ . ..
Soweebi BmD | E .-Mr Town attended ameetwe of the cotton spinners and twisters of this place , on , Monday , and explained . theprinciplea ofthe Aaaooiation . Considerable interest was created , and a very favourable impression was made npon their minds . ' , fc ?! 4 i ? \ dayi i ? n Tis ! several tradesin S- ' ' w ? ^ ewolbringing them Into the Asaociahon . We hope the operatives in this district w m beatir themselves , and become , to a man , a part of this great union . , .. ScoTUND .-On Miiiday , Noy . 8 th . Mr " ciRnB han addressed a large meeting in the vale ot Leyen , where an excellent spirit , in favour of the Association , was displayed . ' " ' .... , ., . ; GAiASHiELsi-Ori the 12 th and 13 th instant , Mr Claughan : delivered two lectures , on -the principles and plane-of operation of the Association , in the Large Hall of the Bridge Inn . The audiences were
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exceedingly attentive te the lecturer , as he puintejl out tba advantages such a combination is calculated to confer upon the industrious classes . HiwiCK . ~ 0 n Monday and Tues-lar , Mr Claugb&ri ^ dr HM 4 tbft tradK ( . f Hawich . The mcctingswere held in the lown Hall , and were pretty well attended , and wo have no doubt as to its favourable results . Caution . —Several persons having gone round Manchester and neighbourhood , obtaining subscriptions under falao pretwicps , alleging they were obtaining it on bahalf of the cotton spinnors anil self ' acting-minders of Charlton and Ilulmo , in connexion with this Association , the parties thu 3 actingr , are not aathoriscd to do 80 ; asnoperson has been instructed to receive , or to apply for , any subscriptions on be > half of the above society for the purpose of extraordinary roliuf . By order of the society , Jambs Johnson , sec .
KOT 1 OBS . The ladies' shoemakers of London are informed that a class for discussion has commenced , and will be continued evory Sunday evening . The meeting on Sunday evaning , November 28 th , will beheld at the Wool and Bell , Ropemaker 3-street , Finsbury . square . Subject :- ' The best method of absorbing surplus labour . ' Chair to be taken at seven o'clock . AU letters on business , respecting the trades form . iBg the _ Association , must be sent through their respective secretaries , « r through the medium of the district sacretariw , as the Central Committee cannot treat any other communication as official .
All letters sent to this office on general business , must ba directsd to the general secretary , Mr t , Barratt ; and letters upon financial matters , to tbe fibanoial secretary , Mr James Webb . The Central Committee trust these arrangements will bo strictly obierved , as great inconvenienceoften occurs throuan busineja letters being addressed to members of the Central Committee . The irados of Scotland can » e furnished with carfia and rulofl , or any information respecting tbe Association , by making applieatioa to the a ^ ent , William Claughan , Holjtown .
The secretaries , and members generally of the Aswoiation , we informed that , on the 1 st of Dceember next , will be published the first number of the Central Committee ' s monthly report-one copy of which will be given grataitously to each society belonging to the Agsooiatian . A considerable num . oer will be printed for general circulation , at the charge of one peony each . The intention is that it shall bo made a useful periodical . It will contain valuable aad interesting leformation respecting the rise , progress , passing vents , and future prespocts of the Association , to . gether with its general statistical accounts . It will be got up in s superior manner . Twelve numbers will form a neat volume .
The trades will please give their orders for tbe same , together with cash for the number required , to th » ir local officer to be sent to this office , djrcot « . < l to Mr f . Barratr , when the orders will be promptly attended to .
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TRADES * MOVEMENTS . . Thb Wislatok NAinsBs .-Roceived by the Horse Nail Makers now on strike at Winlaton , the following subscriptions : — ¦ ¦ ¦¦ £ s , d Tfinlatoa General BmllhB 1 10 0 SmallirollSmiths ... 6 6 6 Kli . wipk ColU . ry 0 6 « . Wmlatonllin . ... oiSJ 0 « layd « Smiths 0 3 9 ShWd Row ... .. o « * Hawks' Chain Makers , Qateshead 0 lfl 5 8 » ? ttm > t Quay Chain Maker * ... ., " , 074 Policy Shop Nailen , Newcastle . „ , „ 0 16 lartaShWlds ¦( Bui
Kailtrg ... ... a s a « r o « iagnau » rs ... ... ,,, 9 5 fl Tjzick ' i Chain Makers , North'Shields ... 0 1 $ Fow ' s Ch » in Makers , North Shields ... 0 7 9 SuuderlandSawjers ... . „ . „ 0 8 o Snadtrland Sail Cloth Weavers ... ... 0 6 tt Sundtdand Chain Maker * „ . 0 9 f 8 » nd « Un * NalUre .,. 0 6 9 Few Frisads , Sunderland „ , „ . , „ 0 2 9 ¦ - . ¦¦ . ; . - ¦ . ¦' ¦ - ¦ ¦ ;• ¦ -- • £ 7 9 3 J Winlaton , , : Ed . Sbmubbsidb , treasurer , November 22 nd , 1847 . ,
Ba ^ NSLBT . —WKOLBflALH PliTTNDERlNG V f W 01 «^ min ' s Wa ^ mbt , a ^ Manufacturer ,- —The weavirit tradeof this town , which ' is generally brisk at this season of the year , remains in a precarious condition , owing' to tho" commercial failures that have tak'dn place throughout'the whole country . It is truly heartrending to hear , - the lamentations of poor weavers in : the . employ of one of our tyrant capitalists , whose plundering propensities are talked of more freely in the 'United States of America , and other parts of the worldi whither his workmen have flowji to . free , themselyes from the sufferings end « rej * at his . acoursed warehouse , than in Taylor row . a weaving district iri this town . Not satisfied with breaking through the arranged list of prices , and paying a lower rate of wages than the etber employers , he has taken advantage of thft present crisis to carry on a system of 'bating , ' on the ; pretence of work not being
preparly finished , notwithstanding that the weavers take more , pains with their work than they ever havo donebetbrev A hired tool , who writes to the Leeds iitrcury , -acknowledged that the millionaiee bated' his wearers < to . the ^ - amount of between ten and eleven ppunds'on Saturday , the 18 tb , but he forgot to state , that , senia . forty . ' cuts remained over , until , the Mowing-Monday , the weavers of which were robbed of sama . varying , from five shillings to one pounds This tyrant Qmttim never fails to g * to church on ' the Sunday , whilst ' his poor naked workmen and thoir wiye ' s . ' shut' theinselves up ia their houses to shHn tke gaia of their more ' fortunate neighbours , and . listen to the pitiful cries of their children for bread . ¦ > . How long will ; suoh a state ^ of things continue ? Is it not high time that the weavers of Barnsley joined the National Association of United Trades ?
_ Barkslbt Weavers—At a numerous public meeting of the linen weavers of this town , on Monday night , November 22 nd , at Mrs Pickering ' s large room , the following resolutions were agreed to » u-¦ That it is the opinion of this meeting that it \ t wrong on the part of any individnai to write a letter to ; the reporters , of newapapers , and to father tho same on the linen weavers committee , with regard to abatementsof wage « , or anything else connected witn trade . The Union is prepared at aU times to protect their members from undue oppression of the mployers , but they cannot contend that the same prices shall be paidfor faulty work that is paid for good work , aad a $ ., tt » magistrates have publicly decmred that they will grant a Bummons to any . weaver who ^ may apply for one to recover his wages , that is all that we can require at present . ' Moved by Frank Mirfielu ; ' sepohded : by' Mr . Yates . — ' That' ft is tho duty ofevei ^' weaver of this district to join the trade associations immediately , as it is our . firm conviction tlia 6 no man deserves his rights unless he
is prepared to defend them in union with his felbvy workmen ; ' Moved by'Owen Wright , and carried by acclamation . ' : '" '" ¦ . " ' Ttbammt op an EjiriorE B .-TPermifc me , throneh the medium . of ; your widely . circiilated columns to lay before the public one of the most cruel cases of oppression on the part of the employer that has ocourred for some time past . The hatters of Ather-• tone have turned out to resist the enormous redhction of 6 s 8 din thepound-on their already miserable wages . Mr Wilday , ivho determined to have hia purpose , informed the pnrish authorities that the men might have plenty to do but will not work . The consequence is , parochial relief is denied ; the men are m non union , and he saja . ho will starve them to it . The other branches of the trade , which , he has not yet attempted to reduce , held a meeting aad detormined by every cxertion in their power to id the men in their just cause . He , however .
delermmea not to be thwarted in his purp&se , stopped twebranches altogether , and the remaining one hegaye them such scanty emplojment thatthev ^?^; ^* ' 1 ^ ' ^ R « P > however ,, still continue out , anddeclaretheirintentipn iiptto go in as long ag they Save anytbiBg . in their ; gardens to subsist on . Le Mning ^ hat ^ orne ^ f- 'the " men wlaom he still em * ployed were paid-up , shareholders in the Land Com pany , he immediately discharged them , and declared he would not employ a maa any way connected with the Company . . I am however , happy to state , that aitffiSSattriasusr f& ^ sa ^ H
3 i »* s& 5 tfs ± 2 aart S ^ jce ^^ such rosolution , I beg to inform ipu tnat I sent the ; money , and received on ackuoww ®? i - r ur . of post . -Toura respectfully , » H . Mtbbi , treasurer . Maaohester , November 16 , i 817 . ; . . .-.,: ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " ... . - .. ¦
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Fradbs oi thb London and ^ ORiH-WasTER » v Railwat . —On the 13 ih instant , Mr-D . Smith , of Stafford , maltster , appeared at the , ShireHall of that town to answer a charge preferred by the London and North-Western Railway Company of attempting to defraud thecesapany by riding , on the 29 th Oct ., between Stafford and Lichfield , in a first-class carriage with a second-class ticket . ' 7 . he case was clearly proved , notwithstanding the ingenuity of an attorney who appeared for the defendant , and the evidence showed considerable taot and perseverance on the part of Mr Cartwright , the superintendent of the Stafford station , in dateotirig the offence . Me Smith was convicted in the penalty * of 20 j . and costs There was « second eummon ' a against Mr Smith for a similar offeace on the sane day in returning from Lichfield and Stafford ,. but on the EUggeation of tbe magistrates that the object of the company would ba sufficicBtly attained by the publicity which would , doubtless , bo afforded to the first conviction , the sewed oharge was withdrawn ,
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West Londoh CESTBii Ahii-Ekclosure Association . —At the last weekly meeting of this association at Clark ' s Rooms , 117 , Edgeware-row , en November 23 rd , a committee was formed forthe purpose ef re * organising tke aspodatien , 'framing new roles , and establishing the library on the most approved plan . A letter from Dr Bird was read j recommending a London Anti-Enclosure Association , ' as a 'West London' caused pewons in the north , east , and soith , to think that their interests were not considered by it . More books were presented , and the meeting was adjouraed till Monday next , at halfpast seven for eight . ' ¦ Exthaordisart Sdicidk . —On Friday afternoon , as the two o ' clock train from Kilmarnock was proceeding at full speed for its destination at Glasgow , and when about two mjles east from Paisley , a woman , whe had been waiting its approach , was seen by the parties in charge to walk deliberately into the
middleof the up-hne rails , and await her fate by the overwhelming concussion of the train . As a matter of course she was killed en the instant , and on the train being stopped ; her head was literally cut in two . The most singular thing connected with this melancholy occurrence , however ; is the circumstance that Mrs Gibson , - the individual who thus committed self , destruction , was the wife of the stoker to the engine that ran her down . She was a young woman , only about four years married . She was of irregular habits , and during that time had frequently been separated from her husband . Latterly she had been stopping in Glasgow , while Gibson ' s residence was in Kilmarnock . She had been observed watching the several trains as they came forward for gome hours before she committed the fatal act ; and her husband had not seen her for four weeks , till she placed herself before him in a position which rendered every effort ih his power to save tier life utterly hopeless .
Frax AT'MiLiwsED . ^ -Yesterday ( Monday ) afternoon aiire broke'bht upon the premises of Mr Wm . Morris , a paper-stainer , of No . 3 , Portman-place , Globe-lane , Mile-end . Between one and two o ' clock screams were heard in the workshop on the first floor , flames at the same time issuing through the window . ^ Mr Morris ran up stairs , when he found the room in a complete blaze ; and in the midst of the flames he could see his child , ' a boy between nine and ten , endeavouring in vain to extinguish the fire . Mr Morris rushed into the room vrith ' the flames above and below him , his clothes speedily became ignited , and Mrs Morris ; hoping to save the lives of her husband and child , also ran in . She had hardly done so , than her clothing likewise took fire . Mr
Morris hating succeeded' in laying hold of his child , with a desperate exertion succeeded m pulling him and his wife out of the flames . Some other persons living in the house , and the neighbours , on hearing the screams , ran to render assistance . After considerable trouble the flames about tne three parties were extinguished , but not until the three were frightfully burned , more Particularly ™ JJ whose fleWand finger nails dropped off when touched , lie was removed to the London Hospital , when t he house surgeon pronounced his casB to be beyond recovery , Thefire was confined to that portion of the premises in which it commenced , but » fcw * m n . r " tinguished until the workshop was burned . Abeure was caused by-a number of pieces of paper wnicn were hanging on the lines to dry falling upon the
StOVCi : « „ In coBsequenee of an attempt by _ some tree Churchmen to renew the agitation against Snnday trains oh Scotch railways ; the Scotsman has threatened to publish the names and addresses of thoae ladies and gentlemen who habitually proceed in their carriages to attend divine worship at the i ree Church where Dr Cavendish preaches .
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Ko TEiiB 58 27 , 1847 . ^^ ¦ Tn . E NORTHERN STAR . wx , ¦ 1 ' ' , ,,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 27, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1446/page/3/
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