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iu = t . ce . It may be necessary sometimes to include in " b alance sheets individual subscriptions sent direct to i the committee ; but to publish each item of each col-1 lector ' s book , in the coliunus of the Star , is out of the question . 2 CtwcASTLK . uroK . TYSE . ~ lIr Nisbett wishes us to acknowledge that a notice of a forthcoming meeting , sent by him two weeks since , was received at the office of the Stab , although not noticed . We do not remember anything abouttbe notice , but we , nevertheless , would take 3 Ir Msbett ' g word that it was sent , and was either not rsccired by us or miss-aid . We 6 aj this in justice to Air UUbetf , because there are very few local secietaries . iurfce . It may he necessary sometimes to include in
who are so careful as he is in supplying accurate and ¦ well-written notices of all that concerns his locality , both in the Land and Charter movements . The Chiktiet Hall . —An anonymous correspondent complains that the directors of the proposed Chartist Hall are gelf . tfected . He is wrong . We ref < r him tbthe Address from the committee in another csluinn . Our co-respondent also complains of the irregularity sometime ? exhibited at Chartist meetings of Hot commencing businessjat the hour announced . Aecht __ . _ ede _ — Julian Harney will propose yen . For what ' Trade ' s Union * is the five ihillings intended ! J . Veiaock . It is tx > late this season to sing about
'Christmas Ties / A FrzzLEX . —A correspondent writes thathehaR been a reader t . f the Disfaics for some year * past , bnt hag only recently asked himself , What are its principles !« Being uuabie to s . dve the question he applies to us . How caa we help him ? Thank God we have not' read the Dispirca for name jretre pnst ' We will reply to t ur correspondent ' * question by asking him one in return : —How ran an unprintiplttipuper posseFs ' principles 5 ' DEKBI .-I . att week we received the fallowing—press of matter compelled its postponement : — Derby . Jan ., llth , 184 " . < Bear Sib , -1 have looked , and so hare a good many more Chartists looked , and looked in ran , for the address that wag presented to Mr M'Grath , at the late tea partythat was to appear in the columns of the
Nokth-, rBw ' STAB . anditouglittohave dune . Now , sir , a good many uf us look upon It as rery unfair ; for , as a natural consequence , after our address had appeared in the STAR , we ought and should h : ive had a letter inserted from Mr M'Grath , in answer to tbe address . Then Mr H'GratlTs speech was promised , but never given , and you earn it make an excuse , for there was a Debby ReioBTER sent containing it . Only look at the unfairness , there is always plenty of ro m in the Star for a letttr to'tlie electors and non-electors of Tiverton . We shall erVect MrlL'Gr-tli , to address Ms constituents : it Derby next Session of Parliament . I hop . ; you will not be offended—nothing of the sort is meant ; only we want to ioc vou up to s . little more fairer dialing . J 'L . Ukooeks . i \ ews Agent . 13 , St Alkmund ' s Church-yard , Derby . '
The above is a fair specimen of the impudent epistles ¦ with which we are pre 5 tJ' often favoured by a set of tools who think they understand our work better than we do onrselTes . 'Seehowaplain tile shall setyou down , ' ilr Brookes ; At the . tea party , at which the ' address ' Spjkenofm the above was presented to Mr M'Grath , Mr Ernest Jones was present , and . en his return to London , heinquired if we had received any report from Derby . We told him we had not , which wns the fact , «; ndfrom that hour to this n report from Derby has been received by us . Finding that no report came , Mr Jones , on the Thursday , wrote - notice of the festival , which was insert d . He wrote what he pleased , and ¦ whether it gave satisfaction or otherwise at Derby was no work of ours . So far from wishing to ' burke' Mr M'Grath we tried to induce that gentleman to supply us with a good report , being ourselves desirous that all the honours paid to him at Derby should be dulv set
forth in lheSsTAR . At the assembly of the 'Fraternal Democrats' on the 3 rd intt , we mtt Mr M'Grath , when "VTeasktdhimif we might expect , t fiat iw it , to receive the report . His answer was in the negative . Furthrr , he added , that MrE . Jones had a copy of the Derby Refoetee { which was not received nor seen by us , ) but he ( Mr M'Grath ) requested that thereporttherein might ?< o £ be given 5 nthe Sstab as it was very imperfect . We then pretsed Mr M'Grath , to send a copy of the Address' to the Sti _ , and Mr Claris , who was standing by , pledged himself to see the ' Address' supplied to us . But no such address ever reached as . Mr E . Jones would have prepared a report from the Derby Reporter , but understanding that Air M 'Grath objected , Mr Jonei abstained from so doing . Do the Derby Chartists wish us to manufacture speeches , addresses , and answers to those addresses for Mr ITGrath ! Ti . at gentleman is quite capable of doing his own work ,
and if hedotsnot do it , no envious smrling wi Ipre vent' there doing theirs . It is not trui that' there is elways plenty of room in the Stax for letters to the electors and non-electoi s of Tiverton . ' These letter , have more than once had to remain unpublished for a week thi ongh want of rooin . Only Ia ' jt week a notice of a Tivertoa meeting , with several other similar notices , was p * . stpr . ned till this week through a like cause . We indignantly repel the assertion , that there is any thing like " want of ' fair dealing in our nvana .-emeiit of the Stae . We recognise neither favourites nor enemies amongst the Chartist leaders ; nor do we ever ferre ourselves atthd expense of others . Those who rome fiist are first served ; and tho « e nho lake t ' -e tr .-ubleto do their work properly , find proper notice of their labours in our columns . We recomruend Ur Brookes to join the Anti-poke-yottr-nose ioto-other-jieople ' s-business-AESociation . '
W . Uilinek — In what part of the Sta 3 did your name appear ? J . Butiekvvokth , Hejwood . —We have sent your letter to the Directors . W . JnxES , . Vbergavenny . — Your wishes shall be attended to . 1 . Baxtks , Jersey . — We cannot presume to interpret the Land Companj ' s rules . You will do well to write to the directors . Hr O'Conxor . —A Jersey correspondent writes , that it is rumeured in Jersey , that Mr O'Connor intends to visit that island on his nest tonr . Oar correspondent fays that Mr O'Connor would meet with a hearty welcome . Mr Scott . —Ti ; e money ( Ss . Sd . ) for the Sleaford caEe has been ' received , and was arlnowledped in the Stae , but © wing to the dropping of the tjpe , it is not quite legible OLD GCABPeSJAF , ' Lee 3 s . —It is net yet in the power of the Directors to give a satisfactory answer to your question . A Balloted Mekbee . — Nothing will be done by the Directors towards the mltivation of the Land at JJirster Love ] beyond ploughing it . The members
¦ when located laust do the r < st , as they -will have the -who ! e of the aid money handed to them for that purpose , snd an experienced agriculturist will be employed bv the Company to instruct them in their new avocati on . T . Cla . uk . S . B ., Leicester , appeals to hi » brother Chartists and land members to rally around Mr O'Connor and defend Ms seat in the House of Commons . J . Batzc—We do not know any thing of the rumour voa speak of . Savings Bakk —A correspondent suggests that every shareholder should pay one penny per share , per week , or as n-uch more as be can to the secretary of the branch . The secretary to lind the same to the Kstio _ al Land Company ' * Sank . Every member that is drawn to go upon the Land , to have such money as he . or her , has paid in , with the interest that may bs dee at the time on all the mopey in the Bank belonginz to the branch . Kr . . Sweet , Nottingham . —Address private letters for Mr O'Connor , to Snig ' s End Farm , Corse , near Staunton , Gloucestershire . Mr J . Masos , Falk ' rk . — Your papers h-d been posted three hours before the arrival of your letter on the
14 th izst . HrAaHOTT . Pocklington . —Bee ived . Mr Smith , G 1 ; i « jow . —Tour notice would he charged as an advertisement . Hr Joxes , Liverpool . —The parcel shall be sent to Mr Watson next week . Hr Fakeeix , Liverpool . —Five shilling's is the charge . HrS-IST , Black hill . —Received , Jan . 1 st . Cbaeles Pbeslet . — Send four ttamps for postage of
Labodres-Hr Watsok , Walsingham . —Your quarter commenced on the l- 'th inst . R . T ., ITolbeck . near Leeds . — We post them on Fridny evening . Order the town edition of Mr Cook , Meadowlane , iind you will have it on Sunday morning . The town edition is pos-ted on Saturday evening . R . Mabsde . v , —Impossible this week . Maxtis Jui e . —Next week . R . A . CtAKK —Of course we cannot recommend the men vou shoaid invite to your tea party . Oi . Misi So . vcs , &C-R . A . Clark , SS , PotterRate-street , Korwiih , wishes to obtain the words abd music of Chartist songs , glees , &c . G . P ., Birmingham . —Xext weei . S . DoEsos .-The notiee shall appear in our next . Too late for this week . T , Well . —Your letter should have been written almost a month since . Your comp laint is now set out of < late . ¦ ffBisros AtaE . i" : . —We will make inquiry . ^ Ceows asd Asciioe . —Toner Hsmlets . Ko room . We
have sent the letter to the Directors . S : Etches . —Too late for this " eek . In oor next . S . Pakses , Kidderminster . —We will extract from your letter in our nest . E . A . Class , Xnrwicb . — That part of the Land petition which prays f » r the app intment of trustees by the ko-Ternment can do no harm , as it is specially provided for in the same vlause , that the Oompany sh : ill he go-Terned in conf . irmitv with the Deed of f ettlement . ¦ which fle ^ d gives the most fnll and complete power to the member ! : themselves . There would be some validity in the objection to the government appointing _ trustees , if they were empowered to alter the constitution of the Company , bat as they would have no such power , they could not do any damage . X 0 TICE- —As I bare a considerable numbw of caseaon hauo , reqairJBg ulterior proceedings , I mast , in order to enable me to do justice to my clients , decline receiving until farther notiea bdj more ltgal correspoadence ( except rich « reloU * to eves in fond ) , ¦ R iltrther for the Stab or otherwise . ALL LETTERS COSTAISING NEW CASE ' S
¦ RILX , KEMAIN TJKSOTICED . ^ Letters ts be adbbessed in fctbre to me at 16 , Great TTwdhill - stket , Hathabket , Even should fresh cases be accompanied by fees , fhay will uot ba attended to . . LOSMR . Ehitcsc Jokes . Jobs Kiek akd Geoboe Kim . —If the devise to Mary Frances Warren and Olivia Warren , was in the very words you mention , they took in fee simple , and had a TJffht to sell the property ; but without seeing a copy of Urs HowittVwill , it is impossible for me to speak positively . IfBridg-jt Worthington cannot prove her relationship , Henry and Hannsh Kirk , and Joshua , Mary , and Nant 7 Inskaro , appear from tbe pedigree to be the next of kin of Olivia Warren , who appears to have been
tie only next of kin ofhersister Mary Frances Warren ; andthe said Henry and Hannah Kirk , and Joshua , Mary an J Kancy Ineham , and the children of the thre « deceased brothers of Henry Kirk , and the children of tie deceased brother of Joshua Ingham , and the children of the late John and James Tinker , appear to be the persons entitled to the personal property or Miss JOes Warrens ; but the children of deceased parents are only entitled to the shares which their parents vreuld have be-n entitled to , had they been living . OBE « r Lewis , Troy Town . —The master is liabletopay you the Ss a week in case the articles of apprenticeship entitle yon to that Kara ; Yon must apply to a magistrate ; magistrates having jurisdiction in matters beiwegn masters and apprentices .
Bilsios . —A meetiDg will be held at Mr Linney ' s , Kalt Sbovel Inn , ffew T < mt , Bilston , on Monday eTembg nexf , January 23 . ai ceren tmoclc , for tfce purpase ofe * tabltshing a breo « i of the National Afsociaticn of United Trades . Ti » workij ^ g classes in geaeral , and alaes la particsfer , are incited to ttteid .
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NEW LAND COMPANY . la cons 2 quence of the resolutions that have been jassedbythe members of the Glasgow , Birmingham ,. Manchester , and Lancaster branches against the opening of a New Company , the Directors have determinedto withhold the promised particulars relating to suchCompany until they have replied to the resolutions alluded to , and have satisfactoril y explained to the members of such branches , and X' V \ V T \ \ " H miUP \ Yi V
to the Company generally , the errors upon which the resolutions in question are founded . The reply of the Directors will appear in the Northern Star of Saturday next , and they have to request the different " branches to suspend their judgment , either for or against the proposed step , until the Directors have been heard . By order of the Directors , Thomas Clark , Corresponding Secretary ,
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RECEIPTS OF THE HATIO 7 SAL &&ND COMPANY , FOR THE WEEKENDING JANUARY 20 , 1818 .
PES HR O'COHNOa . BASIC . £ I . d . Cheddington « 7 18 0 Oswaldtffistle 3 7 8 Lambeth » 10 8 Hull .. 12 3 3 Greenwich .. 7 7 6 Braintree ~ 2 0 0 Stratford , Essex o t 0 Ratcliffe Bridge 1 17 7 Hammersmith .. 3 16 0 Workeop - 6 2 2 Burnley , Law- Torquay n 5 7 10 son « 1 6 0 Giggleswict 2 5 4 Westminster „ 110 Stockport .. 15 0 0 Jersey „ 10 0 o Bilston .. 10 0 0 Newport .. 19 7 9 Bradford M 5 10 0 Ashburton n 16 0 Bramhope M 10 0 Wilmslow .. 0 3 3 Nottingham , Wellington , Somer . Sweet .. . 6 9 3 set .. 515 5 Berby „ 12 14 6 Haswell . 0 It 2 Mansfield , Walker 5 0 6 Wandeworth M 1 1 0 Cirencester .. 2 8 6 Silsden .. 3 0 3 Retford .. 5 0 0
Swindon ¦• 38 0 0 Ntwurk » 4 7 0 Cardiff .. 5 10 Chorley m 1 16 0 Burslem .. 16 1 4 Teignmoutli >• 7 0 0 Galashiels .. 9 9 6 Citheroe „ 10 0 8 York .. « 19 6 Birmingham , Wolverhampton 3 15 0 Springhill M 0 8 6 Atherstone .. 13 18 6 Manchester .. T" 3 0 Oswaldtwistle .. 2 0 0 Norwich , Clark .. 2 1 6 Ex « ter _ 2 S 0 Abergavenny .. 5 0 0 Aberdeen .. 1 12 6 Baiup - 18 0 Bury ~ 5 17 0 'Whittuigton and Worsborough Com- Cat » 18 I i mon .. 2 15 6 South Sh elds .. 6 IS 0 I . ambeth M 2 0 0 Northampton , Man-Cambridge .. n 1 0 day ., « 817 8 Oldham .. 5 1 * 6 Northampton Mottram . 8 7 0 Press .. 17 0 Leicester , Astill 15 0 0 Glasgow „ 3 18 0 Hyde .. 9 15 0 Shoreditch « 4 19 0
Chepstoir .. 3 2 0 Bermondsey .. 2 17 0 Rochdale .. ISO Minster LoTel ~ 0 12 8 Burnlev . Law . Stratford , Essex 0 5 0 son .. 16 9 0 New Radford .. 2 17 8 Blairgowrie .. 0 11 0 Asbton-under-Nornieh , Spring- L J ° e - 8 4 8 hall „ 2 0 0 Middlesborough 8 19 10 Leeds .. 10 0 0 Atherstone M 1 ll 0 Birmingham , Good- Coventry ~ 8 0 0 win .. 500 Reading ., 18 0 0 Wootton-under- Wm Wilson .. 0 2 6 Edge .. 1 11 0 Wm Dans .. 0 2 0 Doncaster .. 4 H 0 Thos JLng .. 0 5 0 Salford .. 4 0 0 nyBarelay » 3 18 8 Rlandford .. 4 12 6 Geo Perry .. 0 2 0 Longhboroughf « 5 3 0 Geo Martin .. 9 3 0 Wakeneld .. 5 17 6 JnO Blddle « 0 4 0
Newp . rt . Isleof Jas Freeman „ 0 2 0 Wight „ 0 12 6 Job Freeman .. 8 2 e Chester „ 12 0 Timothy Mulrey 0 4 0 Cheltenham - 5 5 6 ChasDaTis a 0 ^ 0 Bristol .. 2 0 0 Thos Sherlock .. 17 0 Hertbyr , Morgan 6 8 0 HJ Pitts .. 0 3 0 Wolverhampton 6 3 0 Hy Gordon n 0 2 6 Todmorden .. 8 10 0 CEC M 0 5 0 Greenock .. 3 0 0 JMFriend .. 0 2 0 Woolwich , Crom- RohtCrow .. 8 2 0 bie _ 0 10 0 WmCrow .. 0 2 0 Edinburgh » 2 10 0 Vm Thatcher .. 0 1 0 Richard Water- Thos Redman „ 0 S 6 man - 0 16 0 Benj Moss . 10 0 Geo Watson „ 4 4 0 J R Salmon .. 0 16 WmBaillie .. 0 2 0 WrnBaillie M 0 3 0 Jas Porter .. 0 10 Rich Griffiths .. 0 4 0 Jno Rasperbury 0 10 AndrewWilson * 4 o 0 Wm Borrett - 0 7 8 Qeo T Maslin .. 0 fi 0
£ 624 19 8 EXPENSE FUND . Chedd ' ngton .. 0 8 0 Burnley , Lawson 7 10 Greenwich .. I 12 6 Blairgowrie » 0 9 10 Stratford , Efske 0 12 0 Hull .. 2 S 4 Hammersmith .. 0 7 6 Katcliffe Bridge 3 0 6 Limehouse , BE 0 2 0 Worktop .. 0 4 0 Westminster » 0 9 6 Torquay .. 12 0 Addingham ^ ' 0 3 0 Worsborongh Com-Greenock .. 18 0 mon ~ 2 4 6 Newent .. 0 9 0 Giggleswick .. o 4 0 Mtrtliyr , Morgan 0 6 0 Stockport .. 35 10 9 Howsell .. 14 0 Bilston .. S 0 0 •\ sahurton .. 0 0 6 Bradford H 1 12 0 Market nasea .. 0 3 0 Nottingham , Kirtenhead .. 0 2 0 Sweet « 18 3
Wilmslow .. 0 4 0 Derby „ 0 13 o Wellington . Somer- Croydon „ 0 7 6 set .. 3 4 6 Cirtncester n 1 0 o Wandsworth ., 0 5 6 Retford M 0 2 0 Silsden .. 0 12 0 Newark .. 3 18 0 Swindon .. 1 0 0 Birmingham , Cardiff .. 12 0 SprinfthaU .. 0 G 0 Bnrslem .. 1 16 0 Manchester - 1618 6 Bath .. 0 2 0 Norwich , Clark 0 18 6 Galashiels .. 0 4 0 Abergavenny M 0 10 C York .. 2 0 6 Haworth n 0 1 C Atherstone .. 4 6 6 Bacup » 8 0 0 Barbead .. 0 2 0 Wbittington and Exeter .. 2 17 6 Cat .. 0 H 8 Aberdeen ~ 0 € 0 South Shields .. 0 5 0 Market Laving- Northampton ,
Munton 0 1 0 day .. 400 Bury - 0 16 0 Glasgow .. 0 18 8 Kewcastle-under- Shoreditch M 8 2 5 LjKe .. 0 2 0 SomerB Town » 0 7 G Cambridge .. 0 2 0 Stratford , Essex 0 2 (¦ OMhara ^ 1 13 6 Saddleworth „ 0 3 6 Mottram M 1 18 0 Now Radford » 0 9 0 Leicester , Astill 6 0 0 Middlesborough 0 8 0 Hyde « 8 5 9 Atherstone „ 0 2 0 Chepstow .. 0 7 6 St Helens „ 0 2 o Rochdale .. 2 4 0 Stepney „ 0 5 0 Wootten-undcr . B K'Cuire .. 0 16 Edge „ 0 8 6 Alfred Wright .. 0 2 0 Salford » 10 0 ChasEpworthM 0 3 0 Blandford .. 1 15 0 Jas Chapman .. 0 2 0 Loughbnrough ., 0 2 0 James Morgan .. 0 10 WakeSeld .. 13 6 Jas Porter „ 0 2 0 Newport , Isle of JonathanBunker 0 2 0 Wight .. 0 7 0 Amelia Milner - 0 2 0 Chester .. 0 14 0 Mary E Milner .. 0 2 0 Warrington , Hugh iVhite .. 6 2 0 160
Younjr „ 0 17 6 Ely .. CheltenBam .. 1 14 6 Robt Exworthj 6 2 0 Merthyr , Morgan 8 16 0 Wm Penny .. 0 2 0 Bridlington Quay 0 ' 9 6 R ' ch Cooper .. 8 2 0 WoWerhampton 1 0 0 J H Barnes .. 0 2 « Toimorden « 10 0 Jno Barclay .. 0 16 Arbroatb , Mr A Hy Barclay .. 0 16 Ritchea .. 0 2 0 S Bennett » 6 10 Doncaster .. 0 6 0 Jos Liiich .. 0 2 0 Giles Davis .. 0 2 0 JnoPillott ! .. 0 2 0 Jas Richardson 0 2 0 Jno Webster .. 0 10 Alex - ' atson .. 0 4 0 Wm Kitson .. 0 10 ilex Watson .. 0 i 0 S R Salmon .. 0 10 jas Goldie „ 0 8 0 Hy Gray .. 0 2 0 T O'Connor Wat- Thos flrasby M 0 1 t son .. 0 4 0 Mary Sparrow n 0 2 0 JasWatfon .. 0 2 0 Chas Taylor .. 9 I 6 Geo Watson .. 0 2 0 Thos Taylor « 0 16 HPearEOH .. 0 2 0 Chas Taylor .. 0 1 6 Jno Pearson .. 0 2 0 HyKirkham 0 I 6 CUbsdell „ 0 10 GeoDoddg .. 0 10 Wmtlbsdell .. 0 1 0 Hy Cowdl « 0 2 0 harles Fenton .. 0 10 £ 151 0 i Total Land Fund ... ... £ 624 19 8 Expense Fund ... 151 0 4 Rales ... ... 11 2 2 Land Purchase Department , MrKelsbaw , Oiaham ... ... 200 0 0 Land Purchase Department , W Russell 50 0 0 £ 1 , 037 2 2 Bank ... ... 495 6 2 £ 1 j B 32 _ 8 4
Received at Bank , from the Gethsemane Lodge of Free Gardeners , No . 125 , Leyland , Lancashire .. .. .. 70 0 0 Jan . I 9 tfa , 18 ( 8 . The manager has this day receded a further sum of ten pounds from Edmund Stallwond , on account of the I National Co-operative Benefit Society . 'in the deposit departmsnt of the National Land and Labour Bank . Wm . Dixon . Cbbibtopezb Doile , Thou . Claze , ( Corres . Sec . ) Peili * M'GiiTH , ( FiB . Sec . ) RECEIPTS OF NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Lynn ¦ .. 0 8 0 Hull .. "" 0 " 5 o Brighton .. 0 7 2 Hy Stallwood .. 0 0 6 II Nnthall « 0 2 6 City and Fins-Totnets « 0 8 0 bury •¦ 0 18 Bury * 0 2 10 Loughborongb ,. 0 0 6 j £ 1 II 2 riFiHCZ or its o ' oobkob ' s beat ih parliamebt . Hr A Watson , DodworthBranoh , Tow-lanelron Land Company 012 2 Works , Wals- Bacup « 1 0 0 ingham „ 0 0 6 Leeds ~ i f „ HrLewue .. 8 0 6 Sunderland .. 0 6 0 Wm Davis .. 0 10 City and Fins-HyKutball M 0 3 6 bury M 0 < ° ¦ £ 3 9 0 ~~ rEOIECBTlOH C ? BlIiroBD UEB 013 CA » E , ereenwieh . „ - 0 J . 0 6
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II | I , ,. . i ... im ^ TTimmm FOR THK PROSECUTION OF THE MOPrflBTOKS OF TIB Tn MAKCHKRTKR EXAMIKKR . Todmorden ., 0 16 OE Rouse , Read . r ««? *? ii o i o ing ' .. oio GeorglC Hills .. 0 S 10 Sunderland .. 0 7 4 ? r" ? , » 0 10 Cheltenham .. 0 10 3 FBerbick .. 0 2 0 Stockpert , per HuU 0 13 Thomas Woodhouse ,. 10 0 0 £ 12 5 8 y fej -Ml . ' ^ ffl MJ . i !^ |) """ " ¦ ¦
Ebbata . —In the Star of January 8 th , Cambridge , £ 2 . 7 s . should have been Sudbury ; Bradford should bavebeen , Expense Fund , £ 8 . 8 » . ; Little Deaa Ejpense FoBd , 3 s . In the Stab of the 15 th , March should have been , Etpense Fund , 9 s . ; Georgis Mills 19 s . eJ . ; Leicester , Barrow , £ 2 . 12 s . 61 . ; Worsboroagh Common shou'd ha » e been 16 g . for Laud , Expense Fund , £ 1 . 4 a . ; Hashngden , £ 6 . 16 s . 2 d . for Land an 4 £ 2 . 2 s . 6 d . for Expenee : the £ 12 . 12 » . 8 d . for Land and £ 1 . Us . lOd . ooknowledgedta Rouen should have been Calais ; FoleshlU should hate been 5 s , for L » nd and 8 » , for Expense ; Kingston should have been Keailngton . C . Doilh , Secretary .
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NOTICE . Branches and secretaries of the National Land Company are required strictly to attend to the fellowing instructions . 1 st . "When sending funds to the office , they shall distinctly set forth on the printed form , the purposes to which they are to be applied ; whetherfor Land Fund , Expense Fuud , or Rules . When secretaries tnav not be in posse sion of printed formB , they shall in their letters set forth the application of their remittance , thus : — Land Fund . . . £ Expense Fund . . £ Rules £
Total . . . . £ 2 nd . Lists of names and payments must not be sent with each remittance ; they must only be sent once ppr quarter . Secretaries will therefore so arrange and keep their books , that they ^ may with facility at the end of the quarter make a return of the sum total of each members' payments during the quarter . Some secretaries are in the habit of bringing their returns within a week or a fortni ght of the expiration of the quarter ; others carry them beyond time . Now in either of these cases the return is useless ; let , therefore , this simple rule be rigidly observed by every branch secretary . Make out the return so as to include the payments made at the branch meeting , immediately preceding quarter-day , and let such return be dated as the case may be ; Dec . 25 th ; March 25 th ; June 24 th ; and September 29 th .
3 rd . All letters requiring certificates shall be signed by the secretary , treasurer , and gerutineer , otherwise they will not be forwarded . The names of the members requiring the certificates , and the number of shares , must be written in a clear legible band . The certificates . to be given to the members only at branch meetings . 4 th . All branches that have not yet appointed scrutineers , will do so forthwith : the duty of the scrutineer will be to attend all branch meetings , and receive the subscriptions of the members and hand them over to the treasurer , and in no case shall one individual be permitted to act in the double capacity of secretary and treasurer . By order of the Directors , Thomas Clark , Cor . Sec .
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NATIONAL LAND AND LABOUR BANK . The Manager of the Bank calls attention to the following letter : — Dear Sir , —The enclosed ninety pounds are from the Cummersdale Block Printers' Society , which you will please to place in the Deposit Department of the Land and Labour Bank , and had we had a thousand pounds in our possession , we would have cheerfully consigned it all to your keeping ; for after watching the movements of the proprietor of the above establishment for years , we have implicit confidence in his patriotism and honesty ; we heed not Jossey nor the vile tools of the press who croak about balance sheets , interest , and illegality ; and the Whistler may
blow his discordant notes until doomsday ; they will have no effect upon us , for so long as the brave O'Connor pursues the even tenour of his way , that confidence will remain unshaken . What , sir ! are we to turn our backs on our never paid but constant benefactor , at the bidding of a set of hired scribes , who profess such an anxiety for the welfare of the working man , but who never yet proposed anything to better his condition ? True , those very journals were the foremost in holding up corn law repeal as a panacea for all our ills .. But the result has proved that they were lying prophets ; for instead of high wages , cheap bread , and plenty to do , we have had mills standing , dear provisions ( after an abundant
harvest ) , and a reduction of wages on every hand , Thank God , we were not amongst those who believed in and spread the delusion , for we have no faith in the stability of our manufacturing system , for it is stated that with our present producing power we can manufacture as much in one year &s the world can consume in three , and that producing power cau be improved and increased to any extent ; so that it is quite evident that the manufacturing operative can only enjoy a short lived prosperity , whilst machinery , as heretofore , will go on displacing labour—and what is to be done with the labourers so displaced ? Why , they must he either placed on the land to enable them to support
themselves by reproductive labour , or they must be supported in idleness as paupers—and thus would the increasing pauperism eventually eat up the resources , of the country and in the end , in all probability , produce a revolution . But all honour to that great philanthropist , who , foreseeing such a result , has established the mighty Laud Company , within whose boundaries the disinherited sons of toil may find a labour field and home ; and , although the founder is assailed by the press of the factions on every side , he rises superior to their puny efforts , and smilingly looks down on their vain attempts to displace him in the affections of the people . But when such a man and such a cause is assailed , it is uot only our dutv
but our interest , to render the man and the cause all the aid we can , we have , therefore , forwarded our mite to assist Mr O'Connor as far as it will go , to carry out his benevolent intention , Dear sir , ' though I do not profess public letter writing , being one of those who are too poor and too ignorant to exercise the elective franchise , yet I have sufficient knowledge to be aware that tsample is better than precept , and , if you consider that our example will be the means of inducing others' to go and do likewise , ' you have full liberty to publish this in the Northern Star—the people ' s own journal , if the conductors consider it worthy a corner in their widely circulated luminary ,.
Yeurs , with all respect , John M'Nicol , Secretary to the Block Printers of Cummersdale , Cummersdale , near Carlisle , Jan 17 th 1848 Cumberland . To Thomas Price , Esq ., Manager of the National Land and Labour Ba
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the National Petition , and strengthening the National Charter Association . /* " ? J ari w » ll commence his labours at Mac ' clesfield on Sunday next , January 23 rd . Christopher Doyle , Secretary . ^^^ , ,,, „ —mj ^_ jJB _^_ . -- — - —
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ViUPUU HACKLING MACHINE . 10 THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN BTAR . nnh ^' ar JV ? th , in 8 tant ' eentleraan named Kobinson ( from Leeds , called upon our employer , Bohoiting orders for a hackling machine , which he . denominated Lawson ' s and R ,, binBon ' 8 one-troueh machine . This article he recommended as being far superior to any ether pieoe of machinery of the kind which has hitherto appeared for neatness of execution , and economy , in the working of flax , and at the same time dressing it to perfection .
We ( the flax dressers of MouIin-a-Vapeur , Boulogne ) , waited upon this gentleman , and were informed that from every cwt . of the flax we were then dressing , he , with his machine , would produce 7 lbs of dressed flax more than we coulrl , with equal if not better drawing ; further , that he would produce twothirds of the tow ef the finest sort , whereas we produoed only about one-third of it of that sort ; and further , that he would de all this , for something about the half of what we receive as a remuneration for our labsur .
On questioning the correctness of his assertion , we were nai ed down by the declaration that he was 'A Practical Man . ' He was not one of them fellows , who go about recommending things which they know nothing about , all that he stated were well demonstrated facts . ' I am a practical man you know . ' Now , sir , when tra ^ e is dull , and machine makers find it difficult to obtain orders for any sort of machinery , they know well that flax spinner ? , as well as other people , are always ready to catch at
anything called an ' improvement , ' which they think is likely to lessen the expense of production . Then these practical men are sent abroad , and they pour their finely concoctedj and high sounding laudations of their machines into the ears of masters , many of whom are not practical men ; and into tbe ears of managers , numbers of whom ( ep far as flax dressing ii-concerjied ) are no / , practical men j but he ( the traveller ) Is ' a practical man , ' and the spinner in too many cases , hits found to his experience , that it would hare been more to his interest , had he not been practiced upon .
But to come to the point , we said to Mr Robinson , As you are a practical man , and hold such high and confident opinions of the power and superiority of your ruachinp , you can have no objection to a fair bargain . We will lay twenty sovereigns in wager that we will beat your machine , if you will be at the expense of bringing it over here . We will dress five tons of flax , and give you five tons of the same aort , and the side which shall prove the most advantageous to our employers shall be declared the gainer and reccive the monoy . ' Did he accept this challenge ? No , air , he looked at us with a countenance as innocent like as a dying mouton , and with a voice so mild and sweetly toned with truth , he said , ' I don ' t put nmelf in competition with working men . ' ' What !
( said we ) but you are offering a machine to compete with us . Thh maohine ia your commodity , you wish to get it sold , and to live thereby , whioh is all fair , just , and honest , providing the article be fairly and properly represented ; we , on the other hand , have no commodity except our labour , we wish to sell it to the best advantage for ourselves , as we have no other means of support . Bui we do not wish any one to purchase this labour of ours , unless it be as advantageous for him as it is for us—we wish trutu . and the right to go the right way . If what you say concerning this machine be true , it certainly would be very advantageous fot our employers to adopt this instead of us ; we OEly want this fairly tested and proved , and ( we think ) the offer is all ou your side . Id is true , that if you bring your machine over here and fail in proving that it will work more profitable than we can , you will loose the cxpenae of bringing and taking
it back , and we shall remain ; where we are . But , on the contrary , i ? you prove what you say concerning it , to be true , you will gain twenty sovereigns from us . Further , you will , in all probability , get an order for as ruany machines as are neceBbarj ? to do tb < . work ef three hundred and sixty hand hacklers , and atill further , your machine will thereby receive sucL a character through the manufacturing world , that you will stand a fair chance of making a fortune by it . Still he did not accept the challenge . No , he shuffled , evaded , skulked out of it altogether , by repeating his former assertion , that he did not wish to put himself in competition with working men . Now , sir , in case this young man ( Mr Robinson ) be merely a traveller for his house , and not a partner , vested with power to act in all cases , and under all . circumstances for the house ; we here make the same offer to the hott&e itself . Yea , more , not only to his house , but to any house in Europe .
Thus , Mr Editor , we consider that we have given a fair chance to the inventors , makers , and supporterB of hackling machines . We do not wish to intimidate any one from the trial , but would rejoice te enter the field with an opponent . We can assure Mr Robinson and all others interested in the dressing of flax , that were flax dressers sufficiently paid for their care of , and labour put upon flax ; and were dressing followed out as it is at Boulogne , his machine , as well as all others for long line dressing ) would soon be numbered with the things that were . We are , Sir , your obedient servants , Signed on behalf of the ' flax dressers , Boulogne-snr mer , Bjsnhuin Smith . Jan . 15 th , 1848 .
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LETTERS ADDRESSED TO THE WORKING MEN OF ENGLAND , IN TRADE UNIONS ASSOCIATED , ON THE NECESSITY OF A CHANGE .
Clothe it in words . —Sheiky , Letter III . Felbw Countrymen , —You will remember that in our last letter we endeavoured to lay the foundation for the change which we intend to propose to you , as necessary in the economy of our unions ; now let me advise you to refer to that letter again , for I requested you—if I remember rightly—to weigh my every word ; and my reason for doing bo arises from the couviction that such is our mental weaknessthe result of a most cruel , false , and mernlly-destruvtive system of education , that it is with difficulty we can be made to discover the most simple truths in social and political economy . Now we will look
at the strong evidence of this fact , and then let us candidly acknowledge the force of the above truth . We pay ten millions to support a state Church , established by law , ( by fraud and cunning , ) ergo , extra physical force , to teach the people virtue arid morality . Now it is said ' The tree is known by its fruit ; ' that is purely Christian . Well , don ' t you think now that , if we were to take this ten millions and apply it to the purchase of land , in order that people may be put to labour upon it , that we could well dispense with their Christian teaching ? And don't you think also , that this one year ' i * money , now paid to a lazy , fat lot of useless mortals , annually , would be the means of destroying the gross immorality of which they talk so glibly , as belonging to
our order , the result—as they say—of our natural depravity . Go to , priest or moral teacher . The first law is , that man shall ( Bat ; give , then , the depraved producers of your millions the means to obtain food , and their crimes will cease . Do your priests and lerdlings steal penny loaves or potatoes ? no , not they ; they have good fat livings , and the natural depravity of the starving mass cannot affect them . I say again , then , that tho primary and the omnis * cient law , which must be laid as the foundation of society , is a provision for man ' s stomach . Let this be dene , and you may develope , to any extent , the moral , social , and intellectual qualities of his nature ; but without it , all your attempts to improve his condition wili be worse than useless .
This , then , brothers in union , is the groundwork which we must lay—this is the solid foundation upon which we must build our change . We must open oar eyes to the truth ; rely upon our own strength for whatever we may require in the raising of our future structure , for we know by bitter experience that our old union house is neither' wind tight or water tight . ' We will , therefore , take it to piece ? , and add such new materials as our improved knowledge will enable us to do , taking care to make use of everything that may be found valuable in the old building in order to perfect the new . And here let me impress upon you the necessity of reflection , so that we may not mistake one another but ; lest any one should ooubt theconclusion in regard to my proposition oi the primary law—the Alpha and Omega in human
economy—1 propose the foliowiHg for his consideration : —If twelve human beings were thrown by Borne accident upon an island previously uninhabited , without any means of subsistence , and that island was a barren rock—incapable ( with their means ) of cultivation ; if the ene half of them were philosopher ? , or the greatest men of the present time , and the other half mere clodhoppers , as we usually call the most useful of all olasses , i . e . ploughmen ; could their knowledge sustain them in this condition ? You will be compelled to answer —No . All their previous mental acquirements uiUBt fall before physical deprivation ; tho whole twelve would be reduced to cannibalism , revolting as is tbe thought . So powerful is the law established by nature for the conservation of the race .
And now , methinks , I hear eome one of the wellpaid order cry , ' This fellow is a mere epicure ; he thinks eating and drinking is » 11 man wae taade for . ' To such a man I wt-uld say : — ' May the Lord grant that you may never be reducod to a proof in practice . May you never experience the sufferings even now experienced by tbe great portion of the
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working orders in this highly Christian—this favoured land of philosopher ? , moralists , philanthropists , and divines . ' This subject , my brothers in union , must be left with you , 1 cannotentar further upon ithe'e , but I would fain encourage tho hope that the few ideas which I havo endeavoured to convey , may have the effect of encouraging reflection ; for you will find , that all our teachings in connexion with trade [ unions are base , upon grounds equally ss fallacious—and that all our efforts to better our condition have failed through a wrong application of our power ; and in order to see this clearly , we will now examine the object of unions , which in order to do satisfactorily , it will bo best to go to their origin . I need not tell you that trade unions are of modern date in this country—that is the par icular form of
union as now existing among the trades—and that they had their rise after the destruction of the old trade guilds or monopolies , many of which were in existence , even after the reign of E'izabetb , and even to the pveBent day retain their original namesuch as the ' Merchant Tailors' Company , ' of London , Bristol , Exeter , and others of our large towns , 'Cordwainers'Companies , ' ' Kersey , or Cloth Companies , ' < fcc . ; the whole of which , by the payment of certain sums annually to the crown , were allowed to monopolise the privileges of their calling . After a time having grown rich , and the knowledge of the different trades become more extended , they found their guilds unprofitable ; for remember , whoever subscribed to their laws were eligible to receive a proportion of the advantage arising from the mono * poly ; and this , with tbe increase of extended
knowledge and population , by forcing a greater supply of their previous monopolised labour into the market , gradually wore them out . Individual monopoly soon began to obtain a footing in tbe place of companies , from whence by continually increasing demand , and continually increasing labour , capital and labour were soon in opposition to each other—and from this source originated our unions . To protect ourselves against the influence of capital , in order that by it we may obtiin a fair share of the fruits of our labour ; which was the principle so long existing in the old guilds . Circumstances broke up those and made them powerless Circumstances have made us powerless alsohence the necessity of that change to which I shall direct your attention in my future letters . For the present , then , adieu ! next week we will resume our bUbject . Yours , A Twenty Years' Uniokist . London , Jan . 19 th , 1848 .
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" Union for the iHUion , " Friends . —The importance , magnitude , and beneficial character of the National Association , is now universally admitted ; and when we have the requisite means to carry our plans into operation , labour ' s emancipation will be accelerated , and an impetus given to the march of social freedom , and chase away the gloom , the destitution , and the sufferings that now so extensively prevail , and that prey upon the happiness and domestic comfort of the industrious millions like a devouring vulture .
In order to carry out justly the objects of this association , it is essentially necessary that we understand the principles and mode of action adopted by the Central Committee ; that the various trades bodies in the association may be able to co-operate with them in effectively doing battle for industry and humanity , by arranging , concentrating , and centralising the power of the associated trades . Two of the principal features in this great movement are ' protest' and mediation , ' which when fully acted upon , has in numerous instances proved highly successful ; indeed , we may say , without fear of contradiction , that by means of' protest' and ' mediation , ' the greatest victories have been
effected , and we think will ever effect more good for . the working classes than by the expeuding of thousands of pounds in unproductive strikes . However , that the advantages of ' protest' and ' mediation' may be more clearly seen , it will be necessary to expatiate a little upon the subject ; and in the first place , it will be understood , that in a National Association it is intended to have one commrtn centre , towards whicli the energies of the trades shall converge for mutual assistance and support ; and their energies thus concentrated , must be properly directed in its undivided capacity , against the aggressions of oppression , and the encroachment of capitalists upon the rights of industry ; to do which ,
it becomes necessary that we meet the employer with a ' protest , ' to give proper time to marshal our forces—to examine the position of the enemy—and the more probably give success to ' mediation . ' But if trades are allowed to strike indiscriminatelyto rush madly into an injurious contest—then all chances of success are cut off ; the power of' mediation'is enervated , and what might otherwise be obviated with ease , is rendered difficult and protracted ; and every one knows , that when a strike is entered into , it then becomes a point of contest for victory—a trial of strength—a fearful struggle for mastership—awakening the worse feelings of the human heart—creating mutual jealousies and
hatred between the employers and the em ; Joyed j and daily becoming more and more opposed to each other—and more firmly and fully resolved not to relinquish the contest—to give a triumph to a hated aud hateful antagonist ; and thus is every hope of success precluded , and that which might have been amicably adjusted by means of mediation , is rendered doubtfnl , difficult , and protracted by the precipitant and unnecessary manner in which the affair was entered into ; and a thousand to one if the termination of the dispute does not find both parties in an infinitely worse position than when the struirgle commenced—the available capital of the employer greatly sunk , and the resources of the
men completely exhausted , and then be forced to make concessions , which originally they would have spurned with contempt . But if , when a reduction is offered , the men v . hom it affects would meet together and consider the cause of the reductionthe state of the market—the price of the raw material—the nature of the opposing powers against which they will have to contend , and . examine the extent of opposition they would be able to offer j and having calculated upon the probability , or improbability of success , they would be able to determine , whether , by accepting the reduction for the present , under ' protest , ' would not the more effectively conserve their rights . Besides , the principle of protest is a new feature in trades' movements , that quite astonishes employers . They wonder
what it can signify , and are convinced that something is in preparation for them ; and thus the men , by offering a protest against the proceedings of those employers , compel them to reflect upon the subject ; and when the Association endeavours to adjust the grievance by mediation , success is almost certain . This is obvious , as we stated above , as strikes engender hostile feelings that daily become more deadly and irreconcileable ; while the rational and moral principle we recommend , would produce precisely the opposite feelings , and the master would the more readily concede the request of men , which he would not do if attempted to effect by a strike—a triumph on the part of the men over him , which he would consider humiliating in the extreme .
Again , the principle of protest will allow the Central Committee an opportunity of developing and demonstrating the advantages and power of the fundamental principle of the Association , namely : centralisation ; and by having the entire control overall disputes , would be able to arrange and direct the centralised power of the united thousands , against the attacks of capitalists upon the rights and privileges of our respective members . But if trades object to this plan , and madly rush into strikes and turn-outs , irrespective of ' all circurastances , then is this great redeeming principle subverted , and no possible opportunity afforded to test the superiority and beneficial tendency of our centralised power , while the folly and precipitancy of £ ueh trades ensure inevitable failure ; nndthe Asso .
ciation ( destined as it is , to elevate the condition of the working classes if properly carried out ) , in consequence of such failure , charged with incompetence to accomplish the objects it proposes ; but injustice to the Association , let the cause of failure fall upon the heads of those who refuse to carry out its plans , instead of fathering their discomfiture upon the inefficacy of those principles they would not allow to come into operation . Whenever the principles of protest , mediation , concentration , and centralisation , have been fairly tried , and where the Central Committee have had the entire management of the dispute , they have , in nine cases out of ten , come off with triumph ; while those cases which have been taken out of their hands through the inconsiderate conduct and hastiness of the parties concerned , have generally resulted in failure .
We know that this line of policy is not approved of by &ome , and that prompt and immediate resistance to offered reductions is considered the most effective—and that the principle of " protest is all moonshine , and a palliation of oppression . That promptitude in resisting an offered reduction is eometiraes saccessful is not disputed ; but it runs a great hazard , end is only effective when there exists
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¦ . LLLnr . rf . ..-. ^—T ^ -it .. i— -. ^ ... 1 , ! ^ . ^^— ^—rrrmTTiwii . 1 ^ iiiw ^ ^ " ^ 'n a fiemand for labour—and if that demand does n exist , then employers care not a fig for the strikes o their men ; in fact , we have known instances where manufacturers bare offered a reduction for the purpose of a strike , as a cessation of work would be a gr .-at advantage to them ; and in such cases the promptitude of the men is a god-send to the employers j it enables them to suit their own purposes without loss , and in the end exact the labour of the men even below the first reduction , as they would then be starved into a compliance to their dictates . But suppose there should be a demand for labour , the protest would do no harm , as it would enable the men to ascertain the facts of the case ; but if it turned out that trade is bad—that the demand for labour ia diminishing—that the labour market is being filled with a redundancy of hands ,
and their warehouses overstocked with productions '? then the protest would be a blessing to the men ; would preseive their funds , and prepare for them ample means for an effective resistance when a revival in trade came round ; but prompt and immediate resistance would lead to protracted struggle-Would exhaust their coffers , and render them help-Iessly dependent upon heartless tyrants fer the means of subsistence . In military operations , the wise and discerning general will endeavour so to station his army , that they might live out of the provision * of the enemy , and by that means preserve his own store . Just so will it be with the principle of protest during a depression in trade ; we should live out of the enemy , reserving our own pecuniary resources to defeat the capitalists , and recover that which has been deducted from our
earnings under the protest . Now if ever this Association must accomplish the emancipation of the toiling millions , its members must steadily and perseveringly adhere to its principles . They must allow them to come fully and fairly into operation , and depend upon it the * work will go on prosperously ; tyrants will dread the centralised welj-directed power of an insulted and overworked people ; and finally we shall witness the overthrow of oppression the confusion of the oppressor , the redemption and elevation of the oppressed . The Central Committee of the above Association met on Monday and following days , for the
transaction of general business . A mass of correspondence has been received from many parts of the country ; also the following reports have been received from agents and members of the Central Committee : — . Messrs "Williamson and Robson attended an open air meeting at Princes-end , Netherton . The meeting was very numerously attended ; a number of the police force was in attendance to pick up any disorderly person , but in which however they were disappointed ; and at the close of the meeting many
of them bought the rules , monthly reports , and other documents printed by the Association . The distiict , as stated last week , is in a very excited condition , owing to the general strike now pending . Hopes are entertained that the price of iron will advance , as the stocks are very limited , and very little is being produced through the turnout . We trust however , it will be so , that this affair may be amicably settled ; as an improvement in the price of iron appears to be the only hope of the reduction being prevented .
Mr Lenegan reported to having held a discussion with Mr Bury , one of the miners' agents , on the principles of the National Association ; of which discussion we shall be able to give a report more fully next week . On Monday evening , the 17 th inst ., Messrs Humphries and Holmes attended a general meeting of the shoemakers of Chelsea ; the meeting was well attended , and the deputation respectively explained tbe principles of the Association . Mr Humphries explained the general success that attended the operations of the Central Committee ia fighting the battles of industry , and pointed out the great advantages such a combination is calculated to impart , when properly supported by its members , and rightly conducted by its officers .
Mr Holmes gave a painful description of the wretchedness , the poverty , and the ui exampled suffering and destitution that had come under his own observation , in visiting the garrets of the enslaved operatives of the metropolis ; and urged upon the meeting , the necessity of joining in so great a movement , as the only way to effect their delivery , ta arrest the progress of oppression , and to place themselves in a position to withstand the oppression of capitalists . An excellent spirit was manifested , and a resolution carried that they join the Association , and that the Becretary be instructed to forward their levies to the Central Committee .
Scotland . —Mr Claughan , on Monday , the 10 th inst ., addressed the miners and others of Airdrie ; the meeting was well attended , and the speaker entered into an able and highly interestirg explication of the principles of the National Association . On Tuesday , the llth inst ., Mr . Claughan investigated a case of reduction effered to the nailers of Hamilton ; and on the evening of the same day , he addressed a meeting of the lath splitters of Glasgow . On Wednesday evening , Mr [ Claughan attended a large meeting of delegates of the Paisley trades .
On Friday evening , the 14 th inst ., Mr Claughan addressed the block printers of Denny ; and on Saturday evening , the I 5 th inst ., he attended a large and important meeting of the miners in Newarthill . The above meetings have been well attended , and an excellent spirit was manifested towards the As . sociation . Leicester . — -A very heavy deduction has been offered by the celebrated firm of the Messrs Biggs , of from 3 s . 6 d . to 4 s . 9 d . per week , in the wages of the glove makers in their employ .
Great excitement exists through the town in consequence of these unnecessary steps to reduce the wages , and add new paupers to the parish funds , which are already too heavily pressed upon . Large meetings were held on Sunday last in Russell-square and the market-place , which were addressed by Mr G . Buckby . Mr Mason , a primitive Methodist preacher , is one of the parties concerned in forcing this reduction , A hymn has been composed by a journeyman on the said occasion , which we inclose for insertion . A large public meeting was held in the Guildhall on Monday last ( Mr John Biggs , glove manufacturer and mayor in the chair ) , for the purpose of petitioning the legislature for an alteration in the law of settlement , and to establish a national rate .
Mr Buckby moved an amendment on the . motion as follows , which was ably seconded by Mr Thomas Smith : — ' That in the opinion of this meeting , the manufacturers engaged in the hosiery trade , have widely increased the rates of this borough , by tbe unnecessary reductions they have made in the wages of iheir workmen , combined with the heavy deduc * tions taken therefrom , in the shape of frame rents and charges , and have thereby decreased the profits of the tradesmen ; and this meeting is further of opinion , that if a national rate be laid , they will reduce still further the wages of the workmen , knowing they vrill have ths country to support those whom they , the manufacturers , have pauperised . ' Carried by ten to one . The mayor declared the amendment carried .
Since the above meeting , the Messrs Biggs have withdrawn the reduction to a part of their workncen .
PARSON MASON'S HYMN . To bs sung at G . Buckbj's SermonB , on Sunday . Woe unto you Scribes and Phariieti , hypocrites ! fo ? ye ctsvour widows' houses , and for a pretence make long prayir : therefore je shnll receive the greater damnation . —M * TTHET 7 c . 23 , t , H , C . M . Tremble , thou Tyrant , \ )\ wh and foul I For If thy dogmas be True as thou'rt folie , thy soul must bowl , In torments , endlessly < Tremble ! for when thy sool doth part . The frames tbou lov ' st so well , Hung , like a millstone , round tby heart , Shall sink thes down to hell ! Then ehalt thou best thy treacherous brow , Through agonising years ! Then ahalt thou call , ns we de now , With unavailing taaro ! The hire of guilt is in tby banda ! A werm is at tby core I Which , if thy oread in justice stands , Shall gnaw thee , evermore 1 But why , Great God ! do we complain « TrutD in hia he art coaimenee ;—Or Ioobo the devil from his chain To fetch the Tyrant hence . W . ! . Notice . —At Wigap , on Sunday , tho 23 rd instant ,, a district meeting , in connexion with , this asaootatiori . will be held at the Crown and Sceptre , wheu tbe following p laces are requested to Bend two dela » gates from each ; namely : —Ashton-ia-the- Willows Orrall , Gator ' s Bridge , Marshes Lodge , Lamberhe&d Gieen , Goose Green , and Hindley , together witfe tLe Wigan Lodges . »> J . Lskboan , district eeoretu ?*
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NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE DISTRICT . Mr John West will commence bis labours in fur * therance of the National Petition and the National Charter Association , at Newcastle-on-Tyne , on Monday , January 31 st .. AH parties iu the North requiring the services of Mr West , to communicate with Mr Nisbett , No . 10 , Gibson-street , Newcastle-on-Tyne . MIDLAND DISTRICT Mr Samuel Kydd is appointed by the Executive Committee to agitate tbe Midland counties , in support of the National Petition and the National Charter Association . Mr Kydd will commence his labours at Northampton , on Monday , January 31 st .
Localities in the Midlands requiring the services of Mr Kydd , to communicate with the Executive Committee at their Office , No , 144 , High Holbornj London . LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE DISTfllCT . Mr Daniel Donovan , of Manchester , has been appointed by the Executive Committee to further
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NATIONAL PETITION IN SCOTLAND . The Executive Committee have appointed J ) r M'Douall as the representative of the National Charter Association in Scotland . The mission of the Doctor to that country will be to forward the National Petition , which is to be presented in May next , and it is hoped that the Scottish ; Chartists will aid him in every possible way , 80 that the petition may be truly the voice of the nation , demanding a nation ' s rights . Dr M'Douall will he in Glasgow in time to commence his labours there on Monday , January 31 st , and the Glasgow Council are requested to make the necessary arrang-Kents to secure the efficient application of the Doctor's services .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 22, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1454/page/5/
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