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members of the Society to the exercise of their own discretion , as to the - par * which they might take in the matter , aud the advice which they might give to either party . But tha saajjss . tf the "Masters ' Strike" hns been the triumph of Co-operation . A hundred thousand pounds may have been wasted , or the opportunity of earning them foregone , by the working-men . But we have every reason to hope that itls for the last time that such au expenditure will tuke place . The Amalgamated Society has declared in favour of co-operative labour , nnd rerised its laws so as to make the reproductive ' employment of its members the very hinge
of its proceedings . The Kational Association of United Trades lias proclaimed that "the time has come for the entire abandonment of strikes and turn-outs as a means of protecting labour , " and that " the only thing left" is , in future , " to organize and carry out a self-supporting co-operative reproductive system of employment . " Out of the strike in the engineering trade itself , many associations of working engineers , including the flourishing " East London Iron Works " and " Atlas Company " in London , have sprung up ; and throughout the country tnany and many a trade society is engaged in discussing the propriety of entering open co-operative labour , and availing itself of the provisions of the new act . ' Some further extracts will be g iven , in . next Saturday ' s Star of Freedom . *
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. Bradford . —bECULAR Lectures . —Mr . Broom gave a second discourse last Sunday on the paganism of Christianity . He went over a library of Christian historians , " giving admission upon admission against the doctrines of the churches . Monday night ho opposed the Rev . Reid , who preached to the working classes for the Independent Conference . Mr . Broom stated that he could prove Christianity to be paganism from the works af MAllman , Mosheim , and Guihot . It was agreed to allow him to do so on Tuesday evening , affer Rev . Bremin Grant had lectured , Consequently , on Tuesday , Mr . Broom attended , to read voluminous extracts from the three writers , who , being Christians , condemned Christianity , stated it had degraded society , fostered crime , destreyed liberty , and annihilated intellectual progress . An immense audience was present , and repeatedly applauded . The platform was covered with Keverends .
Mesmerism axv Claikyotajjce . —Gbkald Massey gave Jus third lecture on Monday evening , the 18 th inst , in the Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , Fitzroy-square . There was a very good attendance , the platform especially being crowded . On this occasion the lecturer atlemped to explain the phenomenon of Clairvoyance , and show how it was produced , which was very startling and interesting , and to judge from the audience / received with satisfaction . There were some medical sceptics , well Known , in the scientific world , present , who came to doubt and expose ' the humbug , " and it was very interesting to watch thetr change irom doubt to wonder , from wonder to belief , and as the experiments went on , to heer them assert their full and perfect conviction to the audience . We should say this was the best ^ Lecture , the matter being mostly new , and « tn the Clairvoyante was in better health and spirits , the experiments were more brilliant and successful than ever .
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THE FRAMEWORK-KNITTERS OF HINCKLEY . TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR OF FREEDOM . Sir , —At a time when usurers and capitalists aspire to become the sole governors of once Great Britain and her dependencies , it may be well at times to inquire' into the condition of the working classes . £ The time once was when the framework-knitters of I-Iincldey could , by working ten or twelve hours per day , obtain a sufficiency of all the necessaries of life , could appear respectable , could iill their homes with good furniture , couid clothe their children in a decent manner , and then be able to lay by for sickness or old age ; and then their employers grew rich , often in a very short , time . But these days are past and gone , perhaps for ever .
The framework-knitters cannot now obtain a sufficiency of the necessaries of life , even by woiking fifteen or sixteen , and in some sases' seventeen or eighteen , hours per day . Joy is no longer seen n their countenances ; in their minds sorrow and despair prevail . Most of their homes remind the visitor of the wilderness in winter , where all is gloom and desolation . Many of their children are seen running through the streets clothed in rags , often with no shoes to their fee : ; while their younger children are often heard to cry for food when ' their parents have none to give them . Yet their employers grow rich , and merchants and speculators realise princely fortunes by buying cheap and selling dear , robbing the labourers of most of the wealth produced by their industrv .
Not a class of workmen in the country have tried more than have the framework-knitters of Hinekley to keep up wages . Tradesunions have been numerous , and strikes have been frequent , long , and severe ; yet wages are lower now than they have ever been . The wealth-possessors rule rampant , and the wealth-creators lie prostrate in tlie dust . ; During the last twelve or fourteen months those employed in the Straight-down-hose branch have suffered two , and some of them three reductions ; while those engaged in the wrought-hose branch have hacL to improve the quality of the hose to an extent that has greatly diminished their weekly earnings . So low aie the wages of the wrought-hose hands , that an ordinary hand cannot earn more than five or six shillings per week .
Trade is now-very good , and the demand is expected to increase for some time to come . As a consequence , the men are resolved to try for an advance . They think , and naturally , of what has been so often told them , that supply and demand regulate wages ; and as they know from experience that wages always fall when a depressionstakes place , now , the demand being very good , they think that wages ought to rise . 611 Tuesday , the 5 th instant , the men of both branches had a public meeting at the Town-hal ! , to appoint a deputation to wait on the masters to solicit an advance ; but no , not one master in the
town was willing to give even a small advance . But the men have had another public meeting , and intend to agitate the district on the subject for a few weeks ; and then , if the masters still refuse , the men will , very probably , see what another strike will do for them . What a position to be occupied by the woiking men of Old England ; men with families working for five shillings per week ! Oh , Britain ! where is thy boasted glory ? in what consists thy boasted greatness ? Oh \ e who boast of love for the true and just , and ye who have so often sung " Britons never shall be slaves , " when shall cease the slavery of Britain ' s wealth-creators ? S Hmckley , October 18 th , 1852 .
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THE TEN HOURS BILL . PRESENTATION OP AN ADDRESS TO ItlCHARD . OASTLER , ESQ . * JFrom the MuddersfieU Chronicle , October 16 th , 1852 . J During the past week or two , Richard Oastler , Esq ., so well known for his labours in the promotion of the Ten Hours' Bill , hns been on a visit to this neighbourhood , and is at present the guest of Mr . T . R . Tatiiam , surgeon , his brother-in-law . The Short Time Committee deeming it a fitting opportunity for congratulating him
on the success of his labours , and for assuring him of their continued sympathy , invited him to meet the committee at the Greyhound Inn , Manchester-road , on Tuesday last , for the purpose of with a congratulatory address . The chair was token by Mr . Samuel Glendenning , and there were present Mr . John Lee ? . h , Mr . Hawkyard , and other members of the committee . Mr . Oastler . entered thejioom about a quarter before eight o ' clock , and was received with the warmest manifestations of applause .
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The Chairman briefly opened the proceedings by expressing the pleasure which they had in meeting Mr . Oastler on this occasion , after which he called upon Mr . John-Leech , the secretary , who came forward and read , and afterwards presented the following address : — To Richard Oastler , the undeviating friend of the Factory Children . 11 Reverend'Sir , —With great pleasure the members of the Huddersfield Shorttime Committee learn that you have taken up your abode for a short period in the town of Huddersfield . on a visit to vour old friends , neighbours , and
acquaintances ; and they cannot permit thu opportunity of your presence in this good town , so memorable in connection with the " short-time agitation /*—to pass by without publicly congratulating you on the signal success which has iesulted from the efforts to limit the period of . working in factories for children , ^ Yomen , and young persons , and also on the incalculable benefit arising from the shorttime measures in operation . When we call to mind that it was in this said town of Huddersfield that the union between yourself and the factory workers was entered into and cemented , whereby all parties agreed to lay aside their political and religions differences and prejudices , and to work harmoniously together for a measure to limit the hours of labour in factories—then unlimited , -and the
factories from this cause then the constant scene of hardship , cruelty , and oppression , incredible at the present day , — when we remember that our first meetings at the Ship Inn , consisted but of some dozen operatives in conjunction with yourself , to lay the wrongs of the factory workers before the world , and to plead for protection to those who were the slaves of a most oppressive system , and unable to protect themselves—and when we reflect that in the beginning of-this short-time contest we had opposed to us the legislature , the press , the professions , the pulpit , the employers of labour , and a great part even of the operatives themselves , — when we call those things to mind , and remember also how the short-time question progressed in the public mind , until the parliament itself ( at the instance of thut uncompromising friend of the factory workers , John Fielden , Esq ., ) gave legislative sanction to the Ten Hours' Bill—we feel unbounded thankfulness that
it was permitted to us , ihe operatives of Huddersfield , to engage and labour in such a good work ; and we are filled , with gratitude unspeakable for the devotion , the energy , tlie talent , and the zeal which you , dear sir , brought to bear throughout the contest , carrying conviction home to the hearts of all , and contributing more than any individual by your untiring labours and your honest devotedness , to the success of that great measure of factory regulation , the Ten Hours' Act . "Into the circumstances which resulted in the present ' compromise , ' or Ten and a Half Hours' Act , it is not our intention at present to enter further than to say that we deplore that anything should have interfered to set aside , even in . a minor degree , the simple Ten Hours' Act of John Fielden .
With pride do we bear testimony to the uniform endeavours of the employers of labour throughout this district to give full effect to the measures of factory regulation which have been passed , and that too not in a niggardly or unwilling spirit , but with an evident desire to give the children , the females , and young persons employed in their factories , all the benefit of the acts passed for their protection . The result is a wide-spread feeling of mutual respect and regard between the employers and the employed . All parties here are satisfied with the operation of the measures limiting the hours of factory labour as far as they have gone . Former opponents now bear willing testimony to their beneficial effects , and frankly avow that their former fears of evil and loss were groundless ;
while the direct benefits which short time has secured for the factory workers are felt , and we hope appreciated , by them every day of their lives . With pain , however , do we hear that there sire employers in other parts who do not act in the spirit and manner above indicated , but who are seeking , by all the means in their power , to render factory legislation nugatory . It is far from our desire that the agitation upon this short-time question should be . renewed ; but if the objects and efforts of the employers we allude to , to defeat the intentions of the legislature , cannot be otherwise effectively met , there is no other course open to the factory workers . The Factory Regulation . Act is too dear a cost on tjie part of the operative classes , . to be allowed to be allowed to be snatched from them by
oppressive employers without an effort to retain it .. If the administrators of law will see to it that this great law of factory regulation is impartially enforced , well and good ; but if they do not do this , or if it be found that the machinery for its enforcement is deficient , we must again appeal to the public at large , and endeavour to influence public opinion in our favour , gWe should prefer that the matter may be arranged without agitation , but before we will consent to have the Factories' Regulation Act snatched from ' us , or rendered nugatory by ill-disposed employers , we . will , with our fellow-operatives , agitate in every manner possible , not only to secure what we have already obtained , but to make it thoroughly efficient for its intended purpose—the protection of the factory workers . We are , revered Sir , yours faithfully ,
¦ The Members or the Huddersfield Shout-time Committee . This address was signed by the chairman on behalf of the committee . Mr . Oastler then delivered a length y address , in which he remarked : —I perceive tlialvou have ,. as you thought , very carefully in this address shut the door to any observations from ' me ahout regaining the half hour we have lost . ( A . laugh . ) I watched your address right carefull y to see if there was a pin upon which I could hang my old Ten .-Hours ' . Bill coat —( a laugh )—but I didn ' t find it . 1 am sorry for it— -yerry sorry for it—but Though I don ' t come here to breed disunion- ( hear )—neither do I come here to leave anv
doubts when I am gone as to my opinions upon the subject . You have not opened the door , but J should feel that I had disgraced myself , and that I had done you 110 honour if I were to leave ° Huddersfield without distinctly lelling you that if no man in England save myself will raise the standard of the Ten Hours' Bill , I will raise it . ( Applause . ) If no man in England will assist I will strive to do it single handed . .. ( Renewed applause . ) And in doinoit , sir , I will be careful this tyne to be understood . It shall not now even be suspected by my bitterest enemies—if I have not outlived them all-it shall- » or , T say , even'be ; suspected thai I am
striving to-set the master against the man , and the man against the master . This time . I shall not have to rouse public feeling as I formerly had , to appreciate the suffering which 1 which to relieve . This time 1 shall not . have to speak' of the factory tyrant or of the factory slave . That " time is gone by . ( Hear . ) Those terms would be untrue ; slavery is now abolished in our English factories—but 1 shall have to speak of the honour of parliamentparliament having once granted the Ten Hours' Act , the honour of parliament is pledged to return it . ( Hear , hear . ) I shall have to show the fraud by which , we were robbed of the two hours per week . That fraud IwilUot speak of now . There was fraud in
high quarters It was said b y Sir George Grey / the late * Secretary ot the Home Department , in the House of Commons , in my own hearing that , the factory -operative had agreed to that compromise . ( Ones " Never , never . ' ) Who told Sir George Grey thai untruth I leave you to guew . Jt was accepted as a truth in the House of Commons , and it was believed that in passing the present law they were complying vmli the . wishes of the factory operatives . New I had just before that been throug h the great county of Lancashire attending meeting after meeting in the large towns and some in the small ones ; and-I know every one of those meetings did unanilesolve to hat
mousy r res ., . compromise-protested gainst itdeclared that they . womd never have it or abide by it—that they were no party 10 11 . I know that everyone of the Short Time Committees 1 . 1 \ orksh . rt , Lancashire , and Scotland were unanimous in their protest not to accept u . Delegate meetings for Yorkshire and Washire were held two or three times in Mandate , speciall y to decide that question , and they unanimously resolved not to accept , 1 . Ihe delegates in London did the same , and vhe 10 r leader publicly accepted th , s " compromise" in defiance of the resolutions or a ) these meetings , they held another meeting ad declared they believed the factory operatives would not ac ^ m t and they never have . ( Hear . ) With all these facts ' l la e grounds , to go to parliament . gain , and say , « . were ^ ™ f we were betrayer-give us that which you said we dese vedl-that
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which you intended to give us , or , at once declare t | ^ " ^ ^ honour which has hitherto bound the legislature at n llle 'H o ' England together is for ever broken . " * ' llle peop | ' At the conclusion of the proceedings , a resoluti adjourning the meeting to a future day , for the fimi Was aSted of the Ten Hours' Bill , and the Ten Hours' and uS S after a vote of thanks to the chairman , the meeun * brk ' ail ( J
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The Writ op DiSTRiKGAS .-The writ of distringas , to compel an , ipneiM is abelished by the Common Lair Procedure Act , as also for 1 JZ m > outlawry . l ULt - ulll iSs to The Achilli Trial . —Cardinal Wiseman has written to the archfaut the Austrian empire , entreating them to contribute somethin * toUroVii / expenses incurred by Dr . Newman in the Achilli affair . ° Declarations under the Nbw Act . —By the Common Law Pm , . Act , a plaintiff is to be deemed out of court unless lie shall dechre wirhi year after the writ of summons is returnable . Ono The Rangbrship op Hyde Park . —The Queen has appointed thn n » i- , Cambridge Ranger of St . James ' s Park , the Green Park , an cIP d " l room of the late Duke of Wellington . ' ' . !" tho ¦ The skeletons of a cat and a rat , in excellent preservation , have been ~ fom ,, i u Gerard's Hall crypt , London . The rat was firmly held iu the moutM Z « It is thought they had lain there about 400 or 500 vears
Thomas Hood . —Some gentlemen connected with the Whittineton Club hiv . originated a movement for erecting a monument to the poet Hood at Kp 1 Green Cemetery , where his body was interred . Our Commercial Laws .-A conference of deputations of Town CoundU Chambers of Commerce , and other public bodies , is about to be held in London to ^ consider the best means of obtaining a codification of om- commercial BrH ^ T * 7 h ClIEAT ' ~ A ™ " ^ tely undertook for . wager to walk from Bmtol to Bath in a very short space of time . He was , however , discovered aiding his locomotive efforts by quietly riding behind a fly . Of course , when this was found out he " evaporated .. "
Laudable Regulation . —The Peninsular and Oriental Company insist on officers appointed to their ships in India , and who have families dependent on ofdeatir ' ^ theU ' IiV 6 S k ° ' t 0 make provisions ibr tkk femlIics in « isa Abolition of Pieadixgs . —It i « provided by the Common Law Procedure Act that questions of fact may , after the writ of Himmons issued , and before judgment , by consent and order of a judge , be tried without formal pleadings . This will save great expense . Chancery Stamps . —The Lord Chancellor may order an officer of the court to Sell tiienewstarnna fnv Phnnn ...... j 1 . . 1 . i . _ . » . . . 0 sea the new stamps for Chancery documentsbut in of inconvenience
; case any , tue Island Comtr . issioners are to appoint persons , and allow a discount or poundage on the sale . Coukty Rates . —By a provision in the new County Bates Act it is enacted mat all business relating to the assessment and application of count . ) - rates must be transacted publicly and in open court , and no order is to be binding unless made publicly and in open court . The King op the Two Sicilies , by a recent decree , removes the prohibition to import foreign horses into the kingdom , and allows all such horses to be imported , with the exception of a peculiar sort from Dalmntia . Tlie decree fixes the duties which are to be paid on importation .
yoARANTiNK . —By an order of the 8 th of the Tuscan government all vessels , arriving from the ports of Prussia , the United States , and any other ports beyond tne btraits of Gibraltar , are to be subjected to a quarantine of six days , in order to ascertain that they have no cholera on board . Meeting op Parliament . —By a royal proclamation in a supplement to we London Gazette / ' of the 15 th inst . we learn that Parliament is to meet for the d js pntch of business on Thursday , the 4 th of November . A \ enbkablb Locomotive . —A New York paper says : —" The first locomotive used on this continent was imported from Liverpool , and i < still is existence ; it IMS recently been repaired , and is now running ou the Little Sdmy lkill Railroad , its antiquity and the singular arrangement of its machinery make it a great cunositv . "
The patrons of art will bo gratified to learn that it is intended to establish an Academy of Fine Arts in Leeds . Fught of the Harem . —A short time ago a fire occurred at a house ajuoming the summer palace of the Sultan , and the Indies of tlie harem were obliged to take refuge in the gardens . The poor imprisoned birds , however , no sooner found the cage door open than they were off in aU directions , and no trace has since been discovered of them . The author op the Multiplication Tabib . —We met a gentleman in a bookstore the other evening searching for the origin of the multiplication table . It was invented by Pythagoras , the Grecian philosopher , 223 years before Christ , and is thus 2 , 880 years old . it has done great service in the world in the study of mathematics .
Missing Travellers . —Some apprehensions are entertained in consequence of no intelligence having been received since Angust , 1851 , of the two German traveller * Darth , and Overwcg , who had undertaken the perilous mission of penctrating into the interior of Southern Africa . Bristol Chamber op Commerce . —A new Chamber of Commerce is in the course ot f ormation at Bristol , the Society of Merchants having intimated their intention of being subscribers of 1001 ., and also that they would lend one of thm rooms for meeting . About 150 subscribers have been obtained , including the Wl t ^! ^" n = m ™^ a ™ of the city . . _ , _ Liverpool the doors
Free Library and Museum .-Ou Monday afternoon of the Free Public Library and Museum were thrown open to ( he inhabilants o Liverpool ; the ceremony of inauguration having taken place in the forenoo n , * Jhieh Thomaa Litterdale , Esq ., mayor ; William Brown , Esq ., M . P .: ^ Thornely , Esq ., M > p . . ^^ ^ ^ present , and took part in the proceedings . The Leagu e BANQUET . -The League Banquet is to be held on the 2 d 0 Aovember . it had been fixed for Tuesday , the 9 th . but the meetinj ot ^ ' J ruent haTlng been altmd { rQm ^ ^ ^ ( he , ) ecessity of hav . n , 1 «» banque at least a couple of days before the assembling of tlie House of lo . nm has induced the council of the National Anti-Corn lair L ^ gue to wake change indicated .
Sudbek DEATH .-The Countess Hector d'Aubigny left her chateau at Oe innin three mornings ago , to visitMacon . As she was alighting from hc ^ J she uttered a feeble cry and fell senseless . She was taken into the neanj t W-. but was found to be quite dead . It b supposed that she decended h « v « l ) ° heels , and that the shock caused a violent cerebral commotion , She na * > ou and remarkably handsome .
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MINERS' CLAIMS OX THE NEW PARLIAMENT
( To the Editor of the Star of Freedom , ) Sir , —As the time for the assembling of the New V-wY it is necessary to remind the miners of this country of a ^^ dr ! Uvs neat themselves , their wives , and families , in bringing before th t * v ^ Offe ti necessity of affording greater protection to them in the appoint ame « the number of Inspectors and Sub-Inspectors of Mines . neilt of a larg 4 l Those miners who are readers of the " Star of Freedom " 1 information given them through the excellent articles ^ ° llart aill Ple xiuniii
many 1 > --. " "" umcies wlii 1 M'li ! peared from time to time in your journal , on the report of tl e ¥ mentary Committee , in which were net forth the recomnicndat ' " ^^ pMli » - Committee , relative to the necessity of ensuring extra security tT ^ ° tlle 3 ail 1 increasing the number of Inspectors , and also to appoint Sub-ii " tn '" V by giving a practical effect to the " Mines Inspection Bill . '* " j Spcet 0 V 3 i there the mining body that the recommendations of the comtnniittee Jn ^ ° " " bably , remain a dead letter , | if something is not done to rccMi t m ° llro " lature ' s attention to the said Eeport . , to llle legj s
It is the intention of the Miners of Novthumberlamt , Durham and Cheshire , to forward petitions for this purpose ; but we m -t 1 ncasllite i also from Yorkshire , Staffordshire , Wales , and Scotland . Whv will 1 Ve S 0 lne remain dormant , and wait the sweeping blas t to carry the m to a mi " ' Why not stir , while yet alive , and obtain from the legislature a ' fuvi graTe relief ? All things are favourable . The late Parliament broke the ! MUre oi respect , and we must oblige this one to complete what the other bun ^ ° tllat Intending to recur again and again to this subject , and solicitL ' ti your powerful advocacy of this important matter . ' " a ' ^ ° ' I am sir , yours , &c M 31 A . RTIX j \ j DE
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 23, 1852, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1701/page/12/
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