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. " "I ^ oii t part iheFtee Traders against protectionists ; and the latter are emphatically arned to fceep quiet , or the Tatnworth riot Zm only be a small taate of what they have to 1 *! peci if they persevere in their agitation . 2 jjV / sre must Bay that we have not the lig htest taste for broken heads and blood y noses , and would rather , at any time , tea ffbole windows thaa shattered ones !; hat if leave and license are to he granted to one party to commit whatever violence they please , In their assertion of their own opinions , or in gratification of their party prejudices , let ua 111 start fair . We have certainly as good a Inri on the P " * naF «» Traders as against | X ? . ^ tinnists : and the latter are emphatically
right to smash the windows of St . Stephens , in furtherance of the principle that «• representation and taxation should be co-equal , " as the Free Traders have to homhard and shatter the windows of Tamworth Town-hall , in support of the less di gnified proposition , that we have a right to " sell in the dearest and to buy in the cheapest market . " If brickbats and bludgeons are to he the weapons of party and political warfare , in future let all be eqnally provided . We mast emphatically pr otest against any body setting np a monopoly in these articles under pretence of defending Free Trade .
The 6 tyle of Chartist oratory has occasionally been more emphatic than elegant , and its rocabulary more remarkable for its Btrengtb , than its refinement . But if , in future , they should be accused of not " sacrificing" sufficiently « to the graces , " they have only to justify themselves by the example set by such notable people as Sir E . Feel and Mr . * G . F . Youkg . The baronet , in not very intelligible English , thanked his constituents at Tamworth for " the spontaneous burst of Indignation with which they greeted the musty
pilgrims of Protection , " who wended their way to that town for the purpose of giving utterance to slander and vituperation within a few yards ef the grave of a Minister who made Free Trade the law of the land . But not content with this open encouragement of rioters and disorderly conduct , the baronet proceeds next to denounce Mr . Youxg , the principal Protectionist orator , as a " miserable impostor , " and to call for his being bound over to keep the peace , in order that his reckless folly may not again excite the peaceable inhabitants of Tamworth to acts of violence and
outrage ! Mr . YotfXG , on hia part nothing loath , takes np the cudgels , and belabours his hon . opponent right lustily . After very distinctly and dearly proving that the term " impostor " is sot applicable to him , and declaring that he will not bandy scurrillity with such a proficient as the hon . baronet , because he is unacquainted with it , Mr . Youkg proceeds to show his ignorance of the art of abuse by the following exquisite passage : —
And now , sir , having shown what is not , allow me briefly to describe what , in nay judgment , is an impostor . If a man should be discovered who , representing a pure and riitunns Sovereign ia a foreign embassy , should be discreditably distinguished as a profligate and a gambler - , if as amember of a British House of Commons he should asjare to the dignity of an orator , write his speeches , and Ircak ctan-n in delivering them ; if , after breathing for tears the atmosphere of the * erv land of freedom , he
ihonld return to bis native soil , professing to be the champion of liberal principles , and be found practising on his vassal tenantry the most contemptible freak * of impotent tyranny—should such a man be discovered , well indeed might he be branded as an impostor , and if he should have ventured to Sin ? the foul epithet at men more upright and consistent than himself , deservedly might he be set down as a calumniator also , let Sir itobert Peel beware' They who live in glass houses should nevar throw stones . '
This is not personal or abusive , by any means . It is all quite in accordance with conventional ettiquette . Of course , if the cap does not fit , SirR . Peel need not put it on ; but , whether he does or not , the wicked , scandal-loving public , knows right well at whom the allusions are pointed . The shaft hits the lull ' s eye , and the wound will rankle all the more bitterly because the wounded cannot , without additional exposure , openly resent the injury .
Such are the new aspects of the war between the manufacturing and the agricultural interests . They are indicative of stormy times approaching . A General Election is likely to let loose upon the country the pent-up angry passions of both parties to a lamentable extent But , before that time arrives , we shall endeavour to do our duty , as we do now , by warning the industrious classes against becoming the tools of either party . " A plagne
on both , their houses ! " Neither of them hare shown an honest desire to do justice to the tolling and industrious millions . The attempts that have been made for their political enfranchisement , for their mental elevation , and social improvement , have met with resistance from both parties ; and in the contest which approaches , if their aid is sought by either , it will most assuredly be for selfish , not national objects . ' '
We trust that the people will let the factions fight their own battles , and unite , upon the broad basis of citizenship , to demand for all , fall participation in the rights of citizensthe first step to vrlnch . is a searching and radical Reform of our Bepresentative System . That is their battle . Upon it all their energies ought to he concentrated .
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truth In it j | but we suspect there'is more in the suggestion that this breathing time is but the cato which precedes a period of active pohbcal agitation . The dead lock in which all parties now find themselves placed , will necessitate a movement whether they will or not When once it is begun , who will say where it shall stop ? . »' The most noticeablo point in the week ' s news is the defeat of the Tractarianand High t-hurch party in the Establishment , with reference to the long pending dispute as to the supervision of Church Schools ' by the Committee of Privy Council . The priestly party , truth In it ; out we suspect there'is more in the sueeestion that thi * 1 w «»«« t «; tSm * ™ w
who arrogate to the Church supreme power in all matters of doctrine and discipline , have , for a considerable period , waged war against secular interference with these schools . They were quite willing to take the grants for their support , but they denied that the State had any right to see how these grants were applied . Connected as the question was with other extravagant pretensions of the Anglican clergy to priestly supremacy , the agitation has created great attention among certain circles ; and the defeat of the extreme party may be taken as a sign that a more liberal spirit is beginning to pervade the Ministers of the Established Church on this question .
The death of Ricqakd Lalor Sheii removes one of the remaining celebrities of a past generation . Politically speaking , it is no lose . For many years his principal distinction was , what Mr . Reynolds pithil y termed " a lucrative taciturnity . " Perhaps no man ever more completely realised the lines of Moore : —• "Is bees on flowers alighting , cease their hum , So "Whigs on Treaa ' ry benches soongrow dumb . " The great rhetorician and orator of the Catholic movement seldom spoke except in defence of some petty job—or whom he was spurred on to give a momentary impetus to some lagging debate . V
. FOREIGN . The event of the week in France ib a speech by the President at Dijon on the occassion of opening a new railway . The object was , evidently , to cut , by a bold stroke , through the meshes woven by the party politicians at Paris , and threw himself at once on the support of the nation in the struggle for place and power which is approaching . He directly accused the Assembly of having been always ready to assist him in measures of repression ; but whenever he came forward with measures of an ameliorative character they opposed him . This declaration has
produced general consideration among the jobbing adventurers , and by disturbing all their previous calculations will set them to work on new schemes to secure their respective dynastic objects . In the meant ime Lows Napoleon has distinctly declared himself as opposed both to the restoration of Legitimacy and the establishment of the Democratic Republic . Like the smith in Scott ' s novel of " The Fair Maid of Perth , " « h e fechts for his ain hand , " and means , if he can , in spite of the constitution and all opposing parties , to keep his place at the headof the Executive Government , no matter by what name he maybe dubbed .
Conferences between the King of Pbpssia , the Emperor of Russia , and other continental sovereigns ,, look ominous for the liberties of Germany . As yet , however , no definite policy has been divulged . Tho tigers are waiting in order to make their spring more sure and deadly to their victims . In Home matters progress from bad to worse . Under the mild and orderly sway of the Pope and the French army , a reign of terrorism has commenced , which quite rivals the often-quoted terrorism of the early French
Republicans . The ostensible cause of the continued series of cruelties , and unjust persecutions , which are mercilessly indulged in by the Papal authorities—backed by French bayonets—is the determination of the people not to-smoke tobacco . One young man , for having persuaded a companion with whom he was supping , not to smoke after his meal , was condemned to twenty yeare in the gallies . Do the besotted fools that passed the sentence , imagine their government will last as many months ?
A counter revolution is threatened in Portugal . Saldasha will find bis seat an uneasy one , as the Court—humbled by the manner in which he obtained it—will put in mot ion all the machinery of intrigue at its command , in order to revenge itself . The only political news of importance from the United States is , cont inued rumours of a Cuban invasion . Large numbers of persons have been arreBted , on suspicion of being concerned in expeditions fitted out for that purpose . M . Cabet , the French Communist , and founder of the Icarian Colony , the former settlement of the Mormons , is one of the late arrivals in this country from the States .
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MONIES RECEIVED . Fob xhb Week Ending Thursdat , Jone 5 th , 1851 . : national charter fund . Received by W . Rides . —Honley , near Huddersfidd , per B . Dyson 4 g , FOR THE HUNGARIAN AND POLISH REFUGEES . Received by TV . Rideb . —G . Payne , AbiDgdon Is—C . Finley , HigTiam Is .
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ESTEEM OF THEJJRYSTAL PALACE Agents and subscribers requiring Plates of the Crystal Palace , must write to Mr . Dabiel Cottek , at this Office , accompanying their order with a remittance for the amonnt , and stating how their parcels arete be forwarded . I have many letters from agents desiring me to supply them , and to add the amount to their " Star " account : thia would cause a complication of accounts we must avoid . The Plate , both plain and coloured , is now ready . W . Rider .
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Hull . —At the weekly meeting of this branch on Monday evening , a committee was formed for the purpoBe of purchasing the shares of the dissatisfied members in the neighbonrhord by an unlimited number of one shilling shares . More than one hundred shares were promised , and the ; meeting adjourned to Monday next and every succeeding Monday until this object is attained . ¦ ¦
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ARRIVAL OF SOME OF THE HUNGARIAN PATRIOTS . ' - The Peninsular and Oriental Company ' s steamer Snltan , Captain Joy , arrived on Thursday at Southampton . Among her passengers were the distinguished Hungarian Lieutenan t-General Loizar Messaros , forty-nine other Hungarian officers , and forty Hungarian soldiers . M . Francoes Izsollosy , Eossuth ' s secretary , was a passenger on board the Sultan from Constantinople to Malta , but he was left at the latter place in consequence of his being in ill health . Mestaros took leave of Kos 8 uth , at Eutayah , on the Cih of Mav last . The great Magyar was then ia bodily health , but much broken in spirit owing to his long captivity . He has again been wnmiRarf
his liberty , in September next , by the Turkish government ; bat faith has so repeatedly been broken with him through the machinations of Austria , and Russia , that there ia no certainty when he will be suffered to go at . large . Eossuth ' s wife and child were with him , and about twenty-five Hungarians who are still prisoners in Entayah . There are now remaining prisoners in the Turkish dominion !' , about forty Hungarians . Messaros , on landing , waited upon the Mayor of Southampton to ask if any assistance could be rendered to his compatriots . The Mayor offered to place him and the priacipal Hungarian officers at one of the chief hotels at bis own expense . Messaros ; however , respectfully dedined the offer , and said he would prefer remaining with the Hungarians . After hi 3 interview with the Mayor he burned down to the docks to acquaint the Hungarians that he had been successful ..
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GLANCE AT THE EXHIBITION AND ITS In onr last visit we overlooked some of the principal of the Bntsh dependencies , and too curtly dismissed others . The neglected compartments he on tho right hand of the western aisle , turning from the transept . Ceylon is the first of these , and has just now an extra political interest . One of the most prominent objects in the collection indicates the tropical richness of its vegetable kingdom—a large round tablo composed of fifty different woods . The growth and preparation of coffee native and plantation , are exemplified by samples of the seed and of the plant , and models of the rude machinery used to separate the husk from the berry , the houseti in TTHtTiTTHi 11 iiiuuiUll ilJU 111 CONTENTS * a » " " »
which it is dried , stored , Ac . Coooanut oil i 3 observable among these natural products ; and of minerals the show is such as to indicate all the elements of wealth—iron , tin , manganese , and plumbago , with the rarer stones of the jeweller . In the next division are a number of rich ' and ingenious contributions from Malta , in addition to those of the opposite side . Malta stono is well known to sculptors ; and the carvers of Valetta display ft skill worthy of their material . In mosaic work they appear to excel , from the exquisite manner in which coral , lapislazuli , red Gozo marble , and other materials are brought up . A table composed of one thousand seven hundred and thirteen pieces , excites regret as well as admiration for such an
outlay oi patient and delicate industry . Of metal filagree and artificial flower and lace-work , there are several cases which justly attract very great atttention . The native cotton , silk , and nankeen , with samples- of wheat , cinnamon , &c ., are suggeBtivo to one who remembers that they are the growth of what was probably the 'little island of Melita , " and was certainly a barren rock until garrisoned by the enterprising Knights of St . John . From the neighbouring Ionian Isles we have nothing more valuable than a set of wax figures , and a number of prettily embroidered dresses , remarkable as the work of peasant girls . Our little sisters , Jersey and Guernsey , make a good figure . Tho latter send specimens of raw silk , sea-weedand arrow-root and some ieces
, , p of tapestry work , for ladies' dresses-indicating altogether a peculiar industrial condition . Jersey is more ambitious—her artificers have modelled in paper the scene presented at the landing of the Queen and Prince Albert on their visit in the autumn of 1847 ; carved a noble sideboard of oak , surmounted by a representation in bold , individualised figures , of the signing of Magna Charta ; and constructed a clock warranted to go five hundred days without winding up . Now we may recross the nave , and gratifv highpitchedcuriosity with an inspection of « Mediaeval tourt . Opposite to it are several objects that may appropriatel y be included in the survey . Here , for instance , is the restorationin alabasterof a -
, , por tionof the monument erected by Edward the Third , m Westminster Abbey , to his Queen , Philippa of uamauit;—of the more interest because the entire monument , which has long since disappeared , must nave been of extraordinary splendour , and employed the best artificers of the age . A tablet in brass to the memory of a lady is ene of the aweetest conceptions of art or affection . The face and form impress one as those of a saintly woman . The altar fronts of St . Mary ' s , Greenwich , and Hereford Cathedral—the unnatural figures and exaggerated adornments , especially the flaring brass lecterns—rather repel one in contrast witb . the quiet beauty of this tablet . Over the western entrance to the court hangs a stained glass lanternthe
; figures on which it is almost impossible to get a distinct view of , but the colours blaze gloriously from the accent mirrors . The same is true of the whole fronting of the court— " a storied window richly dight ; " but with what it is not easy to make out . Wo seem to have stepped atonce from the nineteenth into the fifteenth ceDtury . We are not surprised that all is Gothic . That element was almost exclusive when dominant . There is a good deal of the sanctuary , but as much of the drawing-room and the shop . On one side are altars , curved from Caen stone—one with a sculptured basement , and surmounted by a gorgeous canopy . In the corners are oaken pulpit-stairs , eagle lecterns , and gigantic candlesticks . On the north side of the room is a
tomb and effigy—the mos ; satisfactory object of the whole—a mitred priest reposing in his " robes , with hands clasped in prayer ; and an adjacent sepulchral brass personifies a crusader . On the third and fourth sides are cabinets , buffetts , chairs , stools , pianos-all carved and gilded in that flat , angular style popularly characteristic of mediaeval art . In the centre of tho room are fonts—cases of clerical vestments , of rich material and work-huge fire-places , surrounded by castings ot heraldic monsters—and suspended over all are chandeliers and lanterns . Among this crowd of articles , one is a screen , of tapestry , worked by nxty young ladies of Islington , with national legends , the escutcheons of the Royal fnnily , Sir Robert-Peel , &c . Significant of a strong modern religious tendency , is a sort of bureau-altar- the
, open doors of which disclose pictures of saints and the injunction , " Vigilate et orate . " Equally su g ; gestive of another contemporary fact is the announcement on a lable , that nearly all the carving work here exhibited was executed by machinery . Thus it is that social elements balance each other . A religious or sentimental eccentricity may lead men back four or five centuries—but science will not stay its progress , industry will not consent to retrograde ; yet both will lend theiv aid to the former . If any would restore the forms of the middle ages , the mechanism and ingenuity of to-day will enable him to do so—but tho tpirit will be awanting . Tho . retrogresistas will bear but the same relation to the age and the people , as does this single compartment to the vast edifice of which it is a niche .
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noSeo ? thefc ^ Park has attMcted the E in nOt ° h > dra 2 latist 8 5 ' -mi-m week a ClSville and T 1 w ? D £ ™ a 0 t 8 ' witten h * * & . s ^ Ssr ^®***^ SftS ^^ wn M ^ sis Jf Wgh pr . £ ' "f !™ V TOiUoW f » term OoiftS ™ ™ , ?" * : . " cltl 2 en SK » m-b « t ^ HS ™" - " * ^ for each child , and 2 s gT& 8 ^ ™? ^ ' *«•* JLL , 1 LU , „ - „««„«„* . T : " 5 . ? Hy «« Park has attracted tho
a . ^ EaS ^ ofr ^ Eastern & > of absent ^? T ? have Z ™^ of vi 8 itinTS » r . ^ ffl <* r for the purpose Korthern r 5 m ? XUbltl 0 n- Wolcirn that the Groat legSOThe ? r ° offlS lntendtO * ivetha 8 ™ ° ^ i-XeS l * T TaE Government Dun . « hri 5 8 * k £ he general managers of railways whlh t ^« station a feVdays since , at wSernRaiU dlng ! the s e ° «> tary of the South-« f ? hSiS ? i dl ^ attention to the position ifZn ° f pames * h ° »™ aggrieved by tile inter-SfifS ? u P onC 1 a ** 9 of 7 and 8 Tic , cap . ^ fc ? f 8 n ex « mPt «> ti torn tax on fares at £ pr » ™ h \ l ' per ™ . ' bythe Railway comvnissioffih M * tajT Mi 0 MM « f "" and revenue ; oa wncn . Mr . Swift has reported that a remedy by legislative enactment cannot at present b ? 2 Sp £ « A \ O LT £ ereu P ™ . Toaolved that tho attention or thecommitteeof the cleari ™ hmiQA h * . »<
mw-, fully called to the unsatisfactory position of this question , the railway companies being now refused all exemption from tax on exoursion fares , though under Id . per mile except on the lowest fare-that is to . lay , if , m an excursion train running 100 miles , tneiares are 7 s . ; 5 s ., and 3 $ ., it is only on tho os . fare that the commissioners will grant exemption from tax . A penalty is thus practically imposed on giving any but the worat olaas of carriage accommodation . This will be much more severely felt ia a pecuniary shape as the excursion train traffic to the Exhibition increases , and should therefore , it is submitted , be looked to before such excursions commence . . .
It is worth while to obserro the very distinct contrast drawn by nearly all the journals between the demeanour of the several ' classes of visitors " On Saturday , " says the Time $ , " a considerable sensation was created in the building by the appearance of a Spanish family , dressed in their picturesque national costume . They were accompanied round the interior by Lord Ranelagh , and were stared at and crowded round with a perseverance and impudence , which , considering the charge for admission , and the presumed presence , in consequence , of a rather select assemblage , said very little for its good breeding . Greeks , Persians , Egyptians , Indians , Turks , and Armenians , have all been allowed to exhibit their finery since the Exhibition opened without let or hindrance , but the appearance of a Spanish senora in the dreBS of her country offered too great an attraction to be resisted in deference to the ordinary rules of politeness . " : ¦ v
Of Monday s asaembl y . weare told , it approaohed nearer the ideal upon which the soale of shilling admissions was fixed thaa anything that we have yet witnessed . The mass was well leavened with the unmistakeable traces of a labouring population ; it was at once interesting and gratifying to observe how , after a short time spent in simple wonder and astonishment , each Boemed , by a natural instinct , to betake himself to those departments upon which he could bring his own practical knowledge most distinctly and intelligibly to bear . Every portion of the ; interior was well examined , and though crowds still collect round the more curious and attractive : objects , there is evidently a singular instinct at work among the body of the community
to which our upper classes were not subjeot . While they retained possession of the building the eaBtern , or foreign half , was more favoured or frequented . Now the western division comes in for the largest amount of admiration . Altogether , the conduct of the visitors to the Exhibition , now that the price of admission is lowered to Is ., is beyond praise , and amply vindicates the confidence reposed in their good behaviour . CiuucEn and inK Exhibition . —Chaucer , it would seem , possessed a prophetic faculty in his prefiguration of tbia palace of glass . The passages we quote occur in tbe House of Fame , in the introduction to which the poet describes it as a vision , and speculates upon the causes of dreams , affirming his inability to decide whether
" Spirits have the mi ght ' . ' . To make folks dream o ' night ; . Or if the bou ! of proper kind Be bo perfect ns men find Thatit wote what is to come , " "Aa I slept , " he goes on to say , "I dreamt I was Within a temple made of glast , In which there were more images , Of gold standing in sundry stages , In more rich tabernacles . And with jewels more pinnacles , And more curious portraitures ; And quaint manner of figures Of gold work than I saw ever . " * * ... .. ' . ' " Then saw I stand on either sido Straight down to the doors wide From the dais many a pillar O / inefaJthat shone out full clear . " " Then gan I look about and see That there came ent ' ring in the hall , A right great company withal , And Hiat of sundry regions Ofall kinds of conditions , That dwell in earth beneath the moon , Poor and rich . "
Suck a great congregation Of folks as Iiaw roam about , Some within and some without ^ Was never seen nor shall be more . ' " So palpable a coincidence is , to say the least of it , very curious . Totai . Receipts at the Doobs . —The following is a correct statement of the sums taken at the doors of the Great Exhibition since its opening , May 1 st to May 31 st :-Date . Rate . Amount . Thursday May 1 ... Season tickets only admitted . Friday , 2 £ 1 £ 500 0 0 Saturday . „ 3 £ 1 482 0 0 Monday ...... „ 5 ...... 5 s . ...... 1 , 382 19 0 Tuesday ...... „ 6 5 s . 1 , 458 . 10 0 Wednesday .. „ 7 5 s 1 , 790 15 0 Thursday ... „ 8 os 2 , 018 0 0 Friday „ 9 5 s 1 , 824 10 0
Saturday ... ,, 10 ...... 5 s . 1 , 813 15 0 Monday , 12 5 s 1 , 597 10 0 Tuesday ,, 13 5 s . 2 , 229 10 0 Wednesday .. ,, 14 5 s ( 2 , 064 15 0 Thursday ... „ 15 5 s . . ...... 2 , 426 0 0 Friday . , 16 5 s . ...... 2 , 556 10 Q Saturday ... „ 17 5 s . ...... 2 , 473 5 0 Monday ..,.,. „ 19 ...... 5 s . 2345 0 0 Tuesday 20 5 s . 3 , 360 15 0 Wednesday .. „ 21 ...... 5 s . 3 , 612 5 0 Thursday ... ,, 22 ...... 5 s 3 , 797 11 0 Friday ......... ,, 23 5 s 4 , 095 10 0 Saturday ... „ 24 5 s . 5 , 078 0 0 Monday ...... ,, 26 Is . 920 2 0 JS ^ j " l ls < " — W W 0 ^ Wednesday .. „ 28 Is 1 , 869 i 0 . Thursday ... ,, 29 Is . ....... 2 , 375 18 0 Friday ......... ,, 30 . 2 s . Cd ....... 2 , 839 , 8 0 Saturday ... ,, 31 ...... 5 s . ...:.. 1 , 77112 : e » ¦ ¦ ¦; . ., £ 57 , 990 1 6 Amount received for Season Tickets ... 65 , 871 15 . 0 Total ...........,... ; ,. ; .., ; ,.,, £ 123 , 861 . 16 6
The receipts at the doors of the Crystal Palaoe on Tuesday , amounted to £ 2 , 415 2 a . ; the number of visitors , according to tbo police returns , was OJ , i ) 71 . ¦ : . :: ¦ .- ¦¦ The receiptson Wednesday amouated to £ 2 , 500 lCs ., and £ 18 18 s . was taken by . the sale of season uckets , which still continues . By the police returns 5 a . 25 a people visited tbe building the day , a considerable portion of whom were evidently from the country . .. -, . ' . ,: .. ' , On 5 « n ' da the re eiptsare reported to have fe o ' 178 < - From the 8 ale of season tickets , . * k- nT : S receiTed » and the police returns state that 5 o , 059 persons entered tho building , " Tho only new feature of the Exhibition was the display in the Belgian department of a very rare and precious collection of jewels , by Mr . Hope , including an immense pearl shaped likV a manVhand , and said to bo the largest in the world
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NATIONAL ASSOOIATION ~ 0 ?~~ UNITED TRADES T . 8 . DuscoMBE , Esq ., M . P ., President . . ' . . Esiablislted- I 8 i 5 , -, ' . . ¦ '" "put jostiiia . " "If it were possible for the working , classes , by . combilling among themselves , to raise , or keep up the general rate of wages , it need hardly be said that this would bou thing not to be punished , but to be welcomed and rejoiced at- ¦ ' ¦;¦¦ : ¦ ¦ fiTOART Mill . . NATIONAL Assn 7 n 7 irTr 7 ^ r ~^ :
We were last week enabled , by favour of the editor of tbe "Northern Star , " to obtain insertion of the important address , of the'Silk Dressers of Leeds to thoir fellow workmen of the ^ United Kingdom . To that address we desire to call the serious attention of ouv members , and indeed every working man who seeks to better his own condition , and that of his fellow labourers , through the medium of trades ' combinations . We know uotthatwe ever met with a document the production of working men , so much entitled to profound consideration .
ItB language , sober and argumentative , appeals directl y to tho reason and common sense of its readers upon a question of vital import to every grade and class of British labourers : a question , the consideration of which cannot with safety be any longer evaded-a question upon wh ; ch must ultimatel y turn , and at a 5 2 ?!? £ nearcrthal > ^ many may be anticipated , the condition , well-being , nay , the peace and wry existence of society , as at present constituted with all its time-honoured and boasted institutions . It is a question , moreover , in which the working class is not alone interested-it concerns , perhaps , in a high degree , the distributors of the nation ' s productions , whoso emoluments are derived exclusively from the wages of labour .
Iho growth of a system , the tendency of which is to diminish and depreciate the purchasing power of the community , must be disastrous to all those whose income is contingent upon theconsuming . power of the people . The degradation of one class implies the inevitable destruction of the other . To maintain a healthy Btate of society , tho powers of consumption must be co extensive with tho powers of production , and any arrangements by which this latter is petted and unnaturall y stimulated , to the neglect and injury of the former , can only lead to anarchy
and confusion . That to this condition we are rapidly approaching every day ' s experience bears ample testimony . The scientific discoveries and mechanical inventions now exhibiting in _ the Crystal Palace , when brought into active operation , will supersede the manual labour of millions of human beings . Production will thus be multiplied and cheapened , until those who possess the purchasing power will be gorged and satiated with the
excess of physical enjoyments at their command . But as these must of necessity be a small minority of the nation , what is to become of the vast majority , who have no means of consuming except through the beneficial application of their labour ? Will a fraction , the monopolisers of the money , the raw material , and tho scientific and mechanical riches of the nation be content to feed , clothe , and house tho whole of the community in a state of degraded idleness ? Or will these latter ever
consent to be thus maintained ? The assumption would be preposterous . What then is to be done 1 To arrest the march of improvement is impossible , if it were desirable . But ,, assuredly , some means must be discovered whereby the people may be provided with employment ! " Tho right to labour " is a social axiom not recognised b y modern governments . The people must themselves ; and , by a proper application of the means
within their reach , assert and maintain the reality and inviolability of tbat essential right . If they aro to be driven from their workshops and factories as useless incumbrances , they must claim and make good their right and title to the soil of their birth , as the sourceindicated by God himself—for the sustenance of man . If the Government will not protect the rights of the labourer , the people , by union and co-operation , must themselves perform that duty .
. The Silk Dressers , in their admirable appeal , make particular allusion to somo of the more prominent evils which have produced , and are now producing , such lamentable results in their own , and other trades . The unlimited introduction of apprentices into trades alread y overrun with numbers unable to find employment , is a species of . suicide on the part of those who encourage , or connive at it . The
system of overtime and long hours is another very fruitful Boiirco of injury , wherever it is adopted .. A surplus labour is by these means created and perpetuated , and the market value of labour necessarily depreciated . The Free Trade maxim , that " to make a thing dear it is only necessary to make it scarce , " appears to be either not understood , or wilfully disregarded by working men .
The remedy for these things is in our own keeping . The supply of labour should always be regulated by the demand , but in an isolated and individualized state we are incapable of any operation which requires , for its success , a unity of action . What successful result could be anticipated from the most numerous and beBt appointed army , though every individual of tha ; t army was a personification of the highest courage , if each unit pursued his own individual view of duty , without design or unity of purpose in conjunction with his fellows ; or if each regiment fought its own
battle , regardless of the fate of others ? Certainly the alleged glories of an Agincourt , a Cressy , Trafalgar , or Waterloo , had been uuenacted and unsung . It appoars , therefore , to us , that the address . of tho Silk Dressers is a highly important document . It Bhows that they are thoroughly acquainted with their position . . They correctly—as wo think—point to " surplaa labour " as the monster evil , against which the whole -of our energies should be directed . _ They invite all trades to reflectupon and consider this momentous question ; they point—and as we again think , correctly—to
the sole remedial agent—an effective national organisation of the now scattered elements of labour . It would be impossible to conceive a more judicious or beneficial investment of working mens' money , than to a fund to be constantly appropriated to the permanent removal of the surplus labour of the country , by opening up now fields of employment , where that valuable element , which is now made to assume the character of a pernicious drug , might be converted into an instrument for strengthening and enriching our common country . This great design has always been the ultima ratio of this Association . Those who look to it merely as a strike machine , upon- . an . enlarged and improved
principle , tako but a contracted view indeed of our great design . AVe have alyvays contended that with any thing approaching even to a national organisation , such a thing as a strike would be an impossibility . The necessity which is now so generally felt for legislative protection would be felt no longer — Short Time Bills , Laws . for the Regulation of Apprentices , Anti-Truck ActB , and all other measures deemed necessary for labour ' s protection would be enacted , in strict accordance to the law of the land , by tbe people themselves , instead of wasting their time in fruitless appeals to their sham representatives in . St . Stephen's . We are proud , therefore , to find that those important principles , -which were first enunciated in connexion with a trades '
movement , by the founders of this Association are evidently becoming better understood , and extensively recognised . ..- '¦ We . feel confident that the working classes will , soon perceive the wisdom of leaving Protectionists and Free Traders to fi ght their own battles wittwmt their . aid ; while they will steadily apply themselves to protect their in-
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terests from the plundering propensities of either faction . The application of . th « first years Bixpenny weekly contribution from naif a million of men , would lift off un immense incubus from tho shoulders of luhour . its beneficial effects would bo immediate and prodigious It WpUid be the commencement tntfnnM ¦ - , ' P eaoeful » and perfectly coustiwtlh anvTf * re ? , luti 0 n ' t 0 ta " y «»*»«»«« iion L V-K f T With ^' hich U is th 0 fashion to frighten tho old women of either BCX *
It would bo but the applicatiou in a wider field of principles now in every day operation - but its effects would bo felt with almosh the force of an electric shock throu gh the moral , social , and political worlds . Labour would assume from that hour a more dignified attitude . Our position would be somewhat akin to the man whom Dr . Franklin speaks ofwhen ho had got two coats , hiB neighbour greeted him with " good morrow . " Tlio opprobrious epithets , mobs , swinish multitude , lower classes , canaille , &c , would no more insult our hearing—a thousand virtues would bo discovered in us by Parliamentarians , Peers , and Potentates , which we never dreamed of
possessing , and those hi gh minded individuals who now deem and call themselves our superior , would , with surprising quickness , diaeover that humility was one of tho greatest virtues , and practice it , to the great benefit , of themselves , here and hereafter . The adhesion of the Silk Dressers of Leeds have been , received . ' t . _ W . Peel , Secretary . < 5 o 9 , Tottenham-court-road .
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SEAMEN'S NATIONAL CONFERENCE . Minutes and resolutions of a Conference held ab the Grapes Inn , Trippet-lane , and the White Bear Inn , High-street , Sheffield , on Tuesday , Juno 3 rd , and following days , 1851 . Delegates were present from the ports of London , Liverpool , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , Hull , Bunderland , South Shields , Yarmouth , llartlepool , Middlesbro , North Shields , Stockton , Aberdeen , Dundee , Montrose , &o . The Minors' National Association was also represented by Mr . William Daniells , for the counties of Derby , Nottingham , and Lcicestor , and by Mr . David Swallow , for LancashircancI Cheshire , Northumberland and Durham by letter .
TUESDAY S SITTING . Tlio Conference met at nine o ' clock , when Mr . » ; , 91 l , lYer « of ! . Iuli » was called to the chair ; and Mr . Wuuam Daniells , of Chesterfield , appointed secretary . Credentials of tho delegates were received , and letters of importance read ; it was then passed that tho Conference should meet at nine o'clock in the movninjr , adjourn at ono for dinner , meet at two , and sit till four .
AFTERNOON SITTING . The delegates assembled at two o ' clock , and pro * ceoded to business . Proposed by Mr . J . Fraser , seconded by Mr . T . G . White— "That there be a public meeting in the Hall of Science , and tbat 150 crown bills bo printed calling the same . " Proposed by Mr . Mountain , seconded by Mr . J . Chalk— " That the Minutes of tbe Conference be printed , and that the delegates tako what number thoy think proper at the cost-price of print-A long conversation now took place relative to the publication of [ tho Mariners' Journal , and after a friendly discussion , the following resolution was passed , — Proposed by Mr . R . Holman ; seconded by Mr . J . Fraser : — " That the Editor of the above paper be authorised to print 5 , 000 of No . Ill , and that tho following ports pay for the same , in equal propor . tions , viz . ;—London , Hull , Nowcastle-upon-Tyne , North Shields , Blyth , Sunderland , Seaham , Stockton , Middlesbro ' , Yarmouth , Aberdeen , Dundee , and Montrose . "
Proposed by Mr . T . G , White , and seconded by Mr . J . Smith : — " That as the Grapes Inn is not ia a central part of tho town , resolved , ' That this Conference do now adjourn , and meet to-movrow morning , at the White Bear Inn , IligU-street . ' "Adjourned accordingly . WEDNESDAY ' S BITTIKC . The Conference met this morning at nine o ' clock , and after tho names of the delegates were called over , letters were read from London , Newcastleupon-Tyno , and from the editor of tho jWinera * Journal , relative lo the future publishing and carrying on of that important publication . A long and animated discussion now followed , relative to the union of the Minors' and Seamen ' s Associations , in . which Messrs . Chalk , Fraser , Danielis , Holman , White , Mountain , Swallow ,-Oliver , and Smith took part . Ultimately the following resolution was unanimously passed : —
Moved by Mr . Smith , seconded by Mr . Mountain j —" That after hearing the opinions of the respective delegates from the mining dialriots and ports of Great Britain , this Conference is decidedly of opinion that a bond of union , founded on the principles of brotherly love , mutual Bupport , and defence , should be and is hereby formed between the miners and seamen of the United Kingdom : and that tho following form the basis of such union : " - ~ Moved by Mr . Daniella , seconded by Mr . Mountain : —" That the Miners and Seamen unite together to mutually assist each other , financially and oMierwise
; also , to agitate and petition for an Eight Hours Dill , for the working and regulating the mines and collieries of Great Britain ; to obtain , an ' act by which all coals and ironstone shall be paid for 'getting' or working by weight of twenty cwt . to tue ton , and of li 2 lbs , to the cwt . likewise , to obtain the repeal of the ' Mercantile Marine Act , « Seamen ' s Register Ticket Act , ' the Merchant Seamen ' s Fund Act , ' nndfor the . intend ment of the present 'Navigation Laws . ' That a committee of three be appointed to draw up rulea for the purpose of carrying out the above objects . "
AFTERNOON SITTING . Moved by Mr . Chalk , seconded by Mr . Houun — That the following persons form the committee refered to in the two last resolutions : —Messrs . Daniells , Fraser , and Mountain . " Moved by Mr . Daniells , seconded by Mr . Fraseb : — " That it is the opinion of this Conference that an extra levy of 2 d . be laid on each member of the united Seamen and Miners' Societies , to form a Missionary Fund , in order effectually to organiB « the seamen and miners of Great Britain for the purpose 0 Carrying out tbe above objects . All new T » m $ pay 2 dl likewise to the aforesaid fund . " ~ N . B . This resolution to bo first laid before eaoh lodge or society . ««
Moved by Mr . Danielm , seconded by Mr . Frabhb — lbat tho central board sit at Newcastle-uponlyne , and that all monies be sent there . That Messrs . Smith and Chalk be the Executive for the seamen , and Mr . Martin Jude for the miners . The Exeoutive Council to sit once every fortnight , and to meet at tho Ship Inny Dv-ury-lane , Cloth-market , Nowcastle-upon-T yne . Mr . Judo to be general trea ' surer ; Mr . Chalk , gpneral corresponding secretary ; and Mr . Smith , financial secretary . All letters on general business , from either seamen or miners ' ,-to be addressed to Mr . John Chalk , Foresters' Arms Inn , Spring Garden-lane , Sunderland . " Moved by Mr . Mountain , seconded by Mr . Swa& > tow : — " That all the necessary and incidental expenses of the Executive Council , at their fortnightly meetings , be paid out of the missionary fund . ThS extra levy of 3 d . to be sent in to the treasurer within a month . " -
i C 0 nRESP 0 NDIK 08 KCRKWBlBS ; ' Newcastle-upon-Tyne . —Mr . Alexander HttEhHa . miltou , White House , Pilgrim-street . North Shield 3 .-Mr . T .,. 0 . "White , Mr . Geldart ' i , Spirit-store , CHve-street . . / , . . ¦ So ut 1 h Shields . —Mr . John Birch , Durham Arms , Market-place . . . . > Seahain Harbour . —Mr . R . Armour , South Railway-street . '¦ ¦ •
llartlepool . —Mr . ' R . Ilolman , Dock Hotel . Mindleabro ' -on-Tees . —Mr . E . M'Kinsey . Hull . —Mr . J . II . Oliver , Watson-terrace , Springstreet . .. . ; .: London . —Mr . John Burgess , Britannia Tavern , 105 , St . George-street , Ratcliffe « highway . Aberdeen . —Mr . James Fraser , 13 , Carmelitestreet . ' : ¦ .. '"¦'¦ ' . ' : ' , Dundee . —Mr . A , White , 8 , William-street , Kb * street . " - . ¦ •• • ¦¦ ' ¦ ., » !¦* . .. Yarmouth ( Norfolk)—Mr . E ; P . Thomai at Mr . Winoup ' s . Gullon-can Inn , South Quay , ' Counties of Derby and Nottingham . ^ Mr Daniells , ' Crown Inn , Clay . Cross , near Chester . Ilclua ' ¦ . t . . ' . . . ;' . ' .-.. , j ; ' ;
. Lancashire and Cheshirc-iMr Davia ^» aU «» 25 , Sidney-street , Bolton ; : * US > m »™ 1 © W Adjourned to nine o ' clock on Thursday . ' -
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PARLIAMENTARY . Tbe utter incapacity of the present Parlia ment to . "turn out work" of any kind becomes more obvious daily . Night after night do the Members of the House of Commons maunder and jabber about the silly and unintelligible Bill aimed at the recently-created Papal Hierarch y , without making any progress . On other topics , either they refrain from mating a House , or only meet to throw overboard / whatever measures , of a practical 8 » d useful character , may be submitted to Hem .
On Tuesday they were frightened by the prospect of a debate on the condition of onr West Indian Colonies , followed perhaps by the Franchise question , on Mr . Hume ' s motion , and , therefore , there were only twenty-eight Members , present . On Wednesday they mustered in sufficient strength , to defeat Lord Melguhd ' s bill for providing additional educational facilities for Scotland . ... The Government , to their credit
sported the measure , hut the lovers of ignoran ce and the " good old times" were too strong for them . As far as the House of Commons is concerned , the 300 , 000 children , for whose instruction no provision -whatever is Katie in Scotland , are still to grow np in utter ^ orance . and barbarism , under pretence of zeal for religions truth ! The religion that pr oduces such fruits as these , must surely « ave its origin and show its results at the anti-I « ues of Paradise .
The Government job for perpetrating the *} & of the . liondon Water Companies occa-M the principal portion of Thursday night ft was carried by a majority of . sixteen , •^ m onung ^ meeting was held for the purpose « proceeding with the bill respecting the cor-^ Pt elections at St Albans . 80 progress * as made ., A renewed attempt to prevent we fraud u lent adulteration of coffee , was I ^ y snecessfni . Notwithstanding the rea £ tauce of the Chakceixob of the Exchej fcsa , anc ( the " out-and-out" Free Traders , tte adulterators had only a majority of five .
. "ehaTC . reachedWhitsnntidewithonthav !? g done ^ anything whatever except to vote ^ wajorportion of the taxes , . Beyond that an eke ia naught ; DOMESTIC . The apathy and lassitude which prevails in parliament extends out of doors . "Nothing 5 stirrin g . but stagnation , " and the Great «« bhaoD . ' All John Boil ' s faculties are ^ aeentrated in his eyes for this season ... Till 7 ? e Great ; . | 5 jass . House is closed , he has no ™ ae for anything , —at least : bucu is the P ° P » lar explanVtJon .-:.. There .,: may be . some
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: -The King of Greece has returned to his capital on-. board theiAustriansteamer . Vulcan , r „
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Christian Frederick Tieck ,-the celebrated sculptor , member of the Royal Academy of the Fine Ars , i \ nd Professor of the Royal School of Arts and Design at Berlin , has died in that city , at the ^ ™ f , ve ? ty * fov ! , rt JfoWM ' - a pupil of David , and in 1800 had awarded to him the second grand prize in sculpture . In 1801 he left Paris and wenttoItaly , where he resided for twelve years , and sinco his return to Germany he . , has exeouted a series of works whichlins placed him in tho tank of the first sculptors of that country . . . . Hewas brother to . the celebrated poet , Ludwig Tieck .- ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ Thb subscriptions ftrthefree public' library at Manchester amount to £ 8 . 875 ,
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FACTS AND INCIDENTS OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION . Ice Produced m Stkaii Power . —That ice can be produced by mechanical means many may have heard ; but that steam may be used aa an auxiliary for the purpose will seem Unruly credible . It is , however , now being daily demonstrated at the Great Exhibition by Mr . Thomas Masters , of the Royal Polytechnic Institution , Regent Street , the inventor of various ingenious machines for freezing . The apparatus used by him at the Exhibition ia capable of freezing upwards of 100 quarts of dessert ices { six different sorts are produced in the one machine ) every fifteen or sixteen minutes , of a perfectly smooth quality . A more perfect and simple contrivance for producing a perennial supply of these delicacies in a crowded place like the Exhibition could not be conceived , and the invention is undoubtedly one of tho most ingenious novelties in
the section devoted to the machinery in motion . The machines , however , are not limited to making dessert ices ; they are made to produce cylinders of solid ice , sufficiently large to hold decanters of water and many bottles of wine . These cylinders are made in the form of . castellated towers , and have a very novel appearance . The converting steam or vapour into snow may also be effected by this machine , and ia this way a whole room may be easilycooled down in the hottest weather . The patentee ' s smaller machines , of which there are several exhibited in class 22 , are calculated for use in a small family or bachelor ' s chambers . The cost of turning pure water into ice for sherry cooler , cooling wine , and other purposes in less than what it can be purchased for at the ice stores . They may be seen in the Western relreshuient-room in the Exhibition , and are well worthy of the curious and scientific .
We understand that at a meeting of the Goldsmiths' Company , held a few days ago , a resolution was unanimously passed tbat the sum of JE 5 . 000 should be expended in the purchase of some of the magnificent plate exhibited at the Crystal Palace , for the use of the splendid hall . At the next Court of Common Council , Alderman Copeland is to bring forward a motion that a Bum not exceeding JE 5 , O 0 O be voted from the City cash to purchase some of the works of art in the Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations , adapted for the decoration of the City of London . The Queen has accepted the invitation of the Lord Mayor to a grand banquet in the Guildhall on the 2 ad of July . The preparations are to be on a
scale of unprecedented magnificence . Alderman Sidney has proposed that £ 5 , 000 be spent in the purchase of exhibited works of art . In several parts of the Exhibition , convenient rooms , fitted up with wash-stands , towels , &c , are to be found ; for the use of whioh a trifling charge is made . This is in part an experiment ; and answers so well , that the committee appointed by the counoil of the Society of Arts recommend the immediate establishment of similar lavatories in tbe Strand , Holborn , Cheapside , and other public parts . Her Majesty has purchased at the Exposition a tiara of sapphires of great lustre and size , and a brooch , consisting of two enormous rubies , set round with'diamonds , by Lemonniere , of Paris .
The Great Western Railway . Company have granted all their officers four days' leave of absence , for the purpose of visiting the Great Exhibition . The corporation of the City of London intend to give all the clerks at the Mansion House and the Guildhall , and also all the officers in their service , an opportunity of viewing the interior of the Crystal Palace , and the gorgeous display of / ore ' gn and ^ English manufactures . For this purpose , we believe , they have resolved to give them all a holiday , and present each of the clerks with a guinea ia lieu of a ticket of admission . . But as the public ojuines * would be interfered with by giring them all leave of absence on the same day , it has been arranged that each one . shall take his turn , so that Jg ^ e than three orfour may be absent at one
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 7, 1851, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1629/page/5/
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