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^ Tffonld not go length of placing them fler the rale of King Bomba , whose atro-¦ s treatment of supposed political offenders ClOa -o re < entry blazoned to the world by Mr . TT tf ) 5 T 0 SB- Neither would we send them to Austrian dungeons , or consign them to the - v desertsjof Siberia , there to experience itacasm clemency . There is a country close t h 3 nd , not Homan Catholic and Jesuit , at feast in profession—the king of which is a irofessed Protestant , and but lately regarded L the crowned head of liberal constitutionalism in Germany , where even Naples is out-^ ne , and where cruelties are perpetrated { Bat ought to excite one general cry of execration from the people of all free States . "We frTIIwi tint tro the length of placine them
jllude to Prussia ; some revelations respecter which have been made this week in fae' Morning Advertiser / In Naples the persons subjected to the horrible tortures ^ escribed by Mr . Gladstone , were chiefly convicted of ; the offences laid to their charge , jfo doubt , the convictions themselves were a portion of the injustice and the oppression to ffhich these victims of kingly cruelty were subjected ; but at least , there was &n appearance of the forms of law . In Prussia , on the contrary , it is stated that mere suspicion is su fficient to subject any one to alengthened ami cruel imprisonment without a trial , and with the exception of hard labour , to treatment nearly similiar in all respects to that of the worst convicted criminals .
The pious King of Prussia , who has aluays the words religion and piety in his mouth , and his pietist Cabinet Ministers have no difficulty Id finding tools to execute their tyrannical behests . Legal functionaries are eager to open the way to preferment , by serving as tie instruments of Royal and Ministerial revenge , hatred , or fear . The inferior orders of the judges and magistrates are the counterpart of the police , and combine the character of common , informers and common gaolers-If the Government ; shows the slightest suspicion that . an individual is hostile te
it , he is forthwith put under surveillance , and subjected without the slightest chance of redress to a series of intolerable , vexations , destructive not only of domestic comfort , but of the chance of succeeding in his business or profession . He is liable at any moment , without the slightest notice , to be arrested by the detested gendarmes , and to a dreary and protracted detention among the -worst malefactors in the common prison . At the present moment an eminent physician and several other gentlemen of high standing in Cologne are in prison , where they have been
kept for many months . It was expected they would have been brought to trial at the last October assizes , but it did not suit their persecutors to do bo . They still linger in durance vile , though nothing has been proved against them , or offered to be proved . In fact , it would appear that the Government contemplate ridding themselves of the physieiaa referred to , in such a way that it cannot legally be termed murder . It is stated that he is suffering from an organic disease of the heart ; feat Hie dangerous consequences of detaining him in the unhealthy prison of Cologne have been represented to the legal authorities , backed by the certificate of a physician of the
highest standing , and heavy securities offered for his release , until his trial came on . The rajnest was rudely and sternly rejected . The result is , that the victim is dying by inches , ' and his mind is unsettled ; while his wife manifests symptoms of incipient insanity , and has been driven from an elegant and hospitable home into obscurity and comparative poverty . The fellow prisoners of Dr . Dakiels have been treated in a similar atrocious manner , and have no prospect of being brought before a jury ; and supposing them at last tried , and also acquitted , as they will be whenever they are tried , what redress can they have for the destruction of their health and the ruin
brought on their homes and families ? Acquittal will , in fact , but whet the desire of the Government to crush and destroy them utterly . They will be placed under police espionage , hunted , harrassed , and obstructed at every turn of their Jives , by a system of tyrannical oppression , ubiquitous by means of the agencies it employs . Similar cases of monstrous injustice have taken place in other parts of Prussia , but the Press dare not utter a word on the subject . The pious monarch and hi 3 reli gious associates have muzzled that watch dog . An exposure of their doings and those of their minions and uuderstrappers , would be immediately followed by the stoppage of the journal containing it , at the Post-office ,
by the sealing up of the presses and the doors of the printing office , and by the prosecution of the editors and publishers . In fact , the reign of terror prevails in Prussia as it does in Naples , in Lombardy , Vienna , and Hungary—the will or caprice of the IIixg is the only ruling power , brute force his only weapon . And yet our comfortable soft spoken liberals deprecate the denunciation of such infamous deeds as these by their right name , and cry fie , when the victims , maddened by the insults , the injuries , and the indignities they have received , speak of avenging themselves , and of overthrowing the tyrant who has robbed them of health , home , and almost hope and life I
It was not by such silken words , nor by meek acquiescence in the decrees of arbitrary power , that our own ancestors won the liberties they bequeathed to us . They trusted to their own right arms in the battle field , and would have laughed at the man who preached peace and moral force in the midst Of the stru gg le between them and Chaeles I . That monarch was the prototype of Pkederick William . The Prassianmonarch , has the same exaggerated idea of his kingly
prerogative , the sameohstinatedeterimnaUonto assert bis divine right to govern by his own will , and independent of the people as Chaeles . He has , at the same time , the same faithless and insincere heart . Perjuries are with him common places—and with all this he has that preteuce to " superior sanctity , and these formal professions of religious belief which deceive the superficial ; but which , in reality , only add the vice of hypocrisy to tbe list of his other disqualifications to rule mankind . Chakles I , in due time , lost his crown and his head . Must Prussia accomplish its freedom b y similar means ?
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TBE SUEPRxVGE STRUGGLE IN FRANCE . The Assembly has rejected the proposal to restore Universal Suffrage . On Thursday last it decided by the small majority of seven , in a house of seven hundred and five representatives , that the disfranchised millions shall not peaceably regain possession of their rights . Such a majority on- such a question is in fact a defeat . It is ridiculous to imag ine for a moment that with an Assembly so equally divided the question can remain where it is . All the reactionary parties have done has been to show their hostility to popular rights and their inability to prevent their enjoyment . The attitude of the [ Republican party has been beyond all praise . They felt
that the time had come for action ) and resolved to act as one man . They were determined to waste no words , and , therefore , selected one of the moBt able and talented advocates of real Republicanism to speak for the whole party . M . Michel ( de Bourges ) was appointed to that honourable post . The result of the division must have surprised the Burgraves , because they previousl y calculated upon a majority of above one hundred , and certainly -we were not prepared for such a large number as 348 votes in favour of the President ' s measure . The equality between the parties ensures the certainty of the question being renewed in a new shape , and we hopes the seat time with success , i
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In the meantime , the Executive shows an almost insane hostilit y to the Democratic party , to whom alone it owes its position in the Assembly . At a recent meeting of the Democratic Electoral Committee , held in strict terms of the Constitution , for legal and constitutional purposes , it was found that a commissioner and five agents of police were present , in contravention of the law . They were desired to withdraw , but refused , and the meeting was dissolved . In the Assembly M . Leon Faucher defended the brutal intrusion of the gendarmes upon a private dinner party in which they wounded M . SarTin , a representative of the people . It appeared , from In the meantime , the Executive shows an
the discussion , that the late minister had carried away with him the official documents reletive to the case , and M . THORiGNY , the new minister , could not reply to the interpellations , though he very decided stated his opinion that M . PauCHEK had been guilty of a great wrong . That statement elicited tremendous opposition from the tyrannical majority , who would be very glad to have an opportunity of putting every true Republican to death " by sword and musket . It is lamentable to see a great country like France without a single commanding intellect , capable of leading- the people out of the insane struggles in which these factions are engaged .
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TBE ST . ALBAN'S EXPOSURE . "Wednesday was the tenth day of inquiry before the commissioners , into the corrupt electioneering practises of Una trough . Since our report last week , Mr . Blagg , who was examined , said , "Before the Reform Bill passed , every voter who had given a plumper received two guineas , and every voter who gave a single vote received one guinea . After the Reform Bill passed , the payment of the guineas and the treating ceased ; but my experi ence has led me to the belief that the new voters introduced by the Reform Bill are mote venal than the old voters . Tne Hoot and lot voters would have been contented with £ 5 where the new voters want £ 10 . At any electionthere were probabl y not more than 17 o or 200 voters who were not
indirectly paid . The number polled on the last occasion was 423 , leaving about sixty who did not vote . Out of 354 £ 10 voters 212 got paid ; sixfcy-fiTe out of sixty-six scot and lot voters are paid , and twentyone oat of sixty-three freemen . * This gives a total of 30 S who are paid ; leaving 175 who are nob influenced by pecuniary considerations . " Mr . Webster stated that he was a surgeon , and a voter . Had voted at all the elections since the passing of the Reform Bill , when each voter received a guinea from the member , and all the wivos of the voters half-a-guinea whenever they were confined . ( Laughter . ) Approved of that system , and bad wished , therefore , to reduce the price of vote 3 . Mr . Edwabds was recalled in order to give some information as to former elections . He handed in
the following account of the expenses of different elections from 1 S 32 : —Mr . Henry G . "Ward , 1835 , £ 2 , 400 ; Jully 2-5 , 1837 , Mr . Muskett , from £ 1 , 800 to £ 2 , 000 ; February , 1 S 41 , lord Listowel , £ 3 , 000 ; June , 1841 , Lord I / ietowel , £ 2 , 000 ; £ 3 , 000 more being spent , but not paid ; August 11 , 1846 , Mr . Cabbell , £ 500 ; in 1847 , Mr . Raphael , £ 3 . 500 ; in 1850 , £ 2 , 500 . Mr . Forsyth : That is £ 18 , 700 , It was Edwards who introduced Mr . Raphael in 1847 , as a Whig-Radical ia politics , and unlimited in generosity . He had agreed to spend £ 3 , 500 , and
promised Edwards to make it £ 5 , 000 if he succeeded . Edwards did succeed . He received " 120 promises before the bag had been opened at all . " ( Laughter . ) Some persons received as much as £ 25 ; the amounts ranged between seven or eight pounds and . twenty-five pounds . But witness could recollect three persons who demanded £ 100 amongst them at Lord Listowel ' s election , and persons not of the poorest class . He could only count twenty-six out of 205 who voted for Mr . Raphael without payment .
A number of voters -have been examined by the commissioners , who acknowledged to having received from £ 5 to £ S for their votes . On Wednesday between 00 and 100 voters ( 250 , out of a constituency of 450 , having been altogether bribed ) were put into the witness box , each man ' s testimony tending to develope a system that is thought to put Sudbury to the blush . This day was devoted to bringing up to the bar of the commissioners * tribunal , the majority of those who were reluctant to become their own accusers , and who , naturally enough , were unwilling witnesses . By tneaid . however , ofwhiooers ' -in , they were brought
at intervals into court , on being told , " You received money as well as the others ; it ' s no worse for you than for them ; and if you don't come , you are " liable to be indicted , and perhaps in the end imprisoned . " In spite ofintimations thrown out by the Court to this effect , the officer of the Court returned during the day , stating his inability to serve some twenty or thirty persons , who do not appear to have the fear of the * law before their eyes . The commissioners met again on Thursday , and having sat for a couple of hour ? , in which time they concluded the examination of the inculpated electors , they adjourned their court to Monday , December 1 st .
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LANCASHIRE AND CflESIIIRE MINERS . A public meeting of miners was held at St . Helens , on Monday , November 10 th , in the open air on the Moor Flat . Miners from Maydock ; Prescot , « fcc , were present , and the meeting was addressed by James Price and D . Swallow , miner s agents . The meeting agreed to petition the Legislature for an eight hours hill—shorter reckoningto have coals worked by weight , and not by measure —and for the appointment of » ub-inspectors over coal mines , &c . The usual fortnightly delegato meeting -was held on Monday and Tuesday , at the King ' s Head , St . Helens ; Mr . Giles Morris , delegate from Chorley , was elected chairman . The reports from the agents and delegates of the various districts were that tbe statements for an
advance of wages had been sent to the masters around Dukinfield , Ashton , Bardsley . Oldbani , Leven , Bolton , Worseley , Little Button , Wigan , Aspul , Chorley , &c . Some tew places are working on an advance already , as for instance at Hutton , where they are working on an advance of 2 d . per ton and at Bradford colliery , Manchester , thenadvance is 4 id . for two and a quarter tons . Tho reporte < J increase of members during tbe fortnight was between six and seven hundred from the various districts , with every prospect of a great accession of members for some time to come . Great meetings have been held at Wigan and other places during the fortnight .
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THE MISERS OF TUE NORTH . TO THE EDITOR OF MB NORTHERN' STAR . Sir , —Tho inquest upon the bodies of the sufferers at the West Moor or Killingworth Colliery explosion has , after two adjournments , been ended to-day ( Tuesday ) , and the usual verdict of "Accidental death" recorded . The workmen at this colliery have stood doiqIv forth on this occasion , and evinced extraordinary determination to sift the inquiry to ln& \> 6 lkom , by the engagement of an emineat attorney , Mr . Breir is of Newcastlewho has given them comp lete
satis-, faction in the discharge of the important duties which the inquiry entailed upon him , The chief points to which the attention of the workmen were drawn was , whether the explosion was caused by the use of the Davy lamp , or by the insufficient supply of atmospheric air . It will be necessary to state that the safety lamps , used at this colliery , were those invented by the late G . Stephenson , Esq ., and for a vast number of years no other lamps were permitted to enter the pit . A change of the proprietors and a consequent change of managers has , however , taken place , anc with this change there came the introduction of
the Davy lamp , which has been continued up to he present time , gradually increasing their number with a view , no doubt , to supersede and displace the Stephenson lamp altogether . The explosion occurred at a part of the pit newly opened , and which was ventilated by the ifllvoduction of about 0 , 000 cubic feet of air per minute , which was abstracted or taken from the main current of 30 , 000 feet per minute , by means of a split or regulator . It appeares that premonitory indications of the coming event were exhibited by this part of the pit firing three or four timeB in the week previous—viz ., on the 23 rd of October , when
William Simpson was burnt ; again on the 27 th and 28 th , when Thomas Storey and John Proctor were slightly burnt . Simpson died on the 30 th of October , and the explosion which necessitated the present inquiry occurred on the 31 b 6 of October . From these repeated fires the workmen became alarmed , and , appealed to the agent to g ive them more air or safety lamps ; to which appeal he answered , that if lamps were allowed they ( the workmen ) would have to forego the uaual allowance o / sixpence per score ; thus attempting to induce them to abandon the request for the lamps , and to continue their work with candles or naked lights , as heretofore , In this , however , be was
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foiled , for the men were firm as t > the presence o danger , and lamp * WMe permitted to be taken . On the day named when the explosion occurred , the men m the fore-shift left their work owing to £ ™™ 5 j eal l in the en * ine bank » wh « e ° y the waggons and tubs , used in conveying the coals from the workmen , were thrown tumultuous over each other , caused by the breaking of the rope , which drew them up the sand bank , or plane . The uaefc-suitt men went in to commence work at twelve o clock at noon , having taken their lamps and other things necessary for the samef and at about halfpast twelve the explosion took place . The poor felfonri had ventured in unconscious o ? danger , and had to encounter death before they reached the places were they had to work , none of them having foiled , for the tnrn woka « . m „»* . iu «» „
even time to pull off their clothes . One poor man named Slays , was literally roasted , and his clottes burnt to pieces ; and the fire being , to appearances , severest where he was found , it was strongly conjectured that the explosion must have occurred . through him . Now , Slays had a Davy arnpi whilst the other parties had Stephenson's amp ) , and from th « construction of the former , it is liable to pass the flame whenever the gas hecornea explosive , and thus set fire to the pit ; and for whi . defect tlie P arli ? mentary committee which satinl 8 & > , to examine into the accidents and explosions in mines , decided that it was not a safety lamp , and ought not to be used in dangerous places ; but which recommendation the coal owners have not paid the least attention to .
The inquiry was , therefore , partly on tbe morits of the lamps ; and it was the expTCBBBu uBSive Of the workmen that they should be all supplied with the Stephenson ' s lamp in future , which it was understood the employers would most willingly concede to . The other part of the inquiry , relative to the supply of air being deficient , Mr . Johnstone , the viewer , admitted he could have put more air into the workings , but did not think it necessary , notwithstanding several men had been burnt from the want of air to properly carry off the gasses given out by the conl . The inspector of mines gave it as his opinion that more air was necessary , and manvof the workmen stated their aDorehension of
danger from the deficiency thereof , and two men left the colliery a day or two previous to the explo : sion , through the said apprehensions ; yet , despite those palpable evidences of neglect ou the part of the proprietors or managers , the jury returned the verdict as stated at the beginning of this communication . The attorney employed by the workmen did his best to put their case clearly before tho jury ; but the coroner having made it a rule , in what lie calls his court , not to allow any questions to be put to any of the witnesses except they are made out in writing , necessarily impeded him in his important duties , and militated considerably against the inquiry . The workmen seeing this , agreed to a resolution : — " That tho coroner would be pleased to allow the questions to be put
direct to the witnesses , and an unrestricted examination of the same . " But his coronership was firm , and would not grant this boon to the cause of suffering humanity . It was also elicited from the government inspector that he had never visited this pit , that the number of pits in his district were more than a thousand , consequently he could not visit them all in three years ; but At this stage of the proceedings the solicitor employ « d by the owners , and who is himself an owner , declared that such questions were not relevant to the inquiry , and thus put a stop to them . So ended this remarkable inquiry ; and it is to be hoped that tie workmen will not rest contented until more inspectors are got , and their lives more looked after than they have been hitherto . I im yours , &c . M . Jude .
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CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT AMONG TRADES' SOCIETIES . For some time past a Committee , composed of persons inviied by the Central Cooperative Agency , have had under their consideration the means by which the Trades' Societies in and around the Metropolis may be enabled to avail themselves of th 8 advantages of Cooperation , both in respect of the distribution and the production of wealth in connexion with the machinery for these purposes possessed by the Central Co-operative Agency . In order to enable our readers to understand the scope and bearing of the proposed movement , it may be briefly stated , that the Agency
has been formed by capital subscribed by several friends of associative action , and placed under the management of a company of partners , upon a sound commercial basis . The principal portion of the capital has been subscribed by E . Vanslttart Neale , Esq ., a gentleman who has for a considerable period taken the most lively and laudable interest in this mode of improving the condition of the working-classes , and indeed , of all , and who . l besides the large sum advanced to the Centraf Agency , has most liberally aided several os the Metropolitan Working Men's Societie
with the capital requisite for their respective businesses . From tbe reports that have at various periods appeared in our columnSj as well as tlio notices we have occasionally given of the progress of tbe movement , our readers are aware that Co-operative Societies are wide-spread throughout the Country and rapidly on the increase . To a considerable extent this has been owing to the effects of the gentlemen who have associated themselves to promote the formation of Working Men ' s Associations ia connexion with Co operative Storesfor the sale of unadulterated goods .
, purchased in the best markets at wholesale prices . Scarcely a week passes in which we do not receive applications for information on the subject from various parts of the country , and tbe intelligence contained in the weekly organ of the movement , the ' Christian Socialist , ' demonstrates that the question is rapidly assuming a national aspect . In these circumstances the Central Co-operative Agency is naturally anxious to give all the aid in ^ their power towards the
organisation and concentration of the movement , and to place at the disposal of the various associations the valuable resources which their capital , their carefull y considered and sound commercial position have placed in their possession . In the course of the investigation as to tho best means of effecting this object , the backwardness of the metropolis as compared with other parts of the country has forcibly pressed itself on tbe notice of the Central Agency ; and they requested the assistance of the Committee referred to , to
advise with them as to tbe boat and most practical means of bringing the advantage of pure unadulterated provisions to the door of the working classes in London ; and also to enable Trades' Societies , if so disposed , to find a market for their productions through the same medium . The result has been in tho first instance the issue of the following important circular , to which we request the earnest attention of our readers : — London Central Co-operative Agency , 7 C , Charlotte-street .
TO TCTK BOARD OF TM 5 TKADB . CtesiLBMEN , —Considering that Trades' Societies , whatever may have been the efficiency of the menns employed , for their purposes , ate just now an defensive bodies the only representatives in England of a common and concerted effort of the working men to protect the interests of their own labour , the Trustees and Partners of the Cen tral Co-operative Agency feel it a . duty to place before you some account of the efforts which have been attempted , to substitute for a mere Defensive Organisation the application of the principle of direct Association for Production , Distribution , and
Consumption , and at the same time , some proposals , specially addressed to tbe Trades on the part of the above named Co-operativo Agency . . ggThe Trades' Societies , whose object we think to be , the maintenance of the Price of Labour at an equitable standard , have been and ever will be chocked by the fact , that the prices of produce sola , and the profits thereon being dependent on many causes , are essentially variable . Thence tne Masters have some reason for saying that , the conditions andresiilts of the competitive fight being Uncertain and t > n their own risk , tbe working me » , whose share in the sale is discontinued beforehand , by their receiving wages , have no well founded
claim to share in the gains of trade einco they are not liable for its losses . By enabling the working men to keep for them-Belve 3 the whole or part of the profits , tho principle of Associative labour is the proper means of always keeping the remuneration of labour at an equitable standard . There is another evil , for remedying which the Trade Societies have not hitherto taken aDy steps . By means of mercantile profits made on the articles of food , clothing , and other necessaries for his domestic consumption , the Working Man has sometimes to bear an indirect reduction of twentyfive per cent ., and eyen more , on bis wages , the very day he receives them . » This indirect mod , « of diwinisaipg the wages of
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the Working Man and the effects of Adulteration on his Health , are being counteracted through the instrumentality of the Co-operative Stores organised in vnrious parts of England and Scotland Meanwhile , Working Men ' s Associations have bee :-established , and are establishing themselves in London and in various parts of England , to secure to labour an equitable share of profits . These efforts being destitute of a centre of business , the Central Co-operative Agency has been established . is a Legal and Financial Institution for aiding the formnt ' on of Stores and Associations , for Buying and Selling on their hehnif , and ultimately for organising credit and interchange between them . n . ~ ~ us- ~ Z ~ - ~ a « ZT . « ...- ...
The persons embarked both in the Associations and Stores have hitherto become connected merely by chance , or by individual acquaintance . The time now seems to have arrived for calling the attention of tho Trades to so important an effort , and inducing them to make their present organisations tho means of applying the principle of Industrial Association to Production , Consumption , and Distribution . With that view the Trustees and Partners of the Centrnl Co-operative Agency have called together a Committee composed of Gentlemen well known to the Trades as their Friends and Supporters or Members of their hodieu , and of Managers of some of the existing Stores and Associations .
After mature consideration and discussion of the objects m view , the Trustees and Partners of the Untral Co-Operative Agency , with the adWco of tho Committee , have agreed that the following proposals should be sent to the various Trades through their regular Committees and Secretaries : —
PHOPOSitS . The Members of tho various Trades will bo invited to consider the expediency of forming a Model Association in each Trade , and of organising Cooperative Stores , either in each Trade or by a oonbination of Working Men of various Trades in different localities , to supply to their Members the articles of Domestic Cnnsumption , tho Materials for Production and any commodities they may dad it to desirable to procure . The Stores will be formed by procuring either from the Funds of the Trade Soeieiies or by Special Subscriptions amongst the afembers , the means of fitting up . a convenient place , and procuring in advance two weeks' consumption of the Members and their families .
The Model Association will bo formed also by tho Funds of tho Trada , or by special subscriptions amongst the Members , and will undertake to execute orders for the articles of thoir production , and employ for tho execution of these orders suoh of their Members » b are out of work . The Model Associations and Stores will be organised by and under the control of the Committees of existing Trade Societies . The Central Co-operative Agency will undortake , lst . —To supply to the Model stores and Associations , at Wholesale Prices , all Goods they may require , either as Articles of Consumption or Materials . 2 nd . —To Warehouse , Show , and Soil their Produce , On their account , and on Commission .
3 rd . ~ To Advertise and Collect Orders ou their behalf . 4 tb . ~ To provide for any feasible and profitable operations of Credit or Exchange among the Associations . 5 th . —To put the Associations on the one hand in communication with Capitalists , and on the other with Traders or Customers . It is for the _ Trade Societies to consider what kind of connexion they will establish with the already existing Society for Promoting Working Men ' s Associations .
In puranance of the above resolutions the Agency and the Committee have agreed that copies of tbe undermentioned papers be forwarded to the Committees of the various Trades , viz .: —The Prospectus of the Central Co-operative Agency ; the Report of a Meeting for the Establishment of that Institution ; a LiBt of the Wholesale Prices at their Grocery Stores ; a catalogue of the Articles sold by the Shops in connexion with the said Agency ; Rules framed for establishing Co-operative Stores under the Friendly Societies' Act ; a Prospectus of the Tyindsor Iron Works' Company ( Liverpool ) , as showing the best framed scheme of a Legal Association of Working Men .
Tho above mentioned Consulting Committee , which has been formed for the purpose of assisting the Central Cs-operative Agency in carrying these objects into effect and recommending the adoption of the plans of tbe Agency by the various Trades ' Societies , is composed of the following ' . —Messrs , Thornton Hunt , G . A . Fleming , Richard Hart , Members of the Press—Mr . William Allen , Amalgamated Iron Trades—Mr . B . Jennings , Manager of the Pimlico Builders' Association—Mr . Richard Iaham , Manager of tlie Working Printers' Association—Mr Mole , North London Builders' Association—Mr . Newton , Amalgamated Iron Trades , and
Secretary of the London and Counties Fire and Life Assurance Company—Mr . Nottage , Pimlico Builders' Association—Mr . Poliard , Pimlico Builders' Association—Mr . William PonH , Secretary of tho Pimlico Builders' Association—Mr . J . Pickard , Manager of the North London Builders' Association—Mr . Rayson , Pimlico Builders' Association-Mr . Jefferies , Manager of tho Working Shoemakers ' Association—Mr . Thomas Shorter , One of the Secretaries of the Society for Promoting Working Men ' s Associations—Mr . Wm , Stevens , Managetrjf the Pimlico Co-operative Store—Mr , D . Walford , Pimlico Builders' Association .
It has been agreed also , that an Acting Board selected from and by the Consulting Committee , should assist the Agency in visiting the various Trades , and forwarding tho execution of the above Resolutions . The Acting Board is composed a 3 follows : —Mr , John Douthwaite ( Delegate of the Co-operative Agency ) , Messrs . Wm . Allan , Richard Hart , G . A . Fleming , II . Jefferies , Wrn . Newton , Wm . Pond , Wm . Stevens . In accordance with those Resolutions , gentlemen , we beg to enclose the above documents , and to request you to appoint a day when it would be convenient for you to enter into communication with the Delegates of the Agency .
The Trustees and Partners of the Central Cooperative Agency : —Edward Vansittart Neale , — Thos .. Hughes , Trustees . Lechevalier , Woodin , Jones , & Co ., Commercial House , The Delegate of the Agency to the Acting Bo « rd : —John Douthwaite . The Members of the Acting Board : —William Allen , Richard Hart , G . A . Eleming , II . Joffevies , William Newton , William Tond , and 'William Stevens . It will be seen , that ia its practical bearings no more important document than the above has ever been issued to the Trades of the metropolis ; that , in fact , it heralds a vaBt , hut
peaceable revolution of the relations of capital and labour , of supply and demand , through the medium , of the organised , legal , and constructive efforts of the United Trades , under the direction , and with tho aid of the Central Agency . We have done sufficient in placing the document before our readers for the present , and shall return to the subject next week , -when wo shall endeavour to explain in detail , the mode in which it is proposed to carry but the movement and the principles on which the Central Agency conduct their business .
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LATEST FOREIGN NEWS . Paris , Tbursday . —The Assembly has rejected the second reading of the Electoral Law . 355 against 348 . Mantcta , Nov . 5 , —The priest Giovanni Gfrioli , a native of ; Mamua , bas been shot for attempting to suborn the Austrian soldiery . Berlin , Nov . 12 . —' Leopold Frederick , by God ' s-giace , high and mighty reigning Duke of Anhault , Duke GotheD , Duke of Saxony , Eugern and Westphalia , Count of Askanifl , and Lord of Zerbst , Bernberg and Grobzig , ' has just issued a proclamation , abolishing on his sole high and mighty authority the constitution of the duchies over which he is so grand a potentate .
However ridiculously hateful , the display he has made of his petty absolutism would otherwise be , it is as formidable as hateful when one considers that the puppet has Russia , Austria , and Prussia , and all the German governments represented at Frank , fort at his back . NAPLES . —On the 7 th inst . the Criminal Court had tried the fourteen prisoners who remained of the alleged conspirators called ' I Pugualatori . ' One of tbe accused , the Cnvaliere Tagliaria , said that be bad been thrown into a dungeon of the Castel del Ovo , and kept there several days . He was then visited by an inspector of police , who told him that if he wished to see his daughter and father alive , he must sign a paper suggested by the police , which enrolled among other members of the ' Assassins ' Society' Sir \ V . Temple and the Sardinian minister ,
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" ^—¦————— — . ¦—» TREATMENT OF MR . O'CONNOB AT THE KOSSUTH METROPOLITAN DEMONSTRATION . Ashtos-unberLynb . — Meeting of Delegates . —A meetiug of delegates was held on Sun day last in the Chartist room , when thn following places were represented -. —Manchester , Stockpnrt , Ashton-undn-Lynp , Ssaleyhridg ,. , &c . Mr . Joseph llougltton , of Stockport , was called to tlie chair . Tbe delegates having produced their credentials , die secretary read the minuses o / the last mcetin K *———— . ,. ¦ ¦ _ u ^ g
, which , with some slight alterations , were unanimously confirmed , ami the following resolutions agreed to :- ' Thai William Grocott be secretary to the delegates for -the next three months ; and that Mr . John Uifby be treasurer for the same period . ' ' That a local lecturers' plan he drawnjup aud presented forthwith , and that Messrs . Hooson and Grocott make the necessary arrangements / 1 That each iecturer l » e paid his railway fare to and from the place of liis appointment , and be furnished with sufficient refreshments at the expense of the localitv wherein he labours . ' ' That as the
" Northern Star '' newspaper has long been recognised as the organ of the Chartist movement , we consider ourselves perfectly justified in canvassing the merits of any leading article contained therein , more especiall y when we have reason to believe that such articles ave opposed to the progress of Chartism . We therefore respectfully , but emphatically , declare our entire and unqualified disapproval of the policy recommended by the editor in an avuele headed the New Re ' orm Bill , as having a tendency to still further spread dissension in oiir
ranks , check the present improving organisation of the localities to which we respectively helong , and materially injure the circulation of the paper . ' 1 That while we admit the right of individual members ofthe Executive to givein theiradbeaion tomid * die class policy ; wedeny Hie right of any man filling an official situation in the Chartist Association to recommend a line of policy at variance with that agreed to by the laie Convention until that policy be changed by another Convention ; and we are of opinion the men who act bo inconsistently ought to retire from the Executive . * ' That the next
delegate meeting be held in the Chartist-room , Cheapside , Stockport , on Sunday , the 30 th of November next , and that those localities who have not sent delegatea be respectfully requested to send one to the next meeting . ' ' That the business of the next meeting commence at haH-paat ten o ' clock in tbe forenoon . ' ' That we adjourn to Sunday , the Oth of November . '
Signed on behalf of the delegates , Josbvii Houghton , Chairman . Paisiet . —We , the undersigned , consider the con » duct of tho committee that got up the demonstration in honour of Kossuth , disgraceful and anti-democratic , in not allowing Mr . O'Connor into the committee-room , and that however we may differ with i \ h \ O'Connor ' suoliuy in c 6 n » eidon -with tho Chartist movement , tho sacrifices he has made in tho People ' s cause deserves better treatment , and we deeply symputlii . se with him in the present attempt to snuli him out of the democratic move * menfc . Signed by fifty-one personB .
Mr . Thomas Brown , for himself and several other parties , in a letter , for which we regret wo cannot find spaco , expresses strongly tho indignation excited by tho treatment of Mr . O'Coniior at Copenhagen House , and bears strong testimony to the energetic , valuable , and disinterested services of Mr . O'Connor to the body of Hungarian refugees , for whom ho ( Mr . Brown ) so long acted as secretary . He expresses a similar opinion to other correspondents , that it was possible Mr . Thornton Hunt and Mr . O'Connor can sit on the same Executive and call for the rotiromont of Mr . Hunt .
§ T . ocKPOR'r . ~ At a meeting ef members , held in tbe Association Rooms , on Sunday last , Mr . Graham in the chair , after the business of the locality was disposed of , tho following resolution , after a lengthy and careful discussion , was agreed upon : — " That this meeting has read with deep regret in " Reynolds s Newspaper" the unpleasant position that Mi . O'Connor was placed in at the Working Men ' s Demonstration to Kossuth at London , and considers that Mr . ^ O'Connor was so treated by the misrepresentations of Mr . Thornton | Hunt to the Committee . Wo , tho Old Guards of Chartism , ill this locality consider that Mr . Hunt is not as fib and proper person to represent the Chartist body in the Executive , and request that gentleman immediately to resign his scat in the Executive , and also that the best ' thanks of this meeting be given to Mr . G . \ Y . M . Reynolds for his gentlemanly conduct displayed towards our old Sand tried friend , Mr . O'Connor .
Bristol —ag the usual weekly meeting of tho members of this locality , the following resolution was proposed by Mr , John Rogers , seconded by Mr . Charles Clark : — " This meeting heaving from " Iieynolds ' s Newspaper , " a report of the London Demonstration in honour of M . Kossuth , wo observe with sorrow and indignation tho foul and ungentlcmanly ; attempt systematically made by certain parties to exclude Mi . O'Connor from tho presence of tbe Hungarian Chieftain . We view it as an insult to the working classes who formed the Demonstration , and in whose name it was got up , und to Mr . O'Connor as a gentleman , 'who is Rt
oast as highly deserving the sympathy and gratitude of the working classes of this country for tho many years gratuitous services , sacrifices , and persecutions he has endured m their behalf , as the illustrious Kossuth himself . In our opinion , such an ungenerous attempt to obtain [ popularity at tho expense of real patriotism , from any quarter , will bo looked upon , by every right minded Democrat , as the efforts of a puny wasp trying to sting an elephant . Wo also wish to present our sincere thanks to Mr . G . W . M . Reynolds , for his gentlemanly conduct towards tho Champion of Domo « cracy on that occasion . "—Carried unanimously .
\> ith reference to tho same subject wo have received the following from the Central Committee :-" The subjoined resolution was passed at a meeting of the Kossutlv Demonstration Committee oa Thursday night . " ' That , a question having been raised respecting the proceedings at Copenhagen-house on the 3 rti instant , the following statement of facts be recorded , and forwarded to the newspapers . ' Tho sole object of the Committee in thearrange * ments for Mond / iy , the 3 rd instant , was to make the demonstration as effective , and therefore as orderly , as possible , ' The Committee know that Mr . O ' Connor ' s conduct could not be relied upon ; as his behaviour on previous and recent occasions proved that his ac tions were not under hia own control .
' The Committee had had assurances that M . " Kossuth objectod to receiving an address if Mr , FeavgU 9 O'Cohnor took part in the proceedings , and the Committee made their arrangements ac « cordingly . ' On the 10 th instant the Committee passed a resolution approving ofthe conduct of tho Chairman on tho 3 rd instant . ' "A . E . Deuforce , Financial Secretarv . "
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THE LIVERPOOL COUNTY COV 11 T INQUIRY . Pueston . —On Friday , tho 7 th inst .. The counsel for Mr . Ramshay asked for a long adjournment , to get up the defence ; but Lord Oarlisle ' observed tbiifi little had been brought forward that Mr , Ratnshay might riot have expected , and that has not long been matter of public notoriety . TJie proceedings wero therefore resumed on Monday ; but tbe conn , sel again bo » ged for time , and were allowed anothec day . Tuesday's proceedings terminated with tho reading , by Mr . Ramshay ' s counsel , of a number of cases from various Jaw- authorities , bearing mors ov less upon tho disputed points as to Mr . Bamshny ' a alleged undue assumption of authority . J ? one of
the cases cited , however , possess any interest tothe general reader . Mv . Sergeant \ 7 ilkins commenced his address in defence of Mr . Ramsnny on Wednesday , during which , he contended that Mr . Ramshay bad acted legally up to the point when ha sent his bailiffs by his " order" to bring Mr . 'Wb . iity before him ; and tho latter , by refusing to go , was guilty of tho greatest contempt that could possibly be committed . He implored his lordship not td listen to the clamours of tho men who sought thB ephemeral honours of tho day , but to do that for * which posterity would * bless him , and resist tag phalanx that would hunt both his lordship and Mr . RamBhay from the position they now occupy . Mr . Sergeant " Wiltons brought his address on behalf oi Mr . Ramshay to a conclusion on Thursday morn « ing . Mr . John Stewart , a member of the town council of Liverpool , deposed that on the 5 th of he at
September was the County Court , and hear d tlie case of n landlord against his tenant . The conduct of the judge appeared to . be Perfectly BroooB and courteous . Mr . liking , estate aeont JfS present n the County Court % u one or 5 * oS sions . 1 he judge ' s bearing seemed to be quita calm and judicial , and hia decisions clear and satistactory . Ho was present when the case " Merceu v . Kogkell was tried . There im no coercion used towards tbe jury by Mr . Ramshay , but he put tha case before them in a proper and regular manner , Mr . Lawrence Green , solicitor , of Liverpool , examined by Sergeant Wilkins , deposed that jn hia opinion Mr . Ramshay is a most admirable judge . The only fault he had to find was that the judge was too patient , amounting almoat to tediouBness . Several solicitors practising in Liverpool gavq similar testimony .
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ArroiKTMENr Mr . Edward Joseph Barley in apppontment a member of the Legislative Council of Ceylen , during ( he temporary absenw of Mr # Ji Swan ,
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MONIES RECEIVED Fob thk Ttas Ending Thursday , 2 f 0 VEMBEB 13 th , 1851 . THE HONESTY FUND . BECE 1 VED BY W . EIDEB . £ s . a . Halifax , per E . Sutcliffe .. .. .. 10 0 NATIONAL CHARTER fUND . Received by John Abvott . —Islington locality , per A . J . Wood 3 s—Wakefield , perD . Heald 7 s 6 d—Newcastle-on-Tyne , per G . Grant 8 s 83—Bury , per John Bean 13 s 2 d—Two young Red Republicans , Liverpool 8 d—T , Hartley , Sheffield Is M—Great Grimsby , per J . Button 8 s—J . Fewkes Is—Mr . Farrow , Hoxton 64—H . II .. little Gompton-street 3 s—Camperdown locality , per T ; Weatherby Is 6 d—NewRadford , per W . Lees 2 s 3 d—II . Wilks , Westminster 6 d—For Tracts 8 s . —Total £ 219 s 3 d . FOR DEBT DUE BY REFUGEES : Received by W Hides . —C . Seagrave , Farnham Is fid .
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Leicester . —Mr . Thomas Cooper lectured here some few days since , and took out his card as a Member of the National Charter Association . He exhorted his audiences to follow his example , and urged on them to do all in their power to extend the organisation-Two Children Bcrnx zo Death . — On Friday afternoon Mr . Bedford held two inquests at the St . George's Hospital on the bodies of two children , whose death resnlted from burns . The first was on Jane Fadgett , aged seven years , who was left at her residence , 2 , Mulberry-hall , Kenningtonroad , on Monday afternoon last . It is supposed the unfortunate girl was fanning the fire with her apron and set it on fire ; but there being no direct evidence to show this , the jury returned an open verdict . The next was on a little girl named Mary Ann French , aged seven years , the daughter of a
coachman , who , having just lighted a fire afc seven o ' clock on "Weduesday morning , left tho candle on the hearthstone , and when attempting to reach a pin from the mantle-piece to fasten her dress , caught her frock on fire . Tbe jury returned a verdicti of " Accidental Death" in this case . The coroner remarked that these were the two most awful cases of burning he had ever met with . Is Genoa , out of a population of 120 , 000 , there are U 000 monks , friars , nuns , and ecclesiastics of various kinds , all a dead weight upon society , and supported altogether by the industrious members of the community . Ko wonder that the people are beginning to tire of priestcraft . , . _ ..,. , A Lube tob a PASiOR .-The "Ecclesiastical Gazette" advertises for sale the next presentation to a rectory in the diocese of Exeter , " close to the meets of tbe Devon and Somerset Btag and fox
Mb G . Siephbits , author of " Martinuizi , " and ether tragedies , died on the 15 th tilt ., after suffering from long-declining ,. health , and unexpected reverses of fortvm ? , ^^ . t&fen
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HoiLowArs Ointment and Tills the best remedy to Cure Bad Legs . —Eliza Dew , the wife of a farm servant , living at Dinton , near Salisbury , suffered for sereral months with a tore leg , the ulceration of which was so dreadfully obstinate , that it defisd the skill of eminent medical men to abate its malignancy . 'When in Us wont state she commenced using Holloway ' s Ointment and Pills , which soon produced favourable appearances , and bj persevering in their use for a short period , she can now boast of a sound cure . There is no case however obBtinate , bad , or long-standing , but may be cured by tu « se admirable medicines , *
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the November 15 , 1851 . THE NORTHERN STAR . ixr \ ¦
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES . T . S . Duxcoubb , Esq ., M . P ., President . " FIAT JUSIITIA . " "If it were possible for the working classes , by combining among themselves , to raise , or keep up the general rate of wages , it need hardly be said that this would be a thing not to bepunished , but to be welcomed and rejoiced at . " Stcart Mill . THE WOLVERHAMPTON CONSPIRACY CASE . POSTPONEMENT OF THE PoCEEDINGS IN THE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH , AT THE INSTANCE OF THE PROSECUTOR ' S ATTORNIES , MESSRS . CORSER AND UNDERBILL . ' The glorious uncertainty of the law' has become , in this country , a proverbial axiom , and it appears that the very celebrated case of Perry , versus Rowlands and others , Ji 8 to be no exception to thia time-honoured anomaly ; and , therefore , notwithstanding the arrangement entered into in open court between the counsel for the defendants and the Bench ( As reported in last week ' s ' Star , ' ) that the defendants were to be called up for judgment on the
13 th inst . Messrs . Oorser and Underbill have discovered , after four months' consideration , that they are not in a fit state of preparation to enter into a discussion upon the grave questions involved , at so early a date . Fresh arrangments have , therefore , been made and fresh notices served uponthedefendants for the 21 st of the present month , by which time we hope these gentlemen will be fully prepared to defend the anomalies of the indictment , the inconsistencies of the verdict , and the novelty of the law , as laid down by the learned judge , It would be manifestly injudicious in us , to hazard an opinion upon the various rumours which have reached us , aa to the doubts and perplexities—tne hopes and fears—which are now pervading the enemy ' s camp .
But we can readily imagine that the strong probabilit y which exists of a new trial being ordered , must be dreadfully annoying both to prosecutors and witnesses . It would indeed delight us , to have another fair opportunity of exposing the mis-statements by which these prosecutions have been supported ; we would willin gly forego thia high satisfaction , aud bear any punishment which the judges of England shall decide due to us in virtue of
that verdict , if the great question involved in the ninth and tenth counts can at once be fairly argued and decided . This is , indeed , the only question which , in our own judgment , justified our appeal to our fellow workmen . It is the only question in the whole of these monstrous indictments in which they are interested ; it is a question which decides whether they , in their industrial capacity , are freemen or slaves .
If the proposition laid down by Mr . Justice Erie as the law of England , be indeed true and veritable law , then is the condition of British labour in a state of vassalage , more complete , more degrading and humiliating , than was the condition of the serfs and villains of the feudal ages . But , no ; the working men of Great Britain are not going back to feudalism , though all the judgeB of England should tell them so .
This , then , fellow workmen , is the question , the only question that we are anxious to have decided ; and for any other , arising out of these prosecutions , we do not care a rush . We can contemplate and suffer with becoming indifference , a few weeks or months incarceration for our presumed , though unproved delinquencies , in deference to the stupid undiscrimiuating , unreasoning verdict , jumped at by a prejudiced class jury ; but the sentence , which pronounces ' peaceful porsuaBion' of our indictable offence , places the whole working class of Great Britain out ofthe pale of civil and social law .
"Wo have great faith in tho wisdom and integrity of the judges of Englaad , and wo feel convinced , that if the prosecutors have the hardihood to attempt maintaining the absrud verdict of the jury , a new trial must be the result ; when increased facilities will bo afforded us of rebutting the testimony of the wretched men who gave their evidence upon the late trials . Whatever may be the precise from the forthcoming discussions may take , we have no fear of an ultimate triumph for labour . The plottings and machinations of this persecuting faction must eventuate in their utter discomfiture and disgrace .
We trust our friends and sympathisers will not relax in their noble exertions to place within our reach the means necessary to fight this great and important principle . It is quite impossible to foresee what further proceedings may be necessary . Wo may be under the immediate necessity of taking the case by Writ of Error into the Exchequer Chamber , before the judges of England , a right coble jury , whom , we feel convinced , will confirm Lord Cranworth's view of the law , and place , for ever , the rights of industry in this country upon an intelligible and equitable basis .
Our correspondence from ^ aviows pai'ta of England amply proves that the whole tribe of petty , yelping capitalists , are waiting , with ' bated breath / the result of these , prosecutions , they , eren no \ r } but scarcely let ' I would wait upon I dare ; ' and the judgment which confirms Judge Erie ' s law will let slip the dogs of war from the John o'Groats to the Lands End upon the proscribed , emaculated head of British Industry . We believe the spirited attitude assumed in resistance of their despicable machinations has caused them to pause , and that a persistance in the same manly determination will ensure us a crowning triumph . William Peel , Secretary . 259 , Tottenham-court-road .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 15, 1851, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1652/page/5/
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