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the Directors had recourse to the services of Mr . Gooch ? We do not pretend to answer these ^ uestionB . We only say they natural-y suggest themselves on the perusal of the documents connected With this affair ; and if our inferences Ira correct , what conclusion must we come to as to the character of the Directors , and their pet Superintendent ? What epithet will correctly desig nate the astounding impudence of the " Dflt / y News , in attempting to justify their endeavour to plunder their hard working and valuable servants of their time and their earnings ? What becomes of tha Tlirwtnra tfoil wmnmicn ?«* + l »«» inrnivi OT
the identical interest of Capital and Labeur ? What of the public benefit being best promoted when everybod y is working for his own benefit ! Is it a public benefit to have a large district of the country suddenly deprived of the greatest portion of the facilities for paEsengera' and goods' traffic they have hitherto enjoyed , and if they avail themselves of the diminished means which remain , to do so under the ton well-grounded apprehension of being smashed , scalded , or cut to pieces before they arrive at the end of their journey ? Apart , however , from the factsof thisparticularcase , it—in conjunction with thestrikeof the
iype founders in the employ of the Messrs . Cas-Ion , andthatatWolverhamptonamong the tinplate workers—is calculated to engender grave reflections among the producing classes as to their real position and prospect under the present cannibal system of society . Space will not allow us , this week , to give this part of the subject the attention it demands . We will merely remark , that the Daily News affirms that , for the admitted " hard , hazardous , " and exposed work oftho engine drivers , they are highly paid with 6 s . 6 d . to 7 s . 6 d . a day in the best cases , and have no reason to complain when the wages descend even now to 5 s . 6 d . It adds : —
Their high rate of wages is , of course , die consequence of that inevitable law of supply and demand which regulates all prices , be they of bread or of labour . The demand for first-class engine drivers is still greater than the supply , therefore their remuneration is large ; when the suppW exceeds the demand , their wages will fall . And by vrayof further make weight , throws in "the reduced cost of living" in these times . Here the cloven foot peeps out , which the owners of the Baihj News were so anxious to liide during their Anti-Corn Law agitation . They always denied then , that wages and the price of provisions had any relation to each other—they emphatically disclaimed the wish to lower bread as a means of putting down wages . That , like other of their hollow and selfish humbug , must now be seen through .
But reverting for a moment to th ' is great " law of supply and demand , '' we find the Daily 2 ? ews very plainly intimating to the refractory Engine Drivers the way in which they are to be " served out " as soon as the capitalists can manage to overstock the market "Read , mark , learn , and inwardly digest , '' the mode in which the capitalists are to conspire , for the purpose of robbing what the same paper describes , in a previous article , as
An exemplary boa ? cfmen : intelligent , skilful , laborious and sober ; taking a pleasure in tke duties for winch thej are engaged ; a pride in tlie punctuality and regularity with which they perform their journevs ; ami acting usually under a due sense of the heavy responsibilities of their position . A good engine drwer is , ' in troth , au invataable servant "Exemplary" as are their virtues , however " skilful , labourious , sober , and
intelligent" as they are admitted to be , all this sinks into insignificance , compared with the object of saving a few hundred pounds a year , to divide among capitalists ; and as a means of accomplishing this , of reducing the Engine Drivers to abject submission , by so multiplying their number as to force them in tUe desperation of want , to compete against each other for starvation wages ; that is the plain English of the following : _ °
Disputes and strikes such « s this ought , however , to teach railway directors the importance and tlie necessity or increasing if eTeiy means in iheir power the supply of nsmedniers : for it will never do to hare companies and tpepMblic dependent on the whims' * nd caprices of a particular class of railway servant ? , however excellent their genera ! character , or however skilful and laborious thtr maybe . The Sorth Western , the Torltshhv and Lnncasnire , aad the Eastern Counties , have all of late been subjected to strikes ot engine-drivers ; and so railwajs will continue to be subjected until the supply fee equal to or in excess of the flemanu .
Working Classes of Great Britain ! this is the cunningly contrived process by which the possessors of land , capital , and machinery , make and keep you slaves ! This is the reason why , of all the wealth" you create , so small a portion falls to your share , and wh y in future it must grow worse in proportion as your numbers increase , and you are driven to xhe mad competition of hunger and despair by this hellish system . Shirt and slop making at a penny or twopence a day of sixteen or eighteen hours is the neplus ultra—the great and crowning achievement of that glorious commercial and Free Trade system , which is held up by our political economists for the wonder and admiration of the world !
How are the industrious classes to escape this horrible fate deliberately prepared for them , and if the system lasts , certain to be endured ? "Thereby hang 3 a tale ' which we must endeavour upon other occasions "to trnfold . "
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people are flying , en masse from a land thu once more given up to the plunder of an insatiate and an insensate aristocracy . They will make a desert , and call it peace . They cany on ' a war of extermination against the peasantry . Scarcel y a day has passed within the last two months in which we have not had the details of razzia ' s , under the command of the landlords , which , in many points , equal those committed by the French in Algeria . Not long since , in one of these wholesale evictions from a village in the County of Clare , twenty-eight houses were levelled in one day , nfiflmfi SlTfi flviTlOf m mnnn . H . __ . 1 __ J i . UV . 8
and their inhabitants ,,, one hundred and sixty in number , were cast out upon the road . In another case , a razzia was perpetrated on a larger scale , upon a district comprising four townlands , in the North Riding of Tipperary , from which four hundred and seventy human beings were eradicated , and their dwellings levelled to the ground . What was the excuse for this cruel extermination ? Simply that the "Landlord wished to get rid of small holdings and to amalgamate farms . " To effect this object , he proceeds to clear off the human beings on the estate as coolly as if
they had been so many rabbits . They were not accused of the horrible crime of being in arrears with their rent , nor were they charged with having participated in agrarian combinations or disturbances . The landlord simply claimed " a right to do what he liked with his own . " Ho wanted the land fanned in another style ; and though starvation , disease , and death might be the lot of the swarm of helpless creatures he ejected from their humble homes , it mattered not to him . In fact , the
consummation of their wishes would be to see the population swept away by some great pestilence as completely as the potato crops in 1847-8 . The idea of our brethren in Ireland being permitted to live and labour , to enjoy peace anc happiness in their native land , is one which seems to the landlord-mind most preposterous . Their great desire is to expel the majority of them from the land that gave them birth , or , at all events , to thin down , by any means short of what the law calls" murder , a population which is yet inconveniently large for their
purposes . Is it any wonder that , under the insane and cruel domination of this exterminating class , every one who has the chance is flying from this doomed country—or tbat , in their hurry to escape , Such infamous and shocking transactions should take place as those stated to have occurred on board some of the steamers at Cork ? We are informed that the poor people were crammed tosuch excess on board one of these vessels that it was found no .
cessary to send some of them on shore when it arrived at Passage . This thinning of the human cargo was characteristically effected . " The people were taken indiscriminately , and forced to leave the vessel , their property and friends being detained on board . One man is stated to have been brought out of the ship ichilst his wife and £ 25 were detained !" Truly , the people seem smitten with a landlord panic , and , in their haste to flee the country , act with the blind precipitation and teroor which induces a crowd in a theatre to trample down and suffocate each other when a cry of " Fire" is raised '
This is the result of all Lord John Russell's promises—this the reward for our having assisted the Irish landlords with the immense sum of ten millions sterling ! During the sessions that have passed since he took office , he has shown not the slightest desire to set about the task of socially regenerating Ireland—nor has he exhibited any comprehension of the means by which that object could be achieved . All the monster abuses , all the
causes fruitful of a dire progeny of evil under which Ireland has groaned " so long , still flourish in all their rank , luxuriance and deadly virulence . Above the chorus of complaint and abjurgation raised in this country , and in all our Colonial dependencies , against the fatal and mischievous misgoverninent of the present Administration , the voice of Ireland rises highest . Its lamentable condition is the deepest , blackest staiu upon their official
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. MONIES RECEIVED ; For ihk IVjsbk Endiko Thursday , - ¦ ¦ ¦ August , 22 nd 1850 . tor ihb : ' W 1 DING-UP OF THE LANB COMPANY . Ueceived by W . Kideb . —Todmorden , per J . Itobinson 18 s Cd—H . Brown , Chelmsford Gd—Mansfield , from twenty Land members , per J . Linney 10 a 5 d—Kadcliffe Bridge , per R . Hamer 8 s fid—Messrs . Tennant , Wilkinson , and Hurwortn , Gilling 2 s—Nottingham , perJ . Sweet 2 s 6 d—Sheffield , per G . CaviU 4 s 5 d— hvaA Mcmtoeis , KivUcaWj , per W . Ilepburn 8 s lid . —Land Mimbera , Boulogne , per W . Hepburn 8 d—Messrs . Dernie , Cordwell , Birch , Barrett , Hawksley , and Wilson , Hetford 3 s-Rovston , per W . Camps ¦• n ¦¦ i wn " n .. « . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ '•> n ' ' " - '¦ '
3 s Gd—Eleven land Members , Stocltport , per T . Woodnoase 5 a 6 d—Ipswich , per W . Gerrend 7 s 6 d—Nu ' neaton . per R . Beet 15 s—Atherstone District , per R . Beet 5 s— WSnlaton , ' per B . Sumraeriide 7 s—Land Members . BouloUgne 8 d . Received at Land Office-J . Nightindale 6 d-J . V . Moffett Is—W . Francis ls-E . Kinder ls-J . M'Guire 1 &- . Stalybridge , per Lawton 11—W . Sheppard 6 d—J . Reynolds Gd—Manchester U 17 s Od -Mr . Barclay Is . £ b . d . Received by W . Rider .. .. 5 2 11 Received at Land Offiee .. .. 3 4 3 Total .. .. .. £ 8 7 2 THE HONESTY FUND . Received by W . Rideb . —Wakefield , per J . H . 2 s—Bag . thorpe . per J . Sweet Is 8 d—J . Swindley , baker , 10 , Wipple . place , Kennington 5 s—Winlaton per E . Summerside 4 s . £ t > . d . Received by W . Rider .. .. 0 12 8 FOR MRS . LACEYReceived by W . Rideb . —Nottingham , per J . Sweet < d-From Birmingham—Collected at Ship Inn 7 s 2 d—Mr . Carter 2 s—Mr . J . A . Fussell Is 6 d—Mr . Buckley 6 d—Mr . Cadby 6 d—Mr . Keeting Gd—Mr . Everall Gd . —Received al Land Office . —Mrs . Purnbull ( id — Received by John AntiOTT . —A Socialist Is—Messrs . Ivory Is—Three Friends , East Miirylebone Is .
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THE ROUTE OF MR . ERNEST JONES . Ernest Jone 3 will attoud the Camp meeting at Mountserrel , on Sunday , the 1 st of September , and will be at Leicester , on Monday , the 2 nd . Derby , Tuesday , the 3 rd . Northampton , Wednesday , 4 th , and Thursday , the 5 th . Loughboro ' , Friday , the 6 th . Sutton-in-Ashfield , Saturday , the 7 th . Sheffield , Monday , the 9 th . Rotherham , Tuesday , the 10 th . Further dates will'be given next week . All letters for Mr . Jones to be forwarded to 62 , Queen ' s-road , Bayswater , London . As I decline practice , I big especially to request that no legal business may be brought before me onmv tour . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . - *
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UNION OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL DEMOCRACY . The Conference for the purpose of forming ft federal union between the National Charter Association , the National Reform League , the Fraternal Democrats , and the Social Reformers , was held at the Literary and Social Institution , John-street , Fitzroj-square , on Sunday afternoon , August 18 th . Present on behalf of the National CnARTKU Association . —Messrs . O . W . M . Reynolds , T . Brown , J . Arnott , G . J . Ilarnoy J . Milne , and E . Miles . Natioxal Reform Lkaoue . — Messrs . Rogers , Olivine , Maunder , C . Jones , Blair , Swift ; Leslie , and M'Neil . ' Fhaiersal Democrats . —Messrs . W . Shute , D . W . Ruffv , Peirce , Godwin , Lcno , Pettic , Bezcr , and Woodcock .
Social Reform Leaqde . —Walter Cooper , Lloyd Jones , H . Ivory , Clements , G . J . Holyoake , and Austin Holyoake . The following friends were also present by invitation . —Messrs . Le Blond ( one of tho Executive of the National Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association ) , S . M . Kydd , W . J . Ternon , and John Shaw . The seats areund the room were densely crowded with spectators , who appeared anxiously alive to the proceedings . Mr . D . W . Ruffy was called to the chair , and Mr . Jons Ar . xoTr waa elected Secretary to the Conference .
Mr . Arsott then detailed the object tho promoters had in convening that meeting , and in desiring a federal union of tho four societies whose representatives were now present , namely , that of preventing a collision amongst those who were zealousl y desirous of promoting political and social reform , and of effecting a cordial co-operation for , and a more speedy realisation of the excellent objects they all had in view . It would be for that Conference to take such steps as it might deem advisable to carry out the object , if it should fall in with the views of the promoters . Mr . W . J . Vernon then addressed the Conference , eulogising the Executive Committee of the National Charter Association for convening that meeting , and heartily approved tho forming of a federal union for tho promotion of political arid social democracy .
Mr . G . W . M . Reynolds , ? n an eloquent speech , moved the following resolution : — " That thi 3 Conference approves of the idea of fusing the scattered democratic elements in one grand concentration of objects , energies , and funds , for tho purposo of carrying on a powerful struggle against the political abuses and social wrocga existing in the country ; and this Conference decides upon appointing a committee to draw up a profession of faith , and a plan of organisation , in order to carry out the abovo aims . " Mr . G . J . Harney seconded the motion .
a aenate ensued m wmcir Messrs . 1 'ettie , Lon < Kydd , Brown , Rogers , Swift , Ivory , Harney , "I Blond , G . J . Ilolysake , and the Chairman too part . The mover ( Mr . Reynolds ) having briefly n plied , the motion was unanimously adopted . Mr . Arnott moved : — " That a committee coi sisting of two persons from each bod y , with fiv i added , be formed to carry out' the foregoing resoli tion . " Mr , Pettie seconded the motion . Ml * . Lkxo suggested the following , which wi accepted b y Messrs . Arnott and Pettie , and agrei
to : — " That a committee be composed of two persons from each of the organised bodies present , and tfeat the l'epvesentatives of each particular bod y ahall he chosen by the members now present , of the specific bod to which they belong . " The election ultimately fell on Messrs . Reynolds and Arnott for the Charter Association ; Messrs . Swift and Rogers , Reform Leaguei ; Messrs . Leno and Pcttie , Fraternal Democrats ; Messrs . G . J . Holyonke ' and Ivory , Social Reform League ; and the following friends : —Messrs . S . M . Kydd , Le Blond , Bronterre O'Brien , W . Cooper , G . ' j Harney , J . Shaw , nnd D . W . Ruffy .
It -was then resolved- . — " That the committeo meet for despatch of business on Thursday evening , August the 22 nd , at the office ot tho National Charter Association , and that when their report shall be prepared , the Conference Bhall bo re-assembled to consider the same . " A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the Conference broke up .
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" NATION AL PARLIAMENTARY AND FINANJ ; , _ ; CIALIREFORM ASSOCIATION ; nini J ^ - nesdRy . ?? enin & a'oiree , under the ami . ice ? ot . this 88 BOoiation , warhGld at the New Globe Xft fi ' m ' u MlIe ; end-road - : The chair was taken by ™*« . Thompson , M . P ; Sir J . Walnisley , M . P . ^ was also present , and many oftho leading and most aotive of the Reformers oftho Tower Hamlets were conspicuous in the proceedings . The soiniyt&i most numerousl y attended . ^ Letters of apology were read from Mi' ; Cobden , nh # tatefl * "at he had gone to Frankfort to attend the Peace Congress , as also from Sir William «! & ^ " : Mr - - Wi"iam 3 , M . P ., who regretted that they were unable to attend from other oauses . - ¦ -a , ¦ ' ' '' ^^^^^^^ ° ^^*^ H—
n £ * * , Thomf , 5 « o was received with loud oncers , spoke as follows :-In opening the proceodngs of this meeting , it may . not be inappropriate or unprofitabh 3 to cive ^ an answer to . a very natural I f ° \ What ob jeot do you propose to accomlipn , and what advantages are you likely to gain , by obtaining what you call Parliamentary Reform ?" i he answer to this interrogatory will also explain our views in reference to Financial Reform . In the nrst place then , we say , we seek to meet and to natisfy , as fully as we oan , the claims of the intelligent and industrious classes of this country , who nave hitherto been shut out of all participation in the control of publio affairs . ( Hear , hear . ) Apart <> t our plan is the correction of the present
monstrous inequalities in regard to the numbers * of our constituencies throughout the kingdom , by tho apportionm ent ( as far as it . 13 really practicable ) of members to population . I have , within the last two or three days , taken tho trouble of looking into tne Journals of the House of Commons for the purpose of ascertaining the number of controverted elections subsequent to each of the three parliaments which have been convoked during the roisn of her present Majesty . I find that the number of petitions complaining of bribery , intimidation , the interference of peers , and other illegal and unconstitutional practices resulting from tho general election ot 1837 , and during that parliament was no less than _ eighty-six . It must be remembered that these
petitions had reference to contested elections , and were exclusive of returns from seventy to eighty boroughs in which there were no contests ; and this in consequence of the overwhelming influence of certain noble or wealth y persons connected with the " property of those boroughs . After the general election of 1811 , ¦ petitions to the number of seventy were presented ; and up to the present time , Bince the general election of 1847 , there have been forty-seven petitions . Early in the session of 1848 no less than seventeen seats were declared void m consequence of corrupt practices having been proved before committees . Let me ask you , first , to look at some of the places in Ireland from which these petitions have comeand in
, all of which bribery , brutal intimidation , and the very worst features of electioneering vices , prevail ( Hear , hear . ) I have hove a list of nineteen counties , cities , and boroughs iu Ireland , sunding twenty-iour members to the imperial legislature , whoso gross constituencies amount to 9 , 425 , bcinc nn avorage of 393 electors for every representative . Ihaye also a list oftwenty-soven English boroughs , sending forty-three members to the House of Commons , whose gross constituencies amount to 10 , 351 , being an average of 241 members to each representative . The result is , forty-six constituencies with sixty-seven representatives and 19 , 776 electors , wlalo the Tower Hamlets , with 21 , 000 electors , sends two members-only to Parliament . ( Cries of
"' Shame . " ) Tho state of things in our English counties is notorious . Tas 3 al ; ige of themost degrading kind is the badge oftho tenant farmer . ( Hear : hear . ) " I demand three things of my tenants " said a nobleman with £ -10 , 000 a year , derived by letting farms : " first , that tho rent be paid punctually ( laughter ); second , that the game on my estate shall bo unmolested ; and thirdl y , that every man shall vote as I wish him . " ( Hear , hear . ) This man was raised to an earldom for his zeal in the service of his party . ( Hear , hear . ) With a few praiseworthy exceptions , this noble lord is a fair type and representative of the landlords of England . The tenants of England are at once the dupes and the slaves of-those upon whose lands they are
permitted to toil . ( Cheers . ) The obvious cure , awl the only cure , for such a stato of things is , the extension of tho suffrage . ( Hear , hear . ) It is lamentable to see the yeomanry of this country in a condi . tion of abject political bondage . It is also lamentable to see thousands and tens of thousands of tradesmen anil others deprived of tho free exercise oftho franchise , through the dictation and tyranny of these above them ; but it is atill more lamentable feo contemplatt the immorality which is engendered by our small borough system , in which the floodgates of vice are thrown open whenever an election takes place , ( near , hoar . ) If , thon , tho question be asked what " national good would be attained by tho carrying of Mr . Hume ' s measure of
parliamentary reform into law , I answer tho utter abolition of this fearful system . ( Cheers . ) Do you think that large and intelligent- ' constituencies would send into tho House of Commons , 100 halffledged lonllings , wholl y destitute of sympathy with the people , to do nothing but crowd the bar at midnight , and cry " divide ! vide ! vide ! " and then to vote down every measure of a liberal tendency ? ( Hear , hear . ) Do you think that another hundred would be sent thure only because they are the largest consumers of the taxes paid by the honest and toiling millions , and to do nothing but vote for the maintenance of those establishments out of whose revenues thoy are supported in rank and idleness ? ( Cheers . ) Do you believe that another hundred would be sont there for the solo reason that they hayo sat for . years behind the treasury bench , steadily voting tor every ministerial jobnnii
, as steadily opposing the measures of the fow friends of the people ?¦ ( Hear , hear . ) In such a House ot Commons as our reformed system would create , the wishes and will of the people would not he , as now , expressed by tho few , but would be personified by the many , and bo embodied in their legislative enactment s * . ( Hear , hear . ) Now the few " who aro really tlie representatives oftho people , are despised , and are despised because they are the representatives of the people . Then such could not be tho ease . A word or two' regarding the practical results of parliamentary reform , ' and I will conclmlo . Theory of tho nation is for financial reform—for a reduction in the national expenditure adequate to the actual wants oftho country , and a proportionate alleviation of the heavy burden of taxation—together with a revision of our mode of raising the revenues of the state with
a . view to the more equal distribution of the weight . ( Hear . ) We think that such a house as I have endeavoured to sketch would be the most likely body to undertake this most desirable and necessary work —a work which even the lust session , with its lavish votes and wanton grants , has shown that the-prosent house is not likely to take up in earnest . ( Cheers . ) Wo think that such a houso would not dread to look into tlio appropriation of tho monies granted under the head of " Civil List ; " and while it lnado due , loyal , and liberal provision for the soveroign , would save tho nation tho oxneiisc of supporting splendid menials , ami titled tnx-eatevs . for
filling ofhees without duties ; or such duties only us are barbarous mummeries . ( Cheers . ) We think that such . a houso would require that all public monies should be brought to account at the Treasury—whether collected b y tho Customs and Excise , or the Post-offwc , and would then , when' called to voto those monies , " consider tho propriety and justice to the industrious ami suffering millions of this country , of continuing such ' pensions : ( s aro p .-iidto tho heira of thoDtikes of'Mtirlborough , Grafton , and-Sohomberg , to ' say nothing of grants to absentees at Brussels and Hanover , and to men nearer home , who must needs live in Piccadilly , or expect to rcsulo in Pall Mali ; ( Cheers . ) Wo ' think that
sucn a house would not bo startled at the proposals of Mr . Hume and Mr , Oobdcii- ( c ! icors ) -to reduce the number of men in tile anny and navy by ' a few thousands , anil to savo the productive classes the expense of keeping in mechanical and demoralising Hlloness , men who are not ' required for the dofonc " of the country . ¦¦ Wo think ' that such a house " would not , shrink from ^ the'task- of : uDdc « iildn > ' the punfication of that Augeno stable , the'Woods anil iovests , with its insane management ; 'its extravagant sinecure salaries , its jobbing and fraudulent leases ; its Bhameless local malversations ; its favouritismto the nobk-a of tlio land , its ludicrous feudal privilege , -its numerous petty peculations , its misuse-of the 'laud-and its resources , its unserviceable
timber-its useless foresters anil vehlerevs , its costly metropolitan establishments , witli ' all its yet-unexplored abuses- hr the-administration of property which is hohUn trust for tlio ji ' eoploof this country . ( Ik'aiv'hear . ) Wo tkirik 'tliiit " -8 . u 6 h ' a house -would look ¦ ¦ cnoro blosoly thaii ¦ the' present oiib into coloni-. il mattcrsin oohnexioivWith libuio flnauces , and would revise such' salnriea as aropaid to the . governors of dependencies like' Jamaica , ¦ the Cape , Maifritius , Ceylon ; Austvalin , N 6 > Zealand , and Labuan—governors rejoicing in tho receipt of £ 2 , 000 , £ 3 , 000 , £ 5 , 000 , and £ S , 000-a yoar nnd / think _ too : often that they earn it by proclaiming martial law—( heavy hear)—banishing 1 political refu ' gbes , offering rewards- for meu doa ' tl' or alive . h ; iiit » ini » imtivn
pnosts in 'their robes , taxing dog ' s , verandas , and vines , and plnying such " fantastic ¦ tri 6 ks " . as not only " make angels woop , " hut' compol i ( lolatOVS to 3 ursQ tho . British . rule . ¦ ( Loud olicers . ) ' Such house , ' . we think , would find somo other legislation for Irelan d than that in-tlio form of curfew laws ; arms ^ cts , icvbwn / and . government security bills , ana tho- suspension ' of the habeasxdvpus . ; lt would not bo afraid" to-ilook the ' 'Irish-church , with all'its iicvesfQjfda . iin thefae ' e , and obliterate the aickenlng spectacle ofpamporedvhirelings , 'puid ' out of the poverty / of ; the people , proaohihg'contentment and Subordination tb'the church-ridden viotims of hun-| geiv-tlie ' spcctaolo of-lordly prolatos in fine linen , ' . with well-fed servants in purple , and pampered J steeds , waiting to convoy them in cushioned cay-
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— - ¦ " II ii T ^ i rn l 7 BJM * i ringes to- episcopal palaces , preaching the free , gos * p ie of-Christ to starved humanity ' in filthy rags ( Cheers . ) Should we be correct i ' n thinking that these are some of the matters that a reform of the House . of Commons would cause to be looked into and corrected , then we think we are ri ght in saying that the true road to financial , colonial , fiscal , and church reform , is tbe extension of the suffrage and tie breaking up of our present system of borough and county elections . ( Hear , hear . ) Should these he your views , we a 8 k you to aid us . Labour 3 , e ^ end them throughout the kingdom ; ^ iri S ° > See that they are maintained and of v « ur m y 0 U J ldcalit y . and are the guides 12 Z \ ° H COn duct and votes - U ^ te with vour reform brethren m overy part of thecountl'V " Adppann youmumb ers and your Strength ðe lorm one compact , indissoluble , Jndirr ^ isnSe formassoemtion ; and , in the snhfimK '" ™ It -. .
grogation , in the omnipotence of yiW blended et erg . es , and the unconquerable resolution of vour will , you shall soon obtain the victory , and win for yourselves and for your children those poica rights which will give you and them tho power to do something for tho prosperity of this country and tor the peace and welfare of the world at large Ihe hon . gentleman sat down amidst loud cheers Mr . Bishop proposed and Mr . Pklham seconded file people the true source of legitimate power " Due honour was done to this sentiment . Sir J . Walmsley , M . P ., on coming forward to address the corapanv , was received with a hearty ouvst of cheers . He said lam here on the present occasion as President of the National Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association , and in mS V ° P rinciples and objects of that association . There may , howeverho t . hn 6 o ™ . naonf
, Kui ° f ly com PJ ehend « i « lS of our of Z \ J t 0 8 UCh J ™ ulfl say the extension of the lr g ? ' th , ^ b * billlot ' the abolition of the property qualification , and the more equal apport . onment of representatives to popuffin and property , aro the means by which we propose o at am our ohjects- ( hear , hear ) -those objects ™ if . ' ^ , ? ' chea P' Md vosponiiblo government . We « le 8 ive that all who directly or indirectl y contribute to tho support of their indigent brethren , should have a voice in framingthose laws to which they are compelled to yield obedience and in the distribution of thoso funds to which tho poorer classes so larirelv contribute
1 L 1 w ° u- , ^ Mwender his own political opinions We bid God speed to the real Chartist , to the advocate of temperance or ef peace . Neither do we quarrel with those who honestly seek tho separation of the church from the state . Our object is to unite all who desire to remove misrule , ot whatever nature or whatever kind , and to induce them to seek ill the enfranchisement of their fellow-men to rule b y the will and for the benefit of the whole people . Economy , retrenchment , and reform have been the watchwords on every hustings . Wo desire to reduce them to p . actico , to remove class legislation , to make government , instead of a scourge and a curse , a means of promoting the peace , happiness , and prosperity of the whole people . ( Loud cheers . ) ¦ Tho meeting cordiall y responded , on the m | i& -n ,- ¦ Mr - ¦ 1 > h" -lpots , to the sentiment , Tho rnrlinnientnry and Financial Refm-mers of
tho United Kingdom . " A vote of thanks to the Chairman was cordially agreed , to , and the company dispersed at a late iLirifc
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ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE . S , nce the loss of Mr . Power , the line of Irish characters , which he filled with such ability , has been vacant . Another aspirant to the honour of the succession , made liia first appearance on Friday night , the 10 th inst ., in the person of a Mr . Grant-Ham , who has ; played one or two walking gentlemen s parts since the opening of the house The part selected as . a test of his powers was M'Shane in Bayle Bernard ' s farce of the lYervous Man . Mr . Grantham
is a youn < r gentleman of very tolerable ncuro and appearance , with some vivaeitv , and played tho part very fairly , considering that it is about tho most difficult in the line ho could have selected . He wants weight and age for that particular part ; there is also a peculiarity m his voice , which we did not like , and which ho must endeavour to correct . He , however , threw ii good deal of humour into the part , and was , upon the who e successful . He was admirably supported by Mr . Rogerson as Aspen , and , indeed , by every member of the company engaged in the piece .
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OP UNITED TRADES . T . S . Duncoube , Esq ., M . P ., President . SitaUUhed 1843 . " PUT JUST 1 TIA . " The progress of eventT during Ihe past week have benn more than usually satUfoi y . From all parts of the country . he correeponden J winces the g eat 8 atI 8 fac . on given to the members by the support awarded to the tin plate workrrs of Wolverharaplon , and the strongest condemnation of the self-willed and selfish conduct of that despotic clique , who would fain swallow up the whole proceeds of the labour of their workpeople . The Central Committee
are , strongly enjoiued to aseits whole powers to have justice done to the men , while hopes are fervently expressed that they , on their part , will carefully avoid being led into any acts which may endanger their cause . The conduct of the men . up to this time , has been admirable . Several meetings have been held and most numerously attended . The " Buok , " which has caused so much annoyance to a C « rtain portion of the employers , has been discussed , and finally and formerly adopted as the future price book for the trade in Wolverhampion ; and from this time Mr . E . Perry and his proteges , win be under the painful necessity of paying a very reasonable and equitable price tor any work he or they may require to lie done , by any member of the Tin Plate Workere' Society .
The following very important resolution lias also been unanimously adopted- : " That this meeting condemn the practice of men hiring themselves to their employers , as being contrary to the freedom of labour ; and any member of the society so acting shall be immediately excluded , and his name , with the whole circumstances , forwarded to every society of Tin Plate Workers in Great Britain . And it was further resolved , that every member . who has ao hired himself , since the question of establishing a book of prices has been in agitation , be immediately excluded from the Tin Plate Workers' Society of Wolverhampton . "
There cannot be a system more injurious to the interests of labour than this one of hiring , with all the one-sided provisions which the employers contrive to introduce into the agreements . . They are generally made for periods , varying from one to four or five years , with a six months' notice from the man after their expiration , before he can leave his employer ; while the employer , on the other hand , takes to himself tbe liberty of discharging the man at a month ' s notice . Now , any man who could sign such an agreement muat be either a fool or a knave . He must be an egregious faol to surrender to any employer his ri ght of locomotion , to foiego his ri ght to take arivantaRe of the contingencies which in a period of three-or four years may happen in any trade , whereby the value of labour may be enhanced ; we think for a man to voluntarily place
himself in a position to be compelled to brook any insults or tyranny which the employer or his foreman may use towards him , evinces an entire absence of common sense and the piesencn of a mean and spiritless soul , utterly unworthy the character of man . But if , as has heen the case in many recent instances , these agreements are entered into with a full knowledge of the unworthy objects they are intended io fulfil , viz—to enable a selfish clique of monfy-grubberc to perpeiuate the injustice they have so long practised upon their workpeople ; if ' for . a bribe of a few paltry pounds ( not given , but lent , ) and a " guz ' . le" of beer , a man is prepared to sell his own liberty and that of his fellow workmen , he must be one of the veriest knaves in existence ; and we think the Tin Plate Workers have done wisely in denouncing anch a system , and in taking steps to prevent its future adoption .
We rejoice to learn that Mr . Perry has not succeeded in getting any but the scum and refuse of the trade io sign his slavish bonds ; they are described to us as " Tinkers , " and not Tin Plate Workers j and we sincerely hope they will stick to iheir worthy masters , and compel them to perform their part of the bargain , b y finding them constant employment . Plenty of work and little wages is what they arc entitled to , and tve hope they will not be diaappointt-d . The following disgraceful circumstance is an apt illusirannn of the mean , dirty , and shabby expedients to which these employers will stoop , in , order to perpetuate their detestable tyrannies . An old man . r , amed Halkt , is in the receipt of a small wepk'y alms from the parish of Wolverhampton ; upon going to the Board to receive his usual
allowance lie . tjjund that a letter had been written to the guardians , requesting them no longer to assist the poor old man , that he had a son , a . tin plate worker , who could have plenty of work , and who was perfectly able to maintain his father . To tho honour of tho guardians , they said that the object of the writer of the letter was perfectly obvious , but thoy declined acting upon the suggestions contained in it , and so poor Hallet came away with his usual alms . So much for the humanity and gentlemanly conduct of this paragon of capitalists We think our readers will have little difficulty in fixing upon the real " Simon Pure" of this very dirty transaction . And can the miserable man think to accomplish his ends by means like these ? T
this mixture of cruelty' and vindictiveness , calculated to win either popularity or respect from either mewls or dependants ? Must not that cause be intrinsically bad and desperate , that requires such dishonourabl y expedients to support it ? Wo seriously ndvise those gentlemen , if they must still persist in resisting the legal and reasonable requirements of their men , to do so in a manly and English spirit . But to coax men to sign one-sided agreements , by giving them drink money , and inducing them to involve themselves in debt for tbe purpose of m .-iking them more abjectly and completely slaves—warring against the poor and decrepit reci pient of the national , bounty—are surely not the weapons which honourable men should use in any warfare !
We hope that the contemplation of acts like these will only tend to more firmly unite the men of Wolverhampton in their endeavours to liberate themselves and their trade from such an odious tyranny . It is to be hoped that tho tin plats workers of other , towns will watch tho issue of this case . Wo bclicvo there are few trades tn Great Britain more favourably circumstanced at the present time than this , aiu \ none wherein a more liberal rate of wages would bo more easily enforced and maintained . Haying little to fear from foreign competition , having at thosnnie time an extensive and increasing export trade , " there appear to exist all tho dements
of future prosperity , and both employers and employed should mutually a « reo to share these ndvantages . To frive to the " employed the power to demand that sh . ivo to which ' they are entitled , a thorough national organisation of the tvsido is alone neoessary . With such an organisation , a uniformity of prices couH be easily accomplished * , and wo flntter ourselves . that one of the advantages to bo obtained from this Wolvorhampton case , will be to show tho great power and utility of union , and thus induce tho various societies now isolated from each other to pursue their common interest by a united action .
We have great satisfaction in reporting , that during tho last week , tho Brass "Wiro Drawers of Birmingham , and a body of Shoemakers of Norwich , have joined the national movement . The Sadlcrs of liirmingnnw have also expressed their intention tfl givo in their adhesion . We also omitted to notice , in previous reports , tho important fact , that tUc Flint GV . \ ss Makers of Great "Britain , at their late conference in Birmingham ,. passed a resolution in favour of their different bodies joining the National Association , r , nd the committee , have ' . ; cen lately informed , 'that most of the local bodies forming 'that anion may bo immediately expected to send hi thoh ' adhesion . ¦
The Central Committee ' takes this occasion to publicly express flieir deep ^ sense of the confidence rcposec ! in them so ungrudgingly by the members of the Association , as evidenced by the prompt and cheerful remittance ' of the- small additional levy called for on behalf . of the . Wolvcrhanipton men . And thejv leg to assure them , that every exertion will bo used " to bring that affair to a speedy and honourable conclusion . But the . honour of the Association dema « ds that the ' claims of these men must be conceded , and no compromise can now be entertained . : Tlie book , tlio" wliolo book , and nothing but the look , can now boaccepted ^ asafinal settlement .,.. and vb trust the employers ; Seeing tho hopelessut'ss of-further resistance , will see tho wisdom . and propriety- of . withdrawing their opposition . : V .: < ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ) ¦ ¦ ¦ ' - ] ytitum Peel , Secretary .
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DESTnUCTlON OV AN LxDUMAK BY TlKE . —Oil Siltiu ' day last intelligence was received at , Lloyds of the" total loss ' of tlio . Indiaman Zealand , Captain . Smith , by fire . Tlio vessel \ ws bound from London to'Bombay , : iml'im the Htb of July , when m Lit . 14 , long . 2 ( 5 , afire was ; discovered raging : in ,, tho hold . So vapidly did the flames . travel ,, thut m- . less than : twentv ' minutes , tho entire , vessel , waa . ft . complete . mass of ¦ nro . ' . thD crow and . passongevs , Mty m num . bev , barelyhaviiis time , to getpn , board ; . too boat ^ withoHtsecuring any prbvisiona onrater , *» d must have pevishod Sad ' hot ' tho . Eronch : Ship Panurgo bovo in sight . They were , landed , on ,, Pnday at Plymouth . The value of the ^ vessel- and ; . cargo was ' The execuiion of Professor Webster , " the murderer of Dr . Parkman , is fixod to take p laco on ¥ n-AI day , tlio 30 th inst ,
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THE IRISH LANDLORDS WAR OF EXTERMINATION . "When the potatoe rot swept away the whole crop upon which the people of Ireland depended for subsistence , and threw the nation uponthecharityofGrreatBritain . onecousolation "was believed to accompany that vast and almost overwhelming calamity . The baleful and hateful ascendancy of th 3 landlord class , which bud been the crowning curse of that country , "was , in the hope and estimation of many thinking men , destroyed with the root out of which it grew . Everyone anticipated that , "warned by the terrible consequences of entrust
ing a whole people to a class so utterly selfish , heartless , and unfitted for the grave responsibilities of their situation , the Government and the Legislature would have made their deposition the main condition of rendering state assistance , while we wtre called upon to find ten millions sterling to repair the immediate results of their past mismanagement and culpable extravagance ; it was but 3-easonable to imagine , that every possible precaution would Lave been taken a gainst their beiug again enabled to inflict such wide spread and deplorable misery and wretchedness upon the unhappy country whose destinies were committed to then * keeping .
In the memorable speech of Sir R . Peel , ^ by an unprincipled coalition of the " higs and Protectionists he was driven from power , gome pregnant indications were given of the true spirit in which Ireland ought to be governed in future . Lord J . IIcssell then declared also , that tho time for a totally different policy had arrived ; while , by refusing to the government of his political rival tho extraordmary powers asked for , in order to put down agrarian outrage and political agitation , he expressly pled ged hi mEeif to the practical adoption of that policy , and tlw ^^ of jusf , equal , and hum ^ e government into
hi ™ !? T ?* " ? , W au ( 1 dis S ^ e of himself and his colleagues , they ha ? o flagrantly broken the faith on which they d& tinct iy accepted power and patronage Jlorer were such opportunities granted to anv Ministry to make what terms they pleasej with the beggared , broken down , po * r « less landlords of Ireland ; never were such o pportunities so shamefully neglected , so wantonl y thrown away . Landlordism is again in the ascendant , and Ireland is delivered over to it , bound hand and foot Instead of fulfilling their promises , and bringing forward a remedial policy , Ministers hare held fast by the ancient , exploded , and futile system of coercion . The results are seen iu our Irish news of this week , The
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THE BARREN SESSION . " We had intended to present an analysis of the acts of the session jnst closed , but , upon investigation , find that we can winnow so few grains of damaged wheat from the mountain of chaff in which they are contained , that our task is ended almost in the same breath as its announcement . The Session began with small promises , and ended with smaller performances Of some twenty or thirty comparativel y important measures introduced at au early period , and discussed till a late period of the session , the numerically majority have been entirely withdrawn , and the rest have been
" Sent into this breathing world So tamely and unfashionably made up , That even the dogs ' may' bark at them . " Yet we are told by the Ministerial Times , notwithstanding this utter break down of our legislative machinery that it " ventures to say the Session just ended may fairly take rank with the worthiest of its predecessors . '' If so , Heaven pardon its predecessors , and grant that in future we " may never Eee the like again . " The man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba without seeing aiiothing worthy of note , is certainly not to be envied , but we question whether he is not in a better and safer frame of mind than tlie imaginative tourist ,
who , with " eyes in a fine frenzy rolling , " and a fervid imagination can , in what should be sober matter of fact , conjure up phantoms , and " give to airy nothings a local habitation and a name . " If " the Session just ended may fairl y take rank with , the worthiests of its pi-edeccssoss , " we should say that the peifecion of legislation is to do nothing ,-or , as near as possible , next to nothing . But then the question comes , might not nothing be done more cheaply , with less fuss , noise and bother . We pay too high , for' nothing ; we talk too much about , ani for nothing . If drivelling inanity , or hopeless vacuity , are henceforth to be the characteristics of
Parliament , let us forthwith openly state the fact , and act upon it iu the only sensible , way , namely , by shutting it up entirely , and leave things to drift to ruin as they will . We mistake , however , if the complacent tone , and self-satisfied conclusions of the MinistcrialJouraal will be acquiesced in by the mass of the down-trodden and heavily-taxed industrious classes of this country . They see in Parliament " —as at present constituted — ' not only an obstruction to the attainment of then just , and moderate desires , but an instrument which
willingly and readily lends itself to crush and tax them still lower and heavier , whenever asked to do so by the powers that be , for the benefit of the privileged classes . The „ . Cambridge job , and . the Marlborough House job , are hut indications of the corruption which pois vades its whole constitution . The people know this , feel it str ongly , and ere long we have no doubt will arise in their ' combined strength , for the purpose of cleansing the Augean stable , by turning through it tho pure and refreshing streams of a genuine public opinion . With a real representation ' of the people ;
Parliament will regain its usefulness , its purity , and its vigour . Naval and military officers will not sit ' there to rote themselves pay and pensions . Governments will not be tolerated who trade on the peop le ^ mone y as a means of buying themselves court favour . A thorough searching , unsparing Reform , of Parliament , is the first and indispensable preliminary to all other reforms , and we trust that , upon this question , the people will , during the recess , speak out so unequivocall y that the past will also le the last ottheraceofdo-uothiDg Sessions ,
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TIIE LATE ADDRESS FROM THE GHAIk TERV 1 LLE ALLOTTEES . . , . " > - • ¦/ . ; . ¦•¦;¦ i ¦ '' . ¦ . . : ( i ¦ ¦ ' ' ' TO XHE . EDITOR OF TflE NOimiEHN STAR . ' ¦ ' ¦ ' ! Sin , —In consequcnce ' of my name not appearing in an addrcHsto Mr . O'Gormor ; of which address I was totally ignorant until it appeared in your valuable paper of the 12 th inst . ' , 'and to which address , ' in part , ! would have cheerfully subscribed , for 1 would be one oftho fir 6 t : n showing my resnebt to Mr . O'Connor , for his good , great , and untiring ox ; crtions : for- the benefit of the workings men , ' for whom he'has braved so much prejudice and persecution ; nor could I bo found entertaining Mr : ' O'Connor ' s slandercri , the Messrs . Clark , on their late visit hereas the eoncbotor of the address did ;
, on the contrary , I have felt it my duty to defend Mr . O'Connor ' s reputation , assured that ho is well deserving my best regard . '¦ : ' ' '' ¦ ' ¦ - ¦ - ' ¦ : ¦ I can only nccouut for keeping ma from the knowledge of the existence ' ot'tuo address from' tho circumstance of my having always opposed' 'the under-current which has been in motion ever sinco we have been here , and' \? hicn , I ' am certain , \ h »» been tho source , of much mischief .- My desire'to give expression of my gratitude to Mr . O Connor , and to convince , many friends , the readers of tho Star , that my sentiments remain unchanged ;! lists prompted mo to troublo you with these remarks . ' • . ! " : Iromain , yours truly , '' ¦ Georob Bubb , gaartcnMe , Aug . 21 , 1350 ,
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. TTntgrn .,,, FniEXDLY Association of London Costeumonoers . — On Monday evening a largo number of tho costermongers assembled at a supper and ball given at tho City Working Man ' s Hall , Golden-lane , Barbican . The entertainment was designed to point out to tlio working classes the means by which they may rationally enjoy themselves without expense , or the use of intoxicating liquors . About 100 men and women sat down to Slipper , ill' Ilenrv Mayhow in tho chair . The meal consisted of a variety of substantial viands , without any stimuants stronger than ginger beer . The cloth havin » been removed , Mr . Mayhow observed that this was tlie tot attempt which had been made to "ive the working classes an opportunity of combining
ratiomu enjoyment with the means of increasine the funds of the present association ; and a similar entertainment would take place at stated periods in ( lilfcrent pavts of the metropolis . Mr . George fJriukshank and other gentlemen afterwards addressed the company , and a variety of sentiments were proposed , with a view to the permanent elevation of tho working classes . The speakers were relieved by a succession of songs and dances , to accompaniments furnished by the Southwavk brass band . The most . perfect good humour prevailed througnout tlie evening , and the evident determination winch was shown by the guests to follow tho dictates of good tasto proved that the formation of tho association of costcrmongers is a step in the ht direction
rig . In the course oftho evenin" a list of subscriptions was read by the Chairmanrineluding donations from Lord Dudley Coutta Stuart M . P ., Earl Stanhope , Mr . Bright , M . P ., Mr . Evelyn M . P ., Sir Benjamin Hall , M . P ., Mr . Wvld , M . P ., Mr . Charles Kni ght , Ao . Flatkd Alive . —A statement was copied into the newspapers sometime ago , that a man belonging to a party bound for California , having declared that he would shoot the first Indian he met , deliberately shot a squaw , and being taken by a party of Indians was skinned alive . . The report was subsequently contradicted . Notwithstanding this , the Bangor Mercury says that a . letter has been received -oni one of the party to which the man belonged , which was a company bound : to California , overland , giving the . details of his crimoand mmishment
in the manner stated . Soon after this cold-blooded murder ot the squaw , ihe party , about twenty in number , was surrounded b y . 300 Indians , and threatened with instant death unless they disclosed the perpetrator ortho atrocions deed . After consulting together , they determined to point out the murderer , who was at once seized by the Indians , bound to a stake , and liis skin peeled from him , oven to his tops . The operation , lasted two hours , and the victim survived two hours after it . The company , among whom was his own brother , were compelled to form a ring round tho stake , and witness the terrible torment of tho wretched man . Pour or five o ! " tho party , and among them tho one who called down upon himself such ii tumble punishment , wont from Troy , in the state of Maine . —Portland Aram .
Mn . Bauox 1 ' arke . —At the Chester Assizes , a case came on before Bsircn Parke , in tho Nisi iYitts Court , in which several ot tho witnesses spoke tbe Cliesh' . nv dialect very broadly , so much so that the counsel engaged wore < iuitc at fault in properly uuilerstanding what was said . His lordship , however , seemed to uv . devstniul tlio hrogub quite woll , and explained to the counsel arid the jury what the witnesses meant as they proceeded . ' In ' summincr up the case he expressed his satisfaction' at \ seing nblc to give tlio information'in . question , and explained the reason of his thorough ' acquaintance with the dialect ; which , he saW , was in ctihseqnenccof his having spent seven years of his lifo'in Mncclesfield , a period to whicli lie often looked back with mingled
feelings of pleasure ' awl regret . " Tlio learned Judge , then Mr . James ' , Parke ' , was educated at tho Macclesfield Free Grammar School ; where he w . as entered a' pupil in 1792 , under the Itevi Dr . Davies . ' As Infant PoisoNe ' d ire its Moiiieii—A painful case - of child ' ipoisonih ' g : lias boon tlie subject- of investigation at Hull during the past ' week , ' tlio accused' being a young ' woman liaiiied Mary Ann Lamb . The acidised haying , " been engaged as wet nurse by a Mrs . Poster , ' of Carlisle-street , placed her " own illegitimate child in the charge of a woman at npyerley , offering to pay 3 s . a week for its ' maintenance . On Fi-iilay last , by the request of tlio mother ;' she brought the infant over for r . er to seei 'Before- ; however , ' Mrs . Clubloy arrived in Hull , Lfimb is proved to have purchased a pennyworth of laudanum at tho shop of a druggist in Milt
street , ' and ' . Then her child was brought to her mistress ' s house 'in Carlisle-street , she sent Mrs Clubley ont of tho way , and ( b y her own confession ) administered some of trio' narcotic to the poor- little crontu . ro , who 'died iu convulsion ' s the same bv . ehinor ' The mother was instantly taken , into custody and has beon committed' on tlio coroner ' s warrant to take her trial for wilful luurdcr . ' m FiuK / ArlMppdn ]) AA"Ut ^ bdf Oto ' iiiMi , Tilt . . bi ; Wednesday evening a . vevy serious firo broke out at tho extonsivo dyorworks of Messrs . Smith , of " tl » i ¦ ! c 2 ™ ? H ' o ™ ntof losa is calculated at from * 7 | WU to « , oUUUi : ' ' •'" . '¦ ' ¦ ¦ - ¦' . Exrcbtios at EjiiSBTmflir ^ -The final sentence of the law was . qamed iritoeffcctjipon William ' Borinison , who was found guilty at tho High ' Court of Justiciary about three weoka ago of tho murder of hia wjfo by poison ,
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TIIE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . The usual weekly meeting wr . s held at John street , Tottenham-c 9 urt-road , on Tuesday evening . August 20 th . , Mr . Robert .. "Amert was unanimously called to the chair , and briefly opened the proceedings . Mi-. C . Utijso , in a forciblo speech , moved tho following resolution : — " That , aa every one must be cognizant of the fact that the Iloaso of Commons , as atpreseiitconstituted . isamostcorruptiisseinbly , and the system which it represents is a great sham ; this meeting , therefore , calls on the toiling masses to organise themselves to obtain tho enactment of the People ' s Cnarter , thereby to remove the monstrous system of which they liavojust cause to complain , and etfect their political and social emancipation . " . . ... . . . ,
Mr . W . A . ' Fletcheii ably seconded tbo resolutioii , which waa ¦ supported by Messrs . Weeks and Swift , and was carried unanimously . A vote of tlianlis was passed to the chairman , and the meeting dissolved . ..,,. . •! ..
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 24, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1588/page/5/
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