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Us . Ennoa , ~ jfsrxnicr and Cohbisatioj ? are words f the purchasers of Labour seem to have Mo nopoly in . Like that man who had famed a score- .. f f hard words , and made h m i ° vrant ~ ° t Moving better , to serve If- purpose of illustration upon all imaginary 3 Jcs these middle class gentlemen have betO so habituated te the use of the terms \ ove named , that he the acts offensive or de-* ive , legal or illegal , the workman who ^ p lains and seeks advice in his difficulties , I , at once , irrespective of circumstances set
jjawn aB a Conspirator and Comhinationist , ^ jjjch means , in . leas ostentatious language , a i , 2 a member of Society . Uow , whatlamanxi-O nato do , in this letter , is to destroy the Mono . oly of these much-approved terms , so that they may have ^ an application upOU the emp loyers as well as employed , and , through their more general use become less offensive to the gar , but more expressive in meaning , than jhey now are permitted to occupy . I charged , id 1845 , the Committee of a certain ( employers ) Association with being Conspirators ; and the men who have a rocabularly of their own pronounced the application to ha improper and injudicious And yet , unless we are all prepared to say
that the word has lost its original meaning , do particular order of men has a right to arrogate to heelfthe exclusiye use of terms , % -luch . are applied , not because of their comprehensiveness in meaning , but because they are supposed to convey an amount of indignation , -which' at once serves to blast the character of those so-calJed , and induce a 'discerning public to regard them at dangerous men . Well , if this is to be the proper readiijc of the appellations , I am for a free trade nse of it , believing that , by bo doing , this \ jord and that of Combination \» iU the sooner be restored to then : proper places in tho understandings of men , and the fashion of offensive accusation he shown of its * fair proportions . '
Those of my readers , who are at all acquainted with the causes of strikes and their history , well &now , that this act of Conspiracy is committed by the masters to an extent far beyond that indulged , in by the men . The former really do conspire ; the latter , oftentimes , merely associate . But I know , that the act itself is indispensable to all action ; and being so , must be adopted by both classes . If this be true , and who can doubt its veracity , then I say act equitably with vonr epithets ; if , a 9 a master you brand me
-aitlithe name of Conspirator , I , as a workmen , mast fix upon you precisely the same term . It is not well to be frightened with a name ; hence I don't seek to obliterate the expression , hut if its nse he persisted in , to extend its application . We all know who it ivaa that wrote those words : — 'What ' s choleric in the captain is flat blasphemy in the soldier '; and certainly , I may truly paraphase the sentence , by saying , that our middle class gentlemen have decreed , that lYhatf s business with the capitalist in conspi . rscu with the worker . '
I have very carefully read the evidence given on the late Stafford trial ; and am perfectly satisfied that those who violated the la * of 6 Geo . IV ., cap . 129 , ( commonly known as tho * Combination Act' ) were the brothers Perry and the petty masters who assisted them in their uefariou . s transactions . Sow I shall like to see the ex talionis principle -applied to them ; and for once , in the history of labour ' s struggles , see the workmen assume the position of prosecutors . I am -quite sure they could not desire to have a tatter case to turn the tables on ; and albeit we may all have doubts upon getting a verdict , these Conspirators being tried before , i * , « ti ii . _ ri ? i \ t their neverthelethe fact itself
peers , yet ss would be an era in newspaper reporting , and possibly might have a tendency to induce the defendants and their class to seekfor some new srord , as evidently they would then have lost the exclusive possession of their pet term . Only think of an indictment—of course of cot " less than 100 counts—being set forth , in some such terms as these , by the prosecuting counsels;—• May it please yonr lordship—Gentlemen of ' the Jury—the defendants , George and Edward Perry , master manufacturers of the town of "VVolverhampton , are indicted for conspiring together "with the intention , by divers indirect means , of impoverishing and ruining certain persons , to nit—THEIK TTOKKITEN . ' Would DOt SUch a
trial create a great sensation ? Do you not think that from one end of the country to the other , the millocrats , merchants , shopkeepers —et hoc genus omne—would be * up and doing ' to viudicate their order from such revolutionary proceedings ? Then the £ 500 contributions would be as profuse as blackberries in October ; such leaders , such sympathy , such tscitement would be then written and proenced ; and in after years , probably , Mr . jLo-ivnsend would condescend to include it amongst his « Important Trials ? Yet , for all
tius most agreeable sport to the gentlemen of tie loug robe , there is nothing but , sounding kaa and the tinkling of the symbals' in it all ; enough could he proved to establish the charge , if not legally , certainly to the satisfaction of all unbiassed men , and the accused Tfould be branded with the name that they are *» especially anxious , —by means of bad characters , and withholding juat ones wbeu Tfluted , —shall be affixed upon the foreheads tf their workmen , so that they may perish on tie road-side as the victims of Maminonitisli Conspirators .
Here is the point . We find that certain employers are in the habit of writing to one another , to the effect thatshonld John Itoe and Richard Doe apply for work the Bameis aot to be given , for that they are dangerous neii , that is , they belong to a Trades' Union , aud are otherwise opposed to labour upon the terms we have dictated . Or , a man may be in this position , that he could obtain employment at a new shop or in * a neighbouring towu , prodding he could produce a ' recommendation from his last employer , ' whien recommendation
13 refused to be given for the reasons above 'fated- As this is middle class practice , does -tuot read as actionable as that of working sieu persuading one another not to work for iQtain masters unless the regulations sought & be Imposed upon or required by them are withdrawn or adopted , as the case may be . - ^ special jury has declared the law to have isen outraged in the late Stafford trial ; and I a » i most anxious to hear what they would say ja answer to a count , charging these unscrupulous employers with conspiring to injure one or ^¦ jre of their wages slaves ' .
. The ' Times' and the * Chronicle' hare fred f ff their twenty-fonr ponnders of falsehood * nse ; and bespoke a heavy sentence for the dele-! a Us of the IfcntuuL Tbades . Association ; and ; r / c ;« t « 6 Ze of th © weekly pvets tave ttaoTOin ^¦ r small shot wltb a like purpose . The brothers -frsrare exulting , in newspaper correspondence , fc * ascMait of the verdict they have obtained ; their l <^ -: ><] assisiants are chuckling over their bro-^ ei-iT-i-v c . evidence they tendered , und feel quite t 3 r « : i . ( t have ail got places for life ; and the t ; ' « < jaius has pictured out for its victims , damp ; . -Stwis and prison fare for those whom it has " - ^ b een the means of punishine . But what are tie Tirr ; i ! ate workers doing , and with them the
F ' &as classes generally ? Where is the evidence . tje : ? ~ offended power ? Are their enemies to have e ili iL « _ -ir own way in this as in all former strngi-s : True I sec that a few of the provincial * ia ::- « nnd here and there a trace society in laa . ^ j , aTegpokcn out some consolatory words , * *¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ * to pecuniarily help the persecuted nn > n ; 5-- -v-J--a with this Wolverhruppton aitair ; but , j : S-t -... . t 5 l 0 W } C (! j , inn so much , it ia impossible Dot f « v ¦ ¦ ; : i :, at most , the cause has not been esh- " "i j-v the masses as it Is descrying of . A , --3 * 1 ; h been struck against the right oi " worfcing" - ' ' ' s » u \' y , aatiov . s ; and a few scores of inenonly --- « : U- . hock . Is not this strange ? Li ii not so
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which the labourers of this country occapy ; but it is truly despicable to observe their indifference to their own personal welfare . Before this , in all the great town 9 of the kingdom an earnest and increasing demonstration should have followed the decision of the middle-clas 3 jury , in vindication of those rights which theirverdict had trampled upon , ¦ ff ben we are daily witnessing inhuman attempts to crush the rising power of the man who toils , either by denying his right to combine Or to have a ahare hi the regulation of that labour , in the pro-Eecution of which alone rests his independence as a man , and the protectson of his wife and family from wearing the pauper ' s badge , should we be intimidated from doing our duty , because a Master Tinplate Worker is in the field , to do battle with the Labouring Classes of England ? Heaven forbid ! The foe must be met ; his weapon is the gold of his clas 3 ; ours must be the pence of our . order .
Recollect , the delegates of the Association and the rest oi the accused are not the aggressors in this unholy war ; the mission of the former was Peace and reconciliation , and tbeir reward is to be obtained within a county Gaol . Their goodly offices were received by the snakes that would now destroy them through the agency of imprisonment ; and the strike , from beginning to end , bears upon its front a considerate bearing with the interests of those , that is now requited by a so-far successful accusation of conspiracy ,-against those who advise the gentle policy to be pursued . " Vengeance is mine , " saitli t&e Lord ; and the day will assuredly come when a modicum of it Trill be claimed by God ' s husbandmen , and a blast will come over the possessions of these persecutors , which will not onlv destroy the power that they now bo unmanly wield , but cast them out of society , as things whose 7 ery existence is a disgrace to the shape they assume .
Finally , let us all be true to our work ; and determine to see justice done to these alleged conspirators ; and whilst so resolving , be prepared to go a little further ; viz ., to demand the general acceptation of these offensive epithets . Words are not formed to bear two meanings , however much a skilful use of them may make "the worse appear the better reason . " Let us write and speak these words—The Conspiracy of Capital ! The Conspirator * of Stafford !! The Masters' Combinations !!! Make the words as common as Louis Napoleon is making honours , so that the un-starred become the most honoured , if the ears of men be not shocked at their sound , nor the mind be inclined to conjure up hideous associations of depredations , robberies , murder , nt the mere enunciation of them . At any rate , if we cannot dislodge their objectionable impression , let us all be perfectly satisfied that they include all shapes of humanity , whether dressed in broad-cloth or fustian . CENSOB .
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NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Offices 14 , Southampton-street , Strand . The Executive Committee of this body held their usual weekly meeting , as above , on Wednesday evening last . Present : — Messrs . Arnott , Hunt , Milne , and . Reynolds . Messrs . Haraey , Holyoake , Jones , and O'Connor , being out of town , were absent , aa wna-also Mr . Grassby—Mr . Reynolds presided . On tho minutes being read , the secretary was instructed to correct a slight error which occurred therein relative to what Mr . Cooper said ,
viz ., " That great prejudice existed againBt Chartism in Greenwich ; " and in order to counteract any wrong impression which that statement might create , to atate that what Mr . Cooper did say was , " That there -were many in Greenwich who understood and were favourable to Chartism , bub that great prejudice existed amongst those who were ignorant of its principles . The minutes were then confirmed . Correspondence of a highly satisfactory and progressive character was read , including tho following from Ernest Jones , — " Kewtown , 18 th August , ' - ' •'¦ " Midnight , 1851 .
" My Deab Aksott , —It is with great pleasure I am enabled to forward you , and request publication for , the following " bepobt . " On Tuesday I lectured again at Bristol to a very large audience . I mentioned in iny last the obstacle to enrolling members in that hall , but eighteen came forward notwithstanding . " On "Wednesday and Thursday I lectured at Merthyr , to crowded meetings , and enrolled fortyeight new members , besides which the Council disposed of twenty-four cards .
" On Saturday I was at Llanidloes . We had the Town Hall , which was filled . Tho Mayor and most of the leading manufacturers attended . I enrolled thirtvtwo new members , and a branch of the Association was formed . Mr . David Owen was elected secretary ; Mr . Thomas Lewis , treasurer ; and a place of meeting secured in a private house . The Council disposed of twenty cards besides . " On Monday I lectured in the fine Town Hall , at Newtown , which was crowded wittt a most attentive audience . I enrolled thirty-three members , making 342 in all—a Branch of the National Charter Association was formed . Mr . John Rickards was elected secretary ; and Mr . John Evans treasurer . The meetings of the locality are to be held in the Trades' Room .
" I beg to call especial attention to Wales and the West of England . These parts of the country hare been unaccountably neglected . A more fertile field of Democracy could not be found . The spirit and temper of the men of Wales and the West cannot be too highly eulogised . There are indeed sterling Democrats aud enlightened minds to be found among these hills , while the amount of misery and wages slavery , at the same time , is scarcely to be credited . The Capitalists seem to think they can ride roughshod over the people . Let an incessent tide of agitation , be poured here 1 If the general apathy of the country is considered , I think the formation of turee new localities , and the enrolment of 312 members , shows that the fields of Democraoy need but cultivating in these districts to render a productive harvest . " Ebxest Joshs .
" P . S . —The enthusiasm and impetus of the movement here must be seen to be appreciated . To-morrow ( Tuesday ) we expect a large enrollment . The monies are to sent up by the sub-secretaries forthwith . " On the motion of Messrs . Arnott and Milne it was unanimously agreed : — ' ? That the kind offer of the Finsbury locality , as to the use of their Hall , be accepted with thanks , and that a public meeting be held in the said hall on Tuesday evening , September 2 nd . " . The adjourned meeting of Metropolitan Agents and Delegates then took place , when , in addition to the localities already named , representatives from the followins localities attended : —Bonncr ' sfields , Henry Holyoake ; Bermondsey , J . Purcey ; White Hors ' e ( late Crown and Anchor ) , Messrs , Hulettan-lKeynolds . . ^ t
__ ^ , _ , _ ^ - Mr . Holyoake reported , that Mr . Nichols ( of the Hoxton locality ) and himstlf had for several Sundays past addressed large audiences m Bonnet sfields ; the assemblies were orderly nnd attentive , a most excellent democratic spirit was manifested , and the results were , that a locality had been formed of near thirty members , of which lie had the honour to be Secretary , and he felt assured , from the promises he had received , that many others would join the Association . Messrs . Hulett , Purcey , and others , having reported from their localities , John Arnott moved ,
seconded by John Milne : — "That an aggregate meeting of the Jietropolitan Chartists be held on the first Sunday in every month , at three o ' clock in the afternoon , that the first meeting be held in the Coffee-rooa \ of the John-street Institution , on September 7 th , and that such meeting decide where the subsequent meeting shall be held . " The chairman said he highly approved of the motion . By such meetings they would become better acquainted , interchange ideas , thoroughly understand each other , and trifling jealousies or acerbities wliii-h miglit arise would be thereby destroyed i The motion was unanimously asrreed to .
Mr . Arnott stated that he lmd long been of opinion , that a well resulated system of Tract distribution , by means ordisiriet visitors , would bo a mighty engine in spreading Democratic knowledge , and as most of the friends had reported in favour of such a svstem , he would , therefore , move : — " That a central Tract Fund be established forthwith , and all a gents , sub-secretaries , and friends , ave earnestlv requested to collect monies , and otherwise render ihoir utmost aid in this great work " The motion having been seconded by Mr . Milne , and supported by several friends , was unanimously ^ iTwas also agreed , that 5 , 000 of the Tract headed Chartism" be rtmted .
" , ,... „ „ . ,,-, _ . . oTthe motion of Messrs . Arnott and Jlilno , a vote of thanks was given , to the friends who had attended at the previous and the present messing i : md the chairman in addressing them said , that h&
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most cordially joined in expressing the pleasure he had felt in witnessing the mind which had been displayed , and the truly / fraternal spirit that bad" been manifested during the proceedings . He trusted that great good would be the result . The committee then adjourned to Wednesday evening , August 27 th . Signed on behalf of the Committee , John Aiwott , General Secretary , mnof nsirHiilitr irtinnf ? in A « M * ivBD ? ni » ihn iilanenra Vlft
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NATIONAL LOAN SOCIETY . This body met as usual at Golden-Jane , On Wednesday evening . After the usual monetary business had been transacted , Mr . Wheeler read the correspondents from the ' eountry , inquiring among other particulars relative to the merits of the various candidates for the situation of official manager under the bill for winding-up the affairs of the National Land Company . Considerable discussion took place on this subject . Mr . Wheeler stated that the discussion was almost premature ; that during the ensuing week an advertisement would be inserted in
the Gaeette , &c , by the Master in Chancery § calling upon the shareholders to nominate candidates for the situation : any shareholder could nominate a candidate , aud the person receiving the greatest number of votes would be appointed ^ provided he wa s a fit and responsible person . From his correspondence , and from what he had . seen at the Land Office , he found that great exertions were being made in favour of Mr . Simmonds—Bradshaw ' a solicitor , and the person who got up the opposition to the Bill when before the
Committee ot the House . He mentioned that circumstance in order that the shareholders mi ght be Hpott their guard , for upon the appointment of a proper person the future dividends greatly depended . Mr . Gray , the Government Accountant , was also a candidate ; but the person whom he believed Messrs . O'Connor , Roberts , and the promoters of the Bill were in favour of , was a Mr . Ainger , a practical man of business , who had great experience in conducting similar affairs .
After further discussion , the shareholdera were requested to suspend their decision until the candidates were fairly before them ; and Mr . Wheeler was instructed to procure every information relative to their respective merits , and to lay the same before them at their next meeting . After the transaction of other business , the meeting adjourned .
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Op the English partridges and pheasants gent to Kew Zealand , in the hope of naturalising those birds in that island , only one partridge and two pheasants survived the voyage , and these were killed by a dog shortly after tbeir arrival . Bad Mosey . — . We would caution shopkeepers and otbera against receivfajg counterfeit crown pieced of which , there are many in circulation just no ^ . Ihty a"a wel'l-exocated , and hare deceived severa , parties , teiug electro-plated , and made of hard W& ' . o metaL but rather light-
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THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . IO- THE EDITOR OP XHE NOBTHEJW STAR . Si * , ~ -Enclosed is a sketch of the mode of organisation adopted by the Hoxton locality of the National Charter Association . Hmts towards rendering local agitation effective : —Conventions and Executives have been too much depended on to give life and vigour to the Chartist cause . A political body , like the human body , loses power
and soon decays , unless kept in active motion . This activity must exist in the heart , bo that a well-distributed and healthful circulation may be ensured , or the head becomes useless . The Convention or Executive is the head—the people theheatt . The people alone are to blame for the want of an effective agitation . The people ' s business is to organise themselves ; no one else can do it for them . We have a purpose—enfranchisement and social amelioration ; we have numbers—6 , 000 , 000 of unenfranchised Englishmen ' , we have enthu * siasm—for we still hope and work after twelve years ef failure and disappointment . The experience of the past—the facts of the present
—teach that it is not a revolution , but the formation of public opinion at which we should aim , that leads to the only revolution which is justifiable . The formation of public opinion is possible under certain conditions ; to issue placards and addresses , which the public will not read , is usebass . The public must be assailed individually—spoken to , reasoned with , and induced to read tracts and democratic papers—by persuading its individual members . To upbraid the public for its apathy and ignorance is useless;—the public will not read our upbraidings—it cares nothing for our eloquence / iffor it will not come to listen . 1 he public to be effectually got at , must be assailed at home . The individual
may thus be indoctrinated with sound political principles , and stimulated to the performance of duty—other valuable results would also follow . Organisation , which centralizes all action , and leaves the individual unoccupied , is not only useless , but * injurious . Organisation should not supersede individual effort , but methodise it . The conditions under which these hints can be practically carried out , are
the existence in different localities of a few men who are unmistakeably in earnest , and who know at what they aim ; who would set the practicable example of methodised enthusiasm , and be the centres of organisation , which , gradually radiating , might soon include a whole people . The members of tbe Hoxton locality , which has existed but three weeks and now numbers thirty working and paying memberB , are attempting to carry out the spirit of the above suggestion in the following
manner : — 1 st . —All members are divided into sections of not less than three , nor more than five Each section appoints one ef its members as spokesman , who gives in , on every Thursday night , to the general meeting , an account of the activity of himself and . fellows . The spokesman of each section also collects subscriptions of his section , and pays' it to ths secretary weekly . ¦¦
' -= 2 nd . —Each section meets once a week at the residence of one of its members before the general , weekly meeting , to take into consideration the welfare of the cause , to prepare resolutions , to give each other information , or to arrange any plan of action for that particular section ; also to arrange their report for the general weekly meeting , and to pay subscriptions to the spokesman . 3 rd . —Every member of a section holds
himself bound to aid another member in developing or carrying out plans of propagandism . Should petitions be desired , each section will be trusted with the duty of collecting signatures and authenticating them , in a particular district of the locality appointed them by the committee . When experience has confirmed our convictions of the usefulness of the above organisation , ov should we modify it , information shall ) e forwarded for vour consideration .
( For the general meeting of members , Hoxton Locality ) , W . J . Brisck , Secretary 11 , AHerton-street , Hoxton .
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THE STOCKINGERS OF LEICESTERSHIRE .
TO THfi EHITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR , The following letter has just come to hand from one of the many sufferers in the counties of Leicestershire , Nottingham , and Darby . The facts advanced can be fully attested . The letter is as foliowa : — Sib , —I am a poor stocking-maker , starving in a town in Leicestershire . I occupy a small three-roomed house , at a rent of 2 s . 3 d . per week , which a kind and good landlord allows me to pay & 9 we ^ * *^' kind man never distresses nor uses aa angry word
against me , although I owe him pounds for rent , which I can never pay . In this small house I have a stocking-frame belonging to my emp loyer—a stocking manufacturer—once himself a workman , who lives in the same town . My landlord , my employer , and myself , are all near neighbours . My landlord goes to church , my employer goes to chapel , but 1 can go to no place of worship . I make stockings at Is , 3 ( 1 . per dozen pairs . I make the stockings at my employer ' s frame ; he finding the material , and I cannot , under a severe penalty from the law , work in his frame for any one else . He only g ive 9 me as many stockings to make as he thinks proper ;
I have no interest in the frame whatever . 1 am constantly asking for work—sometimes I get some , at others I do not ; the last I got was last week . The foreman gave me out a small quantity of cotton—it was weighed out to me . I had orders to make it into stockings in the frame of my employer . I did so ; I made of it six dozen of cotton stockings , which , at Is . 3 d . per dozen , comes to 7 s . fid . I took the stockings into my employer ' s warehouse , and asked to be paid for the making . This was refused me , and I was told that 1 must pay to my employer a rent for the frame , to be deducted from my earnings . To this 1 objected , because , as I told him , I did not want to rent the frame , nor was the material
mine , ' nor were the stock-ings mine when made ; all 1 had to do was to perform the labour of making , and I trusted he would pay me . His reply was , ' No such thing ; he should charge me for the frame rent 5 j . 9 d , ; and . deduct it from my wages ; it was the custom , and he should stick to it . I asked him to give me so much less per dozen for the making , nayeven to give me if it was but 9 d . per dozen »
but this he refused . I asked him to give me more to make , so that I could earn something for myself to live upon , besides the frame rent and charges , but this he also refused . I then asked him to give me the bare is . 9 < l « that was left , as I was- starving ; this he refused , saying that '• lowed more than two weeks' rent , and he should keep it for that . ' I canae away witk < t sa . 4 heart aa& broken
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mind—1 almost contemplated suicide , but hope bore me up , I went bacR and begged of the man who had got my labour for a ahij . ling—it was refused me . I sat down in the street on a stone step . A stranger was ' passing , her looked at me and gave me S 2 f » . J then knew him , he wag tha Methodistpreaeher . With that sixpence I boujjbt oatmeal and on S . mday I fed on it . On tho Monday aSi . pam \ S ^ releif-ls . 3 d . a week , and tnree loaves . For seventeen weeka together fo £ uW reC ? iVe < ! frOm * y- «» Pl <> yw more w w « , ' ¦ . weekt aIth 0 U S nave never made in ^ Z ' M T 'le sS than six d ^ en of stock-SK . weeIf -1 . now exi 3 tiQg on wb * t I / ret f . om the parish , and what I eetfrom mv
emf « iSTrf 0 ^ £ ** " * «» parish three i ? m ^ r " ¦ * u What I £ et from "V employer , Btill the pansh get 8 .. rio benefit from my labour On the Sunday I-was in the street without even a halfpenny to get Bhayed with . I saw my neiclibouv and employer with *" a hymn bbbk- and bible lir his hand , go to chapel , —at that ou&pel ho is a class , leader , and looked upon aa a Banctified scripture expounder . I th . onght of my work , and . of the night before , when ho drove me from hfa door : but still I forgave him . . On Monday my landlord called for some rent . I told him my tale ; he aaid , "I grieve for you , but I never shall hurt vow . " This letter 13 written for me , and it will tell a true tale of the common lot I now bear , but which I hope will soon be remedied . I am , Sir , " Your obedient servant ,
A Poor Stockinqeb , m . haitor , I nope you will excuse mo if I am srespassingtoo much upon your valuable space , but as there are nearly 60 , 000 individuals similarly situated in the three counties before mentioned , I feel confident you -will give this publicity in your next number . Pro Boko Publico .
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THE NEAPOLITAN VICTIMS . A public meeting , called by the newly-formed victim association , was held on Tuesday evening So sympathize with the Neapolitan victims at the Eel otic institute , 18 a , Denmark-streot . Soho , which had been kindly granted by the National Reform League , for tho above purpose . At halfpast eight o ' clock , in the absence of Mr . Gladstone , M . P ., who had been invited , Mr . Uronterre O Brien was called to the chair . Mr . O'Biubn commenced the proceedings by giving ^ an account of the atrocities inflicted upon his subjects by the King of Naples — atrooi * ties which even our venal press was compelled to reprobate , anxious as they ever were to palliate or
defend the misededa of nil crowned miscreants . By calling public attention to this subject , they were performing a duty not only to their neighboui-3 , but also to themselves . Mr . O'Brien then dwelt upon the influence which public meetings would have were it not for tne lukewarmness and venality of tho press , He had great pleasure h > informing them that a new association had been formed for the purpose of aohieving the united liberties of France , Spain , and Italy . At tho head of the committee was the celeleb * rated abbe do Laraennais , and Michel de Bourges , who would yet fill an important niche in the Temple of Fame . The Society had adopted principles identical vfith those of the League—they were in favour of religion .
property , and order ; it was the religion of God , and not that of man . It was , that ft man should have the disposal of the property which ho himself oreateu , leaving the rich in possession of their previous ill-gotten gains ; they were also in favour of order ; but this could never be achieved whilst the masses were kept in ignorance and poverty , The Neapolitong , whoso faio tbey had met to sympathise with , had endeavoured feebly , and perhaps blindly , to carry out those doctrines ; but though they had not the knowledge or experience which . British Reformers possesed , still they had striven nobly fov the attainment of political liberty and constitutional government . Mr . O'Brien then read the following letter from Mr . Gladstone , who had been requested to take the hair .
Hagley , Stourbridge , Aug . 16 . Sib , —Tour letter of the 12 th reached me at this p lace last night , and I beg to thank you for the honour done me by the request you liavo made . I think it niy duty , nutvever , to decline presiding at the meeting to be field on Tuesday , my intention being , that the case which I have stated to the public should at present , so far as I am concerned , stand before it only in a form of undoubted authenticity in which it mpy besulijected to the most rigid » cru iny . And , it being likewise my opinion that a fair consideration is now likely to be given to the testimony which I have borne , if I stand aloof from movements ot another kiad . I have the honour to be sir , Your very obedient servant . To Mr . J . N . Brvson , W . GLADSTONE ,
The letter appeared from the remarks made to give satisfaction . No answers had been rsceived from Lords Aberdeen or Palmerston , whose attendance had also been requested . Mr . O'Brk-n commented upon this wanD of courtesy by those par excellence calling themselves gentlemen ; such gentlemen and liberals must be politically annihilated before anything like just and liberal principles could ever have fair play . The doctrines of this school of liberals were atrocious in . the extreme . Joseph Hume , one of this school , who would be a good man , if ho knew how and was well paid for it , had put a notice on the books ot the House of Commons that the only way to put down Negro slavery was to reduce the price of free labour , until it became more profitable to employ free than slave labour , and that any man waB inaano who thought to abolish starery by any other meanB . What could they expect from such a school , and what from the legislation of the members belonging to and professing its doctrines ?
Mr . John Shaw moved the first resolution 5 W follows : — That this meeting contemplates with horror and disgust the barbarous atrocities that the Neapolitan Govern ment is now wantonly exercising over the brave patriots of that country who unfortunately fell within the grasp of their vengeance , and we call upon all classes of society to use their utmost endeavours to stimulate our Government to make a prompt and speedy iuterference in behalf of our Italian brother victims now suffering such fiendish persecution , to the disgrace ef civilised Europe , and Great Britain in particular .
It wa ? at all times to him a pleasuve to meet any portion of liis fellow men when they met to sympathise with oppression . They ( the victims ) had felt the iron heel of despotism , and they could , therefore , feel for their ^ Neapolitan , brethren . He waa not surprised at tho absence of the lords and gentlemen a who had been invited ; he had but little faith in the good those persons would have effected oven if they had attended ; a debt of gratitude was due to Mr . Gladstone for the pamphlet he had written exposing the atrocities committed at
Naples . If any democratic leader had written such a pamphlet he would have been denouueed by the pres 3 as a calumniator and imposter . Tho King of Naples had committed atrocitii-s which made his blood ran cold , and yet in tbe Queen ' a Speech she was inado to say th : > t she received the most friendly assurances from all the powws of Europe , including this crowned ruffian . Was it uor . shameful that such language should be put into the mouth of one supposed to represent the whole British nation ? We wore said to be tb » most civilized nation in
Europe , and yet in one of the most liberal papers of the day he found an article hounding on the persecution of Gent and the men implicated in tho Lyons conspiracy ; yet even in that article they were forced to admit the wide-spreading of tho democratic cause in Lyons and it 3 neighlSourhood . ( Cheers . ) Mr . IJezer seconded the resolution , and explained the motives which had given rise to the formation of tho Victims' Association , and the reasons which had induced them to draw attention
to the case of tueir iullow victims in tho Italian dominions . The victims of Jfaples were not the representatives of true democracy ; they were the Victims . Of & liulttSOry Bystem of constitutional government , but they were culled upon to sympathise with them , not as democrats , but as men aud brethren . He gave ail credit to Mr . Gladstone for his pamphlet . They well knew lie was a Conservative anil not a Chartist .: but , whatever his motives might be , his work would produce much good . Mr . Bezor then rend some extracts from Air .
Gladstone s book , which created a considerable sensation in the meeting , commenting upon them with considerable energy and effect , lie also dwelt upon the tendency of tho Catechism issued by the Neapolitan govevument foy the use of schools , showing that it was subversive of all morality and true religion Surely , when such atrocities were pevpetvated , it w _ as necessary that some party should call a meeting in the metropolis , to express tho indignation of the British pui . lic against such . horrible treatment . Talk of the rei gn of terror and tuc ill deeds of Republicanism . Where could Ihev find atrocities commuted to paivllvl thosn n ttvu despot monarchy' ( Vl
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Mv . Jons 1 ? u 33 ELL supported tho vosolution . tls fe-ireil almost to express his feelings that out government should confess to hold ' friendly relations with such-.-i monster . "Could such a govern * ment deserve tho confiilenco or respect of th « Hrf f " , ' - " ) It was only a government InXfi J ¦ d ? tling ba > -ouets that fare so act . raiaine tB nM 1 ? lmi ! . system of Persecution was ^ S 1 P £ B ? 3 & fcftf monster of Naples to perpetrati s MITreaieJ borrow . He was acquainted with » pcS vfo haf fortunately escaped from one of these prisons , and Jie could assure them that the statements of M * Gladstone , so for from being exaggarated / did not contam anything like a full , detail of ; the hwriblar barbarities practised upon those uaforins&terjrscv . tims . He trusted the- men of England wouldrSBBik out upon this question . , ••/ « . «?
The resolution rrns then fat , and earned unaaw mon 9 ly . Mr . O'Brien then , at same length , addressed th » meeting on the present prospect of affairs in Franca and the hopes of she party of the Mountain , fliff remarks were well received . In reference to thflf trials ati Lyons he asserted that though they might be guilty of some of she acts charged upon them , yet if they did conspire it iv . is not until the President and the government had twice turned traitors . "" fa the people , Firstly , in the' invasion of Roma , which was strictly in opposition to one of tha clauses of the Constitution ; atfd Heoondly , in rob-) ing the people of their right of universal suf * fra « o . When the government thus fiurned traitor to tho people , 6 he people were-peufeefcly justifiednay , more , u waa their bounslen- duty to eongpira against them , aed toprocure their downfall by any possible means . ' * _ . The meetinaseparated at a latehoufrT--- —r- ^ c . *
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CATHOLIC DEFENCE ASSOCIATION . GREAT AGGREGATE MEETING IN- IHJBLIK ; On Tuesday morning the streets of Dublin pre-Bented an unusual bustle from a very early hour , and the footpaths in the vicinity of the Rotunda soon became altogether impassable , front the crowds collected . For some hours before the tima fixed for the meeting , the doors of tho Itofcunds were assailed by persons seeking admission , and although eleven o ' clock was the hour at whioh the chair was to be taken , the great round room- was densely crowded at a few minutes past ten . Agreafc portion of the reserved seats was occupied by ladies , and the body of the meeting , to wllicli' ad « mission was obtained b y tickets distributed gratuitously , -was thronged with tho working classes .
Several hundred coal porters marched in a body to tho meeting , and a groat number of them were admitted inside , the remainder forming themselves into groups in the neighbourhood of the Rotunda , and assuming the appearance of co-operating vritb the police in keeping order . The police authorities had taken active steps to insure the preservation of the peace , and a body consisting of several hundred men of their excellently organised force Was on duty , in and . around the place of meeting . Patrols Of horso and . foot police paraded tho streets ; » number of mounted police were stationed near tho Rotunda to aid those on foot in dispersing the crowd , and a large body was held in readiness in the Rotunda gardens , Tho military wore also kept in their barracks , prepared to act if necessary . A feiv minutes after eleven the Rev . T . D . Q ' regg ,
accompanied by Mr . 11 , Cooke , and two other friends , drove up in a close carriage to tho Rotunda , and claimed admission at the entrance , Thia was , however , refuseJ ; nnd emphatically denouncing IW meeting as one of Papista and not of C . itholics , they re-entered the carriage and drove off rapidly along Great Britain-streetf , pursued by a mob . who pelted the carriage with mud . Some of Mr . Grcsrg ' B placards denouncing the meeting were exhibited at tha windows of the Priests' Protection Society , which is close to tho Rotunda , but the placards were torn down by tho mob and the windows broken ; Mr . P . Bixon Hardy , tho proprietor of the house , expostulating to no purpose with the rabble . A young man , a Protestant , also drew upon hii ft If the indignation of tho mob , and was severely uatulled By Uvem , h \ s life probably being saved by the police , who rescued him ; but with tho exception of these the day was not marked by any outragea , the usual incidents of pick-pocket vo \ r * , &c . being excepted . Tho nt-frnnrlo ? i /* A f \ 9 T ) nmnn fin f 1-istli . i «!« — iiv
j-iti / uwuuuiivv v * j ^ iuiuuu \ jikV-Vl \ JlVv vjlCi " y villa very large , but the muster of the Roman Catholic laity did not comprise so many distinguished names as were expected !—Lord Gormanston 6 pened tfee proceedings by moving Archbishop Cullen to tho chair , by tbe style of " Tho most rev . Dr . Cullen , Archbishop of Armagh , and Primate of all Ireland . " The motion was seconded in similar terms by Mr . Reynolds , M . P ., and the chair was taken amidst tho voevfevtms cfceera of tho meeting , which also greeted the first appearance of the bishops npoa the platform with enthusiastic rounds of applause . Archbishop Cuxlk . v then addressed the meeting ; afcer which a letter addressed to the chairman by Cardinal Wiseman whs read , in . which the writes regretted the desertion of some catholics , " wbosa word would a few months ago hsve been in our eyes as safe a security as a bond signed and sealed . " lie urged the association to concentrate all its powers on legitimate subjects , and should lie liapp 7 to co-operate in any ol'ita duties more immediately connected with those of the ecclesiastical stale
Several lettorsof apology for non attendance were read , and the following resolutions were adopted : —» That « ve declare an act laterly passed by tlie imperial parliament , commonly Called the Uctlesiostiea ) Titles Act , to be a violation of tuu compact contained in the Catholic Relief Act of 1829 , ami subversive of Hie great principle of religious liberty as established in this empire . That wo unhesitatingly declare that the present ministers liuve betrayed the cause of civi l and religious freC ' dom , and forfeited the conndimoc tf the Catholics of the United Kingdou . That we hereby solemnly pleflgu ourselves to u < e every legitimate means wtlsin the constitution to oiftnm a total repeal of that act , and every other statute which imno ^ us upon the Catholics of this empire any civil or religious Uisability wlia-soBvw , or precludes them from the eiij ( i \ ineiit uf their religion . That for tin ; above objects ive deem it necessary to establish a Catholic Drfence Associalian , and that thesaice bo aud is hereby established ,
That us one of the great constitutional and practical means of carrying out the oljccts of this meeting , 1 V 9 iledge ourselves to make every effort to strengthen tli « lands autl inci&uae tht pwtw of those faithful representatives « ho in the last session of Parliament so energetically devoted themselves to tbe formation of an independent party in the legislature , having fov its object the maintenance of civil and religions liberty in tho British empire . That the following prelates and members ol the Legislature be a committee to Mne with accuvacy thu objects n-hich are to occupy the association , to frame the rules and regulations by which , it shall be governed , and to submit the same to the next geueral meeting of the association : —Tlie Roman Catholic Archbishop ol Westminster , The " Uoman Catholic Bishop of Birmingham , the Bishop o f Nottingham , the Bishop of llexham , tho Bisllow of
Simthw ! tt'K , tne uishop of Liverpool , the Uishop of Keverlov , the > iahopof Sallbrri . tlie Jiiiliop of Northampton , Van ! Archbishop of Armagh , John Archbishop of Tuam , ' Archbishop Of Casuel , Bishop of Avdagh , Bishop of A chonrv , Bishop of ileath , Bishop of Cork , Bishop of IValerford and Lisiuore , iishop of Killala , Bishop of Clojne , Bishop otKiliua ^ Oiuagh , wallop of RaphoQ , Bishop of Hoss , Bishop of CJoslicr , Jishop of Kerry , bishop of liill- 'loe , Bishop of Elphin , nnd Jishop of Uerry ; John Keynolds , AI . l \ , . Dublin ; William , Keogh , jr . l ., Athlone ; George II . Br . mi , il . l ' ., Mayo ; i . Sadleir , JU \ , Carloiv ; G . O . ffiggins , M . P ., Alayo ; Martin J . Blake , M . V ., Gal \ vay city-, Nicholas Y . Manor , M . P ,, Tipperary ; Frauds Scully , M . P ., 'Jipperarj- ,- Thou . ft'eagher , M . F ., Waterford , and ltobett Keating , M . V ., Watertbrd ; John T . Devereux , AI . l \ , Wexford ; Timothy O'Brien , JO ' ., Cashel ; John O'Brien , il . l ' ., Limerick ; and Michael Sullivan , M . P ., Kilkenny .
1 ' hiit the committee he charged to prepare and publish ; an address to the Catholics t , f tlie united kingdom on the present position of Catholic iiflairg . That we cordially tendvr the greatful thanks of this meeting to the Duke of Newcastle , the Earl of Aberdeen , the Lord Monteagle , to Sir James Graham , Mr . Gladstone , Mr . Sidney Herbert , Jlr . KounJell Z'almer , and those other distinguished 1 ' rotestavrt muutom whoso ubk sustain » n the Legislature the cause of religious liberty . * Thatwu heiirtily congratulate the country upon the cordial unanimity of feeling and opinion which bo happily exists between Catholic nobility , hierarchy , clergv . and laity of the united kingdom .
Ihc thanks of the meeting having been given to tho Chairman , three cheers were chen givuu foe each of iheniemhersof the Irish Roman ( Jiithoiic church , llr . Reynolds announcing them with the prohibited titles , after which tho meeting terminated .
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— h ^ iH . i" ¦ . Redemption Society . —This society , which lias for its object the reducing to practice tho doctrine of communism , has jwy nearly completed tha sixth year of its existenco . It is enrolled according to Act of Parliament , and under the full protection , of the Ifiw . It posscssess an estate of ICO acves o £ land in South Wales , where farming uml shoemaking is carried on for Uui bvmofit of the in ' en ^ rs The located members havo all things in common ! ami they find such life conducive
a to health «*» £ comfort , lbe society can contract no debts , nnd is continually reeomug subscriptions and the profit of trade , Ac ., so U is always increasing in weSth ., S influonbe . The directors are no * ^^ laws &c for opening a co-opwa ivo ftw Fi WH > M 11 Ch , are . « l « rcteu to be ready to lay boore the Members in a week or so Monies i-ecoived £ £ | mnw 4 t ¥ V ? s- ' ^ ^ S F , nri in 1 ^ ' ^ fowMire , 0 t . 2 d .-BuiId : ng I und-Leed * , U GO . ; Rochdale , Mr . Smulucs , 'it . ls'Td pa ° uud ~~ Leovifj ' < 10 W * " de 7 f
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The Cnauz CorFEE-nousE .- —On Friday evening Mr . William Worseldine delivered a lecture on " Originality . " He said that there was , comparatively speaking , but little originality ; sinee the organ of imitation was so , Jarge that phrenolopistB designated man " an imitative animal ; " hence the modern imitators of the classic bards , Horace , Virgil , and Juvenal , and Mirabeau ' a imitation of Milton's Areopagatica , and . Milton ' s imitation of Cffidmon—thus verifying Aristotle ' s proposition , " That all poetry is an imitation of nature . " Pope was also indebted to Lord Bolingbroke for sketching a plan for tho «• Essay on . Man . " It was
certainly well to set up gigantio , minds as models for ? he'cultivation of genius , bo that -whilatthey are contemplated , we might advance beyond mere imitatiou to the development of originality , and thereby irradiate the intellect with Jew glories ; for it was by touching the mind with the inagio wand of thought , that ideas clothed in pristine beauty started up , and blossomed like the rod of Aaron . Toe lecturer said that he could best illustrate originality by a simple reference to the pretty poems of many sons of toil in the manufaturing countieB . Yet , if the subject be viewed primarily , or , apart from human agency , their originality was a myth .
South Shieibb . —a delegate meeting vras held on 8 unday last , for the purpose of devising the best means of arousing Chartism ; and an aadresawaa adopted strongly enforcing tho necessity of union . The address concludes as follows : — " Our duty is to organise and agitate in a peaceable andlegal manner , and hot to rest satisfied till tho documeat called the People ' s Charter becomes the law of the land . — A . M'Lkob . " Padiham . —At a members' meeting on Sunday ast , the secretary read a letter from Mr . Jones , stating that he would be in Padiham on Sunday , the 31 st instant . It was then agreed tnr . t tho Odd Fellows' Hall should be taken ; and after the transaction of other business the meeting adjourned . —P . Pilling , sec . New Radioed ( near Nottingham ) . —On Monday last the ChartiatB of this locality held theiy annual tea meeting , which was numerously attended .
Singing , Dancing , and other entertainments conduced to the harmony of the evening . Mr . O' Connor ' s health was drank with all the honours , and a hope was expressed that he might live to overcome all his enemies , and see the principles he baa ao long and so zealously advocated become tho law 0 ! the land . The company separated , highly pleased with tbe rich treat afforded them . The Pouxxomi Victims ' jAssociation . —Thia body met a 9 UBUal at Mr . Duddridge's , ( jueen-atreet , Soho . Mr . Prowting in the chair . Mr . Mai-tin reported that the Literary Institution of Finsbury had offered them the use of their Hall . Arrangements were made for the public meeting on Tuesday , and other business transacted . The secretary was requested to deliver a sem > onic discourso on the ensuing Sunday evening—Subject , " I was sick and in prison and ye visited me . " A discussion took place on the state of European politics , and the meeting adjourned .
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ADDRESS OF THE NATIONAL LOAN SOCIBTY TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY .
Brethren , —The Land Company Dissolving Bill has received the Royal assent . It is referred to the Master in Chancery to take steps to carry out Us provisions during the vacation . An official manager is already about being appointed . If you do not wish to see your property sacrificed for a mere trifle , as was the case at the recent sales at Minster ( the houses and land , with all the improvements , not fetching much above the price originally given for the land ) , you will arouse from your apathy and immediately deposit your scrip , and tako shares in our society . To hesitate or delay is to allow the property to fall into other hands at a
mere nominal price . Surely you will not permit this to be the consummation of all your sacrifices and expenditure , in raising the goodly fabric of tha L ; ind Company , especially when experience ia now provin ? at O ' Connorville , Dodford , and other placcs / thafc all the advantages anticipated are yet to be derived from the possession of the land , though , like all other objects of value , difficulties must be undergone prior- to its attainment . Personally , we have no further interest in rescuing the estates of the Company than yourselves ; it is a common cause , and all should aid in its completion The very f aet of our appearing in the market
would , at least , create competition and increase your dividend ; but if , during the ensuing few months , you act with the energy which formerly characterised you , all the estates may be bought in for a small outlay to the great honour of the people ' s cause , and also to their great pecuniary benefit . Let no shareholder wait for his neighbour , but let each send up money for a shnre , or a part of a ' share , and also his scrip , to our secretary Small sums can be sent in postage stamps , ltules to be had for throo postage stamps . For the Managers , Thomas Martis "Wheeler , Secretary .
19 , Mercer-street , Long-acre , . 2 J . B . —The charge for depositing ecrip with tne trustees , and procuring the dividend thereon , is Gd . fov a £ . 5 4 s . ahare , and 'id . for shares less in value .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 23, 1851, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1640/page/1/
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