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¦ -- ¦> - *^""' """' ij ^ / f . "— 7 - - THEi ^ tEliJWE : ^ THE . STOCK ¦ ' - ^ ; EXCHiCNGE . ' Beujsarfa AlEson , v * jbttngman , to broughtup to W « r » hip-street PoUc * Office , on Friday week , diaigedTritli basing been accessory to the death of Emma Crips , a female . of about 17 years of age , Tridi whom he had eofca&ited . The prisoner had T > een previously committed to rhe New Prjsoaon a charge of having stolen J » me of tbe bed furniture frdto the room lie and the deceased bad occupied . ¦
Since the perfcd ofihe above examination circnmstances inTolring . 4 etion « consequence * to persons not before implicated have transpired , wMch tend to rire die affair tne mostmTsterioo * as wen as tne iW tragical romantic « xr . It will be remembered that about the 14 th of January last , a few day * after die destruction of "file Royal Exchange , afoe TO m ostpnmdentiaJay ditcwreredin the Stock Exchange Bv toe result of the inoniry then instituted the occurrence was regarded as purely accidental . It vould appear , however , by wme very grange particulars which came out in evidence before tne coroner ( Mr . Bate ) , at theiaguest held on Saturday at the Griffin Tavern , Leonard-street , Snoredirch ( within a few doors of tbe bouse wherein tbe tragical event weaned ) , that a great , deal more ^ r ^ Art « nn > Wfionia "have attached to the embryo
conflagration , and that the occurrence was not so entirely accidental as bad been imagined . Upon the day onwMch the body of the deceased was fonnd , Meadows , the parish beadle , having been called in , took poasesaon of certain letters , which he found lying upontlie table , and which be afterwards transferred to the custody of die coroner . Mr . Baker , on a perusal of those documents , the contents of which are hereafter detailed , felt himself justified in calling eppn the Lord Mayor , with whom he communicated upon the subject . The first of those letters was addressed to John Han * mond , £ ? q . » manager of the Stock Exchange , and wnsagned "Emma Alfison , late Emma Crip . " It was written in a large scholastic band , and ran as follows : — -
Feb . 28 , 1838 . DesrSr , —Ihope jrowfll txew the Kberty I have taken ta pTwnmma to aadreu y * a , *» d bv the time jourecexre this , we * h » tt be no more . 1 mort solemnly declare that it -was mybiher + fho aet&e to &ie Stock Exchange . I iarv not time to write more , as mj bonw * re numbered ; but my frtner once 'before tried to tram me and air sister , bnt providentially f > v » f-jT . in «» turret "" t- , * j"t , l » ing wyt ^' g ^ tj ihe fire was put , or lie eemMj would hare borat B 3 both , and set the Stock Exchange on fire . —I remain , 4 far Sir , yours respectfully , ( Signed ) EMMA i&USOS , lite EMMA CRlPS . P . S . Jl kinder and better ao * baad no woman could have . 1 am abont toleare the world , bat I « annot leave it with a lie in mv month- Once moreT eantian you , the Stock Exchange isEc ' tsafe—beliere the weirds of a dymz wosian . " *
As may be naturally expected this document cave rise to the utmost consternation and surprise amongst the members of the Stock Exchange , and the consequence was that two gentlemen , Mr . Wake ~ field and another , belonging to that body , were deputed to attend the inquest , in company with a solicitor . The first witness was Mary Crips , who bang sworn , deposed that she was sister to George Crips , tbe father of the deceased . That 6 eorg > Crips was senior porter to the Stock Exchange , and had been so for the last thirty years . On being shown tbe letter addressed to Mr . Hammond , of which the above is a copy , she said she had no doubt of the
whatever that it was in the handwriting deceased . The . witness being only in the habit of readme occasionally with the family , when out of place ( she being a servant ) , she was not able to jhrow mnch light on the manner in which the xfiairs of the family were conducted . The second letter ^ as ad dressed "To Mrs . Allison , S , Capelconrt . Bartholomew-lane , " and was signed " Ben . Allison . "' This , at a subsequent stage of the inquiry , was proved to be in the handwriting of the TtnfJrtiuiaie ttrtt bow in custody , and written to his mother . It began , "My Dear Mother , " bnt the yotu . Bear was afterwards erased . The letter ran thus : —
44 My-mother—By the time you Twelve this I stall be no more . ' Ton Isaveaaa ) aHyon tbold against my poor -wife , bnf a kinder and more affectionate wife jk > man cunld ever •* i « h for ; no wife ever lored ler hnsband as Emma k * - ? d of , bat she is a "rietim to Sarah ' s lies . It is her dying ttiik that Lney shcnsld have herbox . So no morv from your Alias aon , " ' " Besjamix alljs . on . '' " P . S- —Let L-bct have my box and content * . " Emma Allison . ' Tie eridence was taken . Some other papers , containing pencilliags in the
handwriting or tne deceased and her unhappy paramour , were found by Dr . _ Tlner on tbe table in the apartment , and were put in and read , but were mere-IjiBnstrativeof their agitated state of mind , and were wholly unimportant . ^ It bong now thought advisable to have the prisoner Benjamin AIHsonpresent , theinsoector of the ^ G dJiiaon , who was in attendance during tbe inquiry , was despatched to the police office for that purpose , - at the commencement of the proceedings : but Mr . Groves the committingmagiatTate , declined interfere mgin&e-mstter ; and theprisoner wa-s «^ couise , not forthcoming . -
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CASE OF EXTREME HARJDSHIP .: FACTS ARE STUBK » RN THINGS . Sjljiuei . CoLS 3 L&JK , iramewori-kmtteT , apparently t »» nty-five years of age , modest in Ms appearauee , and respectful in Ms beha-riour , was . brought before &e County Magistrates , en "Wednesday week , on a ebrge preferred " by John "Woolley , GoTsrnor of the Basford Union Workhouse , of ha-ring left Ae bouse for more than two days , TOthout lea ^ e , and taking sitH Mm the clothes ( those be stood in ) belonging to tit Usjon .
Tbe circumstances were shortly these : —Oa tbe ^ 2 ad of November , Coleman , who has a wife and tiro children in the workhouse , at tie expense -of Annealj parish , obtained leare of absence for two days , to seek for work ; not able to succeed , bis frien&s , rather ihaa be should return , engaged to maintain Mm until be should get work . On -Sunday i » st , ha-ring got a-frame , he Tolnntarily went to . B&sford , to communicate tie glad news to bis wife ,
and to arrange to take ^ ier and the children " out immediately , A friend went with him , but agreeably to the order , "that no person be allowed tdtek m inmatg , without tk J » riti * 3 L permission from a SusrdiaB , " a refusal was g iven , and Colemanwas talen into custody . On Tuesday , the case went before die Board , and the Guardians directed -foe son to be brought before the magistrates , to be cava satted to the tread-wheel .
The magistrates Very closely interrogated tbe jocagffian , and the Goternor being unable to contradict iim , they decided it would be very hard , i » deed , to punish him , when he was evidently aaxions to reBeve the parish of the burden ; of naiataining hhnself , w 3 e , and-children . ' If . the So ^ enior would give his wife the shoes aDd giocking » lie tad on , he said he would manage to take Ms fcmily awaT iTnmp ^ iatjly j hut thb the doveratfr rqili ^ , could not be done . : Colonel Coape could not tbini of committing the s&n , as tbirtase appeared -so very hard . His goods fad hsen sold , and himself stripped of erery thing , before be went to the paB ? V a » d then , when there , ie-sras detained because r . s bad not a shilling to Uess Mmself with . Yv ^ . they took his means from Mm , and then they punished him for not possessing
Mr . B . Martin coincided with what tbe Colonel izi said , and that the man might not lose Ms frame , ( unless he had already lostii , by being kept V prisoner from Sunday last , ) he ordered Mm to tttnrn to Ms work , go on Tuesday next before &e Board of Guardians again represent Sfe case , « ay-^ ? , tkat the magistrates bad ^ recommended htm , sad on TTednesday , to appear at tbe County-hall , to "stover if any charge should then be preferred against him . "
How many miles will this poor fellow have fcweUed before he if liberated from this trumpery < iarge ? "Wh y did not the Guardians , when he had ? ° t work , render him assistance , instead of putting * k * parish to expense , in taking out a summons ] Be&aing before tbe magistrates !! and endearour-^ to send bus to the rreaa-wheel 1 !! H % treatment in doors , be any tMng like as "forons as the course adopted out of doors , be **? btwell keep away , when he could go amongst oi friends .
^ is such eases these that make the Poor Law *» as . UHder tbe uld system , it was no uncommon *** krf House of Industry , and" we are right glad j * t Colonel Coape and Mr . Martin lme set tbeir *** against it . —NettaigAam Review .
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SPECIAL MEETING of thb I 4 EEDS TOWN COUNCIL . On Monday last , pursuant to notice , a Meetiai of the Town Couoeil wa » eonretied forflietran » actibt of special boaioesa , - ¦ : /• The Matob , ui opening ftebuiinefs of fbemeeting , said it was necessary that he should inform the Council of what bad been done in reference to the notice regarding tbe orerepei * He begged , therefore , to inform the Council that be bad directed tb ^ Tows
Clerk to address o circular to the ^ « ewral overteera requesting them to pay the arrears of Boroughrate which theyxeverally owed . Thiihad beeoioeffectuaL and they had in consequence been summoned , and were , be believed , present to answer fgr themselrejs and show what reason they had for the non-payment of their respective sum * . It was , therefcre , lor the Members of tbe Council to proceed in the business as they might think proper . It might be right to inform them of what were the arrears in tite WTeral Townships .
The total amount of arrears was £ 688 19 s . 4 d . Mr . Wrioht then moved that tbe oTerseew who bad never paid anything should be heard firtt . Seconded by Mr . Cadmas amd carried . Mr . Bos n , solicitor , was tben introduced * to the Council . He raid be appeared on behalf of the township of Temple New ^ iam with regard to the hamlets of Osmondtborpe , Skelton , and Thorn * , wMch were within the " Borongh of Leeds , though part of a Township not within the said Borough ; and also onbehalf of the TownsMp of Seacroft with respect to the hamlet of Coldcoates : also on behalf of the Township of Faraky . On the part of these overseers he was ready to show cause why warrants of distress should not be issued for the old rates ;
in reference to the non-payment of tbe last rates he had nothing to say . After refuting sdme'ktatements that had been made calumniating ^ them overseers , Mr . Bond said he did make certain adminriotw for clearing the way , such as that tbe Council could decide on tbe matter—that they bad acted with tbe strictest legality , tbat the Townships were all in the Borough , dec He considered , however , the main question to be "C * naB < wu ^ rate pe . eniQBcedun < m , Hamlets within the Boroogh , wisSch are parts of a Township , tbe reraaicder of which is oat of the Borough , the towiaE p * f « imi ^ , and not the Hamlets >« wro // ir , maintaining its own poor . " A Borough rate laid before the last act could not be enforced at all , upon any township . He admitted
that the Council had full power to issue warrants to the overseers ; but tbe overseers had net the least power to iaspe anywarranti of distress upon any part of the inhabitants of any townsMp or hamlet . They could not therefore be compelled to pay out of their ownpockets what they bad no power to enforce from the inhabitants of their respective townships , and which was not sanctioned by any Act of Parliament . It would signifV nothing to say tbat such power was implied , for nolmplied power could enable the overseers to enforce payment of any taxor toll . The power must be espreisea . He referred to 1 Victoria ch . 8 , in wMch it was folly stated that tbe overseers had no power . This he therefore stated on the authority of Queen , Lords , anil Commons . The high constable ,
therefore , might issue hisprecepts theoveweere dared not obey them : aud they dared not distrain , because they had no indemnity tbat they might not be actionable ; and whatever they might uay themertven , they could not be allowed any thing on making up their accounts . Mr . Bond then entered into a wry ablp exposition of the several statutes which bear upon this important question , and proved satisfactorily that according to tbe present state of tbe laws regulating the collection and payment of Connty and Borough rates , it was impossible to force payment of any rates levied prior to the last rate . The facts and arguments of the case , when divested of the verbiage of law terms amount jjrecbely to the following , it appears by the Municipal Corporations Reform Act .
that the Council bare the same powers in reference to a Borough Tate that the Justices in sessions have in reference to a County rate . These powers are to make a County rate and levy it upon all tbe townships within the County . The overseers in each township were either to pay the Connty rate out of the poor rate , or to raise the amount by a separate rate upon all property liable to tbe relief of the poor within the township , which in effect is tbe same thing . While all the powers of justices in reference to a County rate were given b y the Municipal Corporations Reform Act to Councillors in reference to a Borough rate , liopcnter whatever was given to the overseen . They ( the overseers ) could not distrain for a Borough rate as they conld for a County rate : the payment of it by
them t » ut of tbe poor ' s rate would be no discharge , jind could not be allowed by the magistrates in passing tb ^ ir account ? , becauseno charge upon the poors rate is laxrful except sanctioned by the express words of some Act of Parliament . Now the Act of 1 Victoria , chap . SI , recites to the effect that no authority is given By the Municipal Corporations Act to the churchwardens or overseers of the poor of any parish or place to pay a Borough rate out of the poor ' s rates or otherwise to levy it upon the inhabitants . The act then goes on to impart the powers wMch they did not before -possess . That act therefore is decisive of the opinion of the whole legislature ; because if the ? . Municipal Corporationa Reform £ x % coDtaJseitftwIr -powers -it would have teen entirely unjoeoessarj ^
pass a new one for the purpose . That wj » the case on the part of Farnley which was wholly ? within the Bprouah . But even if Farnfeyi being wholly within the Borough , conid be charged , " still flat would not be decisive of the question withregar 2 to thehamleiA . It has already been seen that the overseers are to pay the County rate , either out of the poors' rate , or to levy it by a separate rate upon all property- rateable -to the poor in the township . But these hamlets are only parts of a township ^ the remainder of which berne out of the borough , it is conceived is notliable .. Iheir . px © portion of the rate , therefore , cannot be levied out of avv the property in the townsMp rateable to the relief of the poorwMch is "the only assessment the overseers can make
for a connty rate ; neither can it be paid out of the poor ' s rale , because that would be paying a debt due from only apart out of a fend raised by taxing the whole of the townsMp . Xow the Act of J Victoria , cbi 7 & , sec . 29 , recites to the effect that the limits of boroughs extend in some , cases over parts of townships , leaving the remainder of them out of the borough , and that the overseers may , in manner jdirected by the Municipal Corporation Reform Act , lesj' a borough rate upon such _ parts exclusively of the townsMp as are within the borough . But this act is inoperative ; because it provides tbat tbe overseers shall levy a rate yn ' mcamer direcledby the Municipal Corporation Reform A ' < pij whereas that act directs ko kisser of raising the rate at all ! And moreover ,-it is repuenant to the subsequent
. statute of 1 Victoria , ch . 81 ; and when one act w repugnant to another , that which last receives Ohe Royal sanction repeals the other . The T Victoria , ch . 81 , sec 3 , enacts to the effect that in erery case in which any parish or place , liable tp » support its own poor , shall be partfy within , and partly without the borongh , the Council of the Borough ahall appomtaperjtontqactas overseer tor such part of such parish as 13 within" the borough ^ for the purpose of collecting the Borough Rate : and such penon : 8 ball have the same powers as if "be was appointed ~ aa overseer of tbe Poor under aa ' yjaViiow m force ot hereafter to be enforced . " Thi * act therefore Temeaies "the defects , and supplier the powers . omitted in-the former acts ; and under it , if the laVt
Berougli rate is made in due form , they would JM > t offer the leant resistance tp the" paynient of snebrate . ButnntH'ftat act was passed to meet the case of these hankto , no Borough . Rate jcould be enforced agauwtt ^^ feein ; and therefore- "thejr did resist . the faympnibf the former Borough { fetes . So far as xegardsd&e Court House Rate ^ Mf ; Bond begged tq-reniBid&e Council that these : hamlets had neve * paid a-. ferthing ; and simply because there " flo person had any power to levy it . He mentioned this fact as being entirely in point with tbe present question . It was true these hamlets baa paid Church Rates , but this bad nothing to do with the xi natein t
orougn s any way .. J only , wen , remameq for him t » notice tie opinion of H » Attornej General , which had been cited with m »* ch confident on the question . He considered thfeOptnion of the Attorney-General not worth anything , because , in fact , it was not an opinion upon the question in debate . That question was , " Are these hamlets subject to the Borough Rates ? " Now the Attorney-General said nothing about hamlets ; lie had merely said that all the townships were Kable to pay the rates . In conclusion , then , Mr- Bond thought he bad shown rafficient cause why those townsM p * and hamlets should not be subjected to the payment of these rates , inasmuch aj the law directed nothing in any way as to the manner in wMch they were to be collected .
Alderman Ham . . perfectly concurred in the opinions stated by Mr . Bond . He therefore moved that tbe old rates be not enforced from the hamlets of Osmondthorpe , Skelton , Thornes , and Coldcoates ; wMch was seconded by Alderman Wright . Mr . GAOSTThoughtitwoula be better to refer fl » e matter to a Committee to whom powers should be given to take some opinion upon wMch the Council covidrely ; ( disapprobation ) he thought the Council were aot yet sufficiently informed upon the question to come to a decision . / . Mr . Baker , in conformity with the opinion of Mr . Gaunt , begged to move that Mr . Gatot , Mr . BTWATS , ~ and Alderman M psgbave be requested to inrestigate' tibe matter and to report to the next Council Meeting , they having power to take ; such legal opinions on lie matter as they might Uunk
The opinion of the Town Clerk was asked upon the question , which wa » that ao $ v a » 1 be hamleta were concerned he tbongbt Mr . Bond V *» W& < & 7 rigbtj and be could not by » nyffleaM . aon » l | ie Coonca to proceed io enforce j > aj ftent jk ttese rates . Hedidno ^ bx » weTer , « eeiM w » y 4 » dear - witti regard to Farnley . ' - "•'" j . ' J „' - Tie Mato * tboogbt if th « . T < nm Clerk wan » dear in Ms opinion there v » no neceaoty for going to arrr iartierexpense , once it was plain Aese rste « could ao 4 be-eafcrced .
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. Aldermaa Mvmbjitb objected to being on the Committee , becaose tiw arguments of Mr . Bond bad counnced him thqt it wa « imposnbla to enforce ihente * . ' - \ . .. :- \ .., . ; i .. -. .: - \ : :: ^] -,.:: '" .:- ¦ :- ; The opinion of the Matob was then requested by a Councillor , to wMch Mr . Tottie repUed that he WM cravinced they could not « nforce tiw rates . ( Load laughter , and hear , hear . ) He had seldom heard a mow- locid and satisfactory explanation , and BBore conchWw arsomentv on any' tfuestion than those advanced by Mr . Bond . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Baker then withdrew Ms amendment and the oricnal motion was carried . The Matob then said , that flieTwonld have to
address themselves to the consideration of tne ; town- ' aM p of Farnley . V Alderman Wbjohtmoved " that theyabould not attempt to force the payment of rates from tb ^ t towntihip . for , the same reasons Mr , Bond , bad awjgaea . •¦' - "" ' ; ' . " . '" " ' : ' : ' ¦ ' ' ' ' " "¦ '" : ' ' \; \~ ' : ' /¦ - ¦ The opinion of the Mayor' was asked ^ on this matter also ; to which he replied that the act of 3 Victoria , gaid that cburebwardens pr overseers could not levy a rate , neither could thexpny it out of the poor ' s rates ; and it was therefore useless to attempt to enforce it . Mr . Baker however moved as an amendment to the motion of Alderman Wright , his former amendment for the appointment of a Committee , substituting " the TownsMp of Farnley" for " the fourhamlets . " Mr . Wright therefore withdrew Ms motion , and Mr . Baker ' s was carried .
Mr . Bond thanked the Council for the patience with which they had beard him , and begged to state that he should , be yery happy to render any assistance to the Committee in his power . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) ' The overseers of the following townships were then called to the bar of the Conncil . to show cause why tbey bad not paid their rates / . [ To each , township the reason assigned is affixed . ] Armlet . —The overseer had met . with an accident , whereby he had been so severely lamed that he could pot collect the rates . Bradley . —The state of trade was such that the overseers could not collect the rates . £ 100 woqld be paid this week , and the rest as soon as « Qsaible . 3 ebwoh . —Tbe Mayor swiofe ^ rtl'of li ^ rfrieshaa been paict . m ^ &mi'Wm jmt tu * m& < itf
them bad \ afrx paid according to the old valuation , wmch wasf ~ considered as tbe standard Valuation Heapinglet . —^ The overseer for thh township said that from what he bad heard since he had been in tbe Council-room , he thought tbey were not wise in being always so ready to pay their rates , as they bad paid many sums which they had no legal right to pay . He believed they had paid £ 500 illegally . At any rate , be thought ' they ought not to be called upon till other townships bad paid up , as they had always been foremost in paying their rates . The Mayor thought that was anything but showing cause . ( Hear , hear . ) When should they be able to pay them ? The Overseer : Before the 25 th of this month ,
if they were compelled to pay them . Holbeck . — The amount of rate due from this township was £ 445 . They had yet paid nothing . The principal reason of this was the depression in the state of trade . The overseer believed it would be possible to raise nearly tbe whole of the rate in the course of a fortnigbt , if they w 6 re to summon one-half of the parish before the magistrates ; but trade had been so bad that it had been found difficult to obtain as much money as would afford relief to the poor . Perhaps they might be able to raise nearly tbe whole of their arrears during the present month . H uhslet . —The rates bad not yet been collected . Chapei / AIjLermr *^** - ¦¦ mw 1
A ^^ ap A ^^ - »^* f ^ mw * - ~* r * " ! ^»—* - ^ * w «« aav « ^ f ^ V ** VV **^ 0 £ 51 had been paid that day , and the rest would probably be paid witMn the month . Potternewton . —The overseer said there was onlyfl . 8 s . 4 d . owing , and that wonld be paid that day . Wortley . —The reason wh y the rates had not "been paid , was tbe poverty oi the township . Owing to the new valuation , the rates had been very considerably raised . The greater part of the burden lay upon the cottager , who seldom paid before the six months were nearly expired . But an endeavour would be made to discharge the . debt this month . Leeds . —The overseer * had nothing in band . They were continuing to pay , and would pay the whole as early as possible .
TOWN CLERK ' S SALARY . After the business of the overseers was decided , wMch occupied nearly three hours— : Mr . Clarke rose to propose Ms motion relative to the salary of the Town-Clerk . He entered into a variety of arguments and calculations to prove that tbe salary was exorbitant , and moved that £ 400 was an adequate compensation for the discbarge of hv duties . Alderman Wright seconded the motion . Alderman BywaTer regretted that this question should be discussed again at m early a period , because it was subjecting the Council to a great inconvenience to be so frequently debating on this
question , as well as causing the Town-Clerk a great deal of uneasiness . He admitted that it was an important pecuniary question , and thought the inhabitants of the borough ought not to be unnecessarily taxed . At tbe same time , it was equally requisite , that so responsible a servant should be properly ramp 3 > ente ^' -.. He should ,-4 wefor » , more ^ mat tXose kwrtlemen who were sostrAmdusin their oppontion mould be appdnted " a conHnfttt * to investigate the duties of the Town-Clerk , and to report to the next meeting of Conncil . . Mr . Pease seconded the motion . Mr . Charlesworth ioae to support the original resolution . After all that- had been said , he had
seen no reason to change hi * tnind ; but , on the contrary , his conviction of the exorbitance of the sum was more -firmly established . He considered . that the salary of £ 600 was an exhorbitant expenditure of tbe public money ; and he should never rest satisfied till it was brought down to a lower scale . ( Hear , hear . ) . '¦' ¦" : " . ¦ - ¦ "¦' . ¦ - ' - ' . -- '"'¦ ¦ ' .- - ¦ ¦' - . - ¦ : ¦ ¦ Mr . De » h am said , that at a former meting he bad proposed £ 500 , in the p lace of £ 600 , us the salary of the Town-Clerk i and he had done so on the consideration that the salary of ^ tha Committee-Clerk would be saved . He found , however , that that salary bad not been saved , for there was a valuable and active Inspector taken from Ms duties among the police , " to nil up the place in the police-offjee 1 whicb Mr . Wood had formerly held . Well might the over-# eers complain of difficulty in raising the rates , when they bad such demands as this to meet . It was
certainly a very pretty thing for a man , When be got up on Monday monnng , to berore thatbehad £ 10 a-week , whether he did any thing or nothing ; and with that sum he thought Mr . ivddison would be content . He would , therefore , move a further amendment , that the salary be £ 500 a-year . This motion was seconded by several Councillors . Alderman Hall certainly did not like , to disturb tbe resolution so recently determined upon although he was of opinion tbat the matter bad not been duly considered at the time the Council voted £ 600 . If however Hae resolution was to be disturbed , be should vote for £ 400 . Hewas aware that an estimate had been made of the cost of the work , at the scale of lawyer ' s charges ; but fliatwas not the view of tbe question they ought to take . Tbey oagbt to consider what ought to be the salary of a respectable iaiiivi dual who would devote bis whole time to the situation .
( Hear , hear * hear *) :. ¦ Mr . Bower thought £ 400 a fair renraneratioh , but to go beyond tbat - was really , horrid . ( Loud laughter . ) If they looked to the case of the overseers , he Siought there was ample reason for , reducing the salary . In fact he coneidejedhd would be the best friend of Mr . Eddisonwho voted for £ 400 , and then to let tbe question be settled . If ihey did not do that ne was sure that £ 600 would become a byword at every election . ( Hear , hear , and'daughter . ) If he were to call Ms conftituentx together , he believed that nineteen ontof twenty wonTa fhink £ 400 a great deal too much . - ; ; V ; ¦ I > r . Wiluamsos after along speech in which he lauded tb&tsuftions of the Committee appointed to
eBQQire ln fo ^ jgl ^ .-dnnes of ihe I 5 ofwn Clerk , said be iras » Jt ^ flgSp 9 g tp retrace us steps if he wa » convinced of nW ^ aar 1 .. 'iiat no pQpular cpnsiderRtions should ever inflneBce him in au judgment ; is feet be would not allow fhafnrany , even of fiie TQore respectable burgesses , were competent to form an opmjon of the salary of tbe Town Clerk . ( Hear , heaV !) He was not so anxious to maintain Ms position in that council if ft was to be maintained at the expense of forfeiting bis convictions ( hear , hear ) of what was right andjust ; and he would-not for any perspective political advantages sacrifice the honest convictions of bis mind arrived at after so careful an investigation of the matter wMcb bad occupied
between 7 ttt > and three days . ( Hear , hear . ) After a variety of other observations ^ Pr . Williamsoniatinlated that if the Committee were to be used in this sort of way aftertheir labours , be would never sit upon another committee ; or if he did , it wonld be as seldom as possible , and witboutconunittee meetings the business of the Corporation would be at an « hd . ( Hear , bear . ) He should "therefore move another amendment wMch ( though very wordy ) was to the effect "tbat it . would be inexpedient to reconsider the Bnbject of tbe Town Clerk ' s salary daring the present year . " It formed apart of tbeexpenseof the current year , and at the close of tbat time it would be
competent for any gentleman to move for a new enquiry , but until then he thought no -good whatever wonldTesult from prosecutingsucli ^ ettqmry . ' - Mr . Faisbairn seconded Inei rnointton . Mr . I 8 RAZL Burrows abould not rive a silent vote : It was true that he bad been upon a » Comaiittee ef Inquiry , and voted for £ 600 ; hut be had only bjees able to attend one meeting , and fiadinf tbit the Town Cjerk ' s duties were coimderaWj greater fltan he expected , be voted for £ 600 . £ ^ Doe . tVes > however . he had paid more attention to the wattes and thought the work might be done for a ^ less . « alary ( Hear , bear . ) Tip did notintend . in anr ^ Bj . tet reflect upon the Committee . > ui & , & % & £ ' $ an honest man found bimiiaf % TOii * ' his ^ ast w # T
was u > set hisxmi ! rigaf ^ da a . soon a * le ' o ^ li He shovldV thereforej ^ p ^ OTfrMr . BeAaaiWipMBfffi menC ¦;¦ ¦ ¦ , ; - . "• . ' , - ¦ - ¦ . ; - / ; :- ;¦; ' ;¦ y- ¦ ¦ : Mr . Baxzb then rose and made » mrjlw ^ i ¦ pmrt , which he accompanied with action JarHiariw oC 4 fc »
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waf ^ tKcflHsi&i ^ xnitin waiestimf and of Ms ie *^ lutidptowrppottthe ^ J ^ at all ^ a ^^ si Tli * sub ^ staaca c ^ iksn ^ clti » aslfoub ^ ¥ ^ cdMuootj by L ' » con # tituenta to render jin account oftherea » Witwhyhevofedfor £ 0 OO , an ( iliedi ( ln < rt doubt that when bn met Ms conrtitaontfl , he should be able to' . convince , them ^ ; 6 f its pjppnehr ; He spoke with cohtempt of " a remark made by Mr . Clorke , " that eventually Ms motion would be carried ¦}¦ '¦ :, andimited : that Mr . Glarkeimeant ^ cariy it by popular agitation ^ : He Aen turned round upon Mr . Burrows , whom he attacked with considsrable ferocity , and by the employment of a great deal of sham logic , reduced poor Mr . Burrows to
thefollowing extraordiruvy dilemma : " that either Mr . Burrows , when on the Committee , bad come to an unsound conclusion , ¦ &Cwt :. . W ^^ b ^ - !! l ^ y ... l » iMi ' . inflnericed « by the love of popular a 5 probatiin . V He did not drtfw Ms inferences from either Qf these horns > bat evidently intended itisalieinferred that if Mt . Burrows had come to an unsoundxoflchtMon in this instance ^ he wasuniit to be a member of any future Committeei ; or that if ^ be bad no |« om « to an unsound conclusion , but was influenced by a love of popular approbation , / he wag ^ not an nones t man . He then proceed ^ to c < unua * e tbe present salarj of Mr , bddisop , with me salanes of other T <» wn Clerks , and after titeemtffoyment of ^ variety of sVllbirisms . with
undisuabutedJmiddle terms and sorites , frith too many negative propositions , and hypothetical arguments , m wMch he ravariably reversed tne order of logical rule in reference to antecedents and coriBequents ; and bnaljyof a variety of dilemmas , on one of the horns of whjcb he hj variably contrived to piteh Mmself , he made out , ; in his owu way , a clear case . He adverted in the conclusion of / . bis sjaeech to the sakiy of ouier officers , among wMch lie included that of Coroner . _ . ; :- ; :. - ¦ ¦ ¦?;;]¦ : . ;•; . : . ; . : . ¦ ¦ ¦• •; , . ;¦ ¦; . . - ¦ ., ¦ .. ¦ . ¦ ¦ ) Mr . Boiter in his usual good humoured ! manner cot up and said I " What M ye mean to say that Mr . Eddiaonirnt paid as well as t ' cofoner ? I'll tell ye wbatl believe Mr ; Blackburn longs to svapsitnationswithlnm !'' ^ liaujrhter . )
After a great many speechea from other gentlemen none of which weref of : much 'importsinjceV . tbe Mayor rose to putthe question to thevote . ;'" Several resolutions were before the Council out of which the Mayorselectedtwo for their considemtion . Hethen procreded 4 o » ay » omething which was so unintelligible that not one ball of the . Councillors understood wha ^ hein « ant . H ^ words were sonietMnglike the following " Ast ioaay as are ofopmipn thatithe amendment of Dr . Williamson form part of the question from tbe word that in the original motioM say H Jfo "; as many as are of / a contrary opinion say "Aye . " . Several CouncUlors Objected to this way of putting theqnestiph to which objection the Mayoor . replied by repeating the same unmeaning terms several tiines over . The Councillors not liking to be considered sucb dolts as not to be able to
comprehend ; -Mr . Tottie gave itTnomentary consent that the question should be put to the vote in that way . There vrere then for Dr . WUliamson ' s amendment ihnt the salary remain as it is for the present year 33 : for MrvClarke ' s motion for £ 40015 . Noe « . Meagra . BakerV Barlow * Bateson , Beckett , Wrn ., Benyon , Brown , Bywater , Cadmari ; Clapbam , Dickinson ^ Fairbairn , Goodman , Hargreave , Holdfor tb , HoldswOrtb , Hunter , Jennns , Lawspnj Maclea , Musgraye , Ja » ., Musgrave ^ Wni ., Pawsbn i Pease , Pottsj Priestmani Shackleton , Smith , Stansfeld , Tatham , Watson , Wilkinson , Williamson ^ and Wood ; Ayes . —Messrs . Bower , Bramley , Buttrey , Charleswortbi Clarke , Derhanij Fohster , Hall , Hayward , Hebden , Moss , Rogers , VVhalley Wilson , and Wright . ; ¦ : When the Mayor announced that Dr .
Williamson s amendmftntwas carried , a scene of confusion ensued which baffles description . 3 everal called upon the Mayor to put the question of £ 500 wnjch be seemed unwilling to do , saying the amendment was carried , A greatmanjr . members then rose and protested against the decision , declaring they did not understand it at all , andthat they fully expected the question of £ 500 to be put : many of them bad voted " No" against the £ 400 expecting that £ 500 would'be tried . Even tbe proposer of £ 500 voted "Aye" ( for £ 400 ) no doubt entirel y mistaking the nature of the Mayor ' s design .
Mr , CHARLEswoRTH « iaid that he should put a notice on the paper for a reconsideration of the subject at . the next C 6 unci ! meeting . ( Loud cries of No , no , no , and Yes , yes . V Many of : the members wentaway completely . disgusted , andi notwithstanding all the efforto of tbe Mayor to keep the meeting togetber } nearly the whole oi them went away without waitingto see the issue of any of the other eight notices on the paper . A motion of adjournment was made and secondedwhich the mayor neglected to put ; and after much confusion the whole of the councillors except five or six went away leaving the Mayor in lhe cnair . Of course the meeting was then dissolved . . ¦ ^ ' ¦
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THE ADDRESS OF THE RADICAL ASSQ ^ CIATION OF ROCHDALE TO THE RADICAL REFORMERS OF G REAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND .
¦ Br ^ aiftM ^ J ^ is a on reason And pafjosophy , that aQ men , descendants of one add th ?* ame stock , beings Of one and the same nature , possew , or rather ought to possess , th ^ same equal and unequivocalrights . Itistne opinion of your brethren , the Democrats orRochdale , that whatever conBtitution or law % compacted , or enacted in opposition to this principle is tyrannical and despotic , and thftt itcan neither " become sacred bv time nor sanctified by . custom . That the only institutions tiiat can be formed toicontribnte to the hap p iness , the protection , and mutual benefit of the millions , must be enacted , on the principle of equal rights and by mutual consent The rights of man are founded in his nature : he is endowed with faculties that
give him a consciousness of his ejuality to those who monopolise and usurp those pght $ i It is only vrMle he continues ignorant ofhis position in society , and of his relation to it , that he can be oppressed with impunity . That we , ''' the working men of this nation , are oppressed ^ itjrrannised over , and our rights monopolised , is too trite to need repetition . Then bow long shall thia state of things exist ? How long shall Britain ' ** sons , our nation ' s boast , suffer themselves to betrammelleJ and enslaved by those unions of corruption ? We had aomefaint hope that our grievances would be partially r edressea 6 Ven by a Whig admihifltratioa , but since ; we h ^ ve seen the Ministerial declaration , made by their
mouthpiece , John Russell , against any further extension of theSunT ^ e ,- ~ the » itywnnicaIcdnduct towards our brave and patriotic brethren in Canada , —their base and inhuman per&ecution of the Dorchester labourers and the Glasgow Cotton S p inners , for daring to oppose the rapacious capitahnts , and demanding a j « i » t ramuneratiori ; for thdr labour : when we see their base and despotic conduct m . throating that u Hell 5 e-gotten .. " faw ^ miscalled the Poor Law Amendment Act upon uij .-at : the point of the bayonetj ( an act which is contrary to all constitutional law or Justice ); when we see how the motion of John Fielden , Esq ., tbat . brave and honest advocate of equal rights and equal laws , was met by the Wbjg » i Tories , aD& Maltbusian Shim Radicals in iheJHouse of Commonsi when we see' these and ' other tvrannical act « , such as the sendine he
nulitary to coerce the people of Bradford , and the sending of the London police and other spies to watch our publiafriends in these northern districts , —we say that having witnessed these aggressions under a yelf-tenned ^ liberal" Government , webaye no longer the least jcpnfidence in ^ pthfer Toriea wr WMes . From Uptime forward we deem them equally the . enemiet of the peoph ? . differing in nothing but tMs , that white , the Tory robs us as a barefaced , Mghwayman , tb *> WMg robs us as the hypocriiicai pickpocket . ; We / therefore make a solemn vow ; of mdignatioa against such acts , and such men to perpetrate them j and jwe solemnly declare that he who preaones patience is an enemy to tbe people .
we say wi » rt for nothing , but .. « make ready ; " •• " and be that bauno Bword let him sell his garment and buy pne , "(^ Luke xxii . 36 , Hear Aat ^ ye m en of Bl ^^ iix ^{ han | . l ; s : ^; ' ¦ -. . : \ :-, -v \ ¦ : '}¦ : [ :: [¦ ...: ' - \ . c- ' ' -v- ''' r ¦ We bold that taxation and legislation , otherwise than b ^ rebrestsniatian of ^ the great body of tite peopleisunjustand ^ rannical , and that resistance to oppression is our natural as well as constitutional nght ; ttiat therefore resistance to the prje » e » t state * of thing * , wbeaever practicable , isjustifiable ! ¦ - .: ¦ / . ¦¦' ' ?¦ Brethren , we are convinced that a House of Commons constituted of fundholders , land-owners , lords , right bonourables , knighte , bamstefs , bankers , East and West India proprietors , placemen , monopolists ^
and ahost of ptltsdplunderer ? , as the presentHouse is , will never legislate for the benefit of the millions . We therefore are mire that petitioning to such men is utterly useless ; and that to use the words ** honourable , " humbly petitibnin * , ! and " hBmb } y praying , " is to use the language of slaves , and not of freemen . Lord John Russell called the people of England "r abble , " when the income extorted from their labour amounted to eighty-two millions sterling . Well might the apostate insinuate an apology for tb © shameful cost of foreign embassies , and hint that the pension roll was almost too insignificant for legislative notice , when the Duke of Bedford family alone has , in landed grants and Ministerial
emoluments , £ 68 , 000 per annum 1 The British legisla jtore hna acted as if the people had no rights , j < Now , tbe people bwe rights ; but knags and princes have none ! The people neither stand in need of charters norprecedents to proVe fl > eir rigbfcsi : nor ^ of pro fesgional men to interpret tbem . Tb ^ se are born with every ; man , in every country , and ; ' edstfta w ' coon' > trie * , ^ ^ Wike the despotic , "' id weUas' ^ i ^ , & 6 ugli they may mot be so ej « ly recoverable in-m It is eyideftt ^ fcowever , Aat-until W «'< n ^ iia *" oJBt 8 eItei ja _ d ^» aditiej , everytownf « tv , « nd biroughso ^ IWiW . *»^ M ForkUijfi at < me ^ cive&tioir , and ig&&m . pmm ^ m ^ m ; mfi ^ miam ^ m £ ^ ^ m ^^>^^^ ^^ P niimg -iWse . reforms we are so Jnito « ntitled to .
Tlartthi * orgahizafioxi may b « cwASl into effect w —ggciit ^ e foHowagmeana ^ -That there shall be m « soci » tion fomed , to be called tl » Great Badnl Aseoci * tic « of Great Britain and Ireland--
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m . ^ r /^ swmw tuJn , every > " dhr , ' : ^ ibwiiii--or ^ rongb , be . b « ucbe «—that these brancUes be united ' ^ te ^^*^'*** ^^^ T aentf a / member tb te ^^ l ^^^/ 1 ^ ^^ appointed to U ^ hmea ^ belectamember as the district ; member ; sucb distnct member * , to meet at certain ; ^ periods , W .. » f *«?«** Ppotf bereafterj at the expense of s 3 $ e branches of the- association , to discuss what course is to be taken in order to gain our political l "¦ ¦ " ¦
: » 8 * % ' -: < - ¦; . . Vv . ¦ ¦^¦¦>' - : ; :- : ^ T- - r ^ : j Knowing tbe state of the weekly newapapew , we fear we shall have trespassed too far . But we cannot Conclude -without recordirig ^ oar thanks tp our respected 3 and uncom ^ promiged friends , Messrs . ffeargus ^^ o ^ or , ; B ^ Dr . Taylbr , Beaumont , and , the » eviJ . R > Stephens , for their able advocacy- and unparalleled exertions in tpe cause of justi (» 8 nSnuifianl ^ . V ( Signed ) ^ OlttJ Btftf ^^ ^ J AS . NUTTALL . Secretary ^ THOS . LIVESEY , Treasurer . ¦;';' - : - '" " ¦ ¦"¦'¦ ¦ . " - . ¦ ¦' ¦ ' .. ¦ : '¦ ^ OMMitTE * , ; ' . - ¦ " ' ¦•¦' ¦ '" ¦' ' ; :: '; ' :. WM . SIMPSON . WMw RHODES . EDWARD HANSON . JAMES STA ^ NDRING . WM . BAKEi HUGH CARTER ; WALKER KAY . JAMES TAYLOR . JOSEPH TAFT ,
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: ¦ ¦ ¦/ ¦ • -.- ¦ . ; ... - ... .. ... . ¦ * ¦ » ¦ .. . , . .. . .. ¦ :. - ¦ ¦¦ : v- ; TRADES' COMMITTEE TO THE COTTON SPINNERS OF GLASGOW . . ¦ 7 ^ j \ i ^ ' € ^ tm ' ~ ISpm ^*/^ ' : ^ iigt ^ . -. | FELLow- ^ ORSMMi ^ Xft ire ^ iy to your address presented to us , ; for . our . exertions in behalf of your persecuted brethreny we return you bur most snuwn thanks .: ; - ; :- :. ' : : ¦ - ¦ :- ' / ' . ^^ . ^ ' ^ ' ^^ - ¦ ButtMnk not _ a lft ^|^ iav ^ aiidungbeatlfeff tne , sword of justice ; we iure . ' . ^ rield * ing it for ypp . alone ; no , when we , beheld yourconimitteet dragged from their happy homes , like miscteeaii villains— -we mw avaricious capitaliste stretching forth their talons of dbstructibnr-we saw in the imprisonment , of your committee ruin and desolation sweeping our ow » hearths—we saw if we
allowed greedy capitalists to ftpat their bannefrthtriumphant in one case , they had got the key of pur destruction—that soon , very soon , would famine and misery bowl through the land like a deatrbjing : angeK / - : - - , ; . ; . ;¦ '•¦ . - ; " .. : : : -t \ '¦ - , ¦ : " ¦ -, "¦ ¦; . <• , /¦ , . "¦ . ; If , in opposing the deep laid schemes of a tyrant government , we have > bad an arduons undertaking , yet we have been steeled for the iight , 'and v&ri 9 t . for the battle , with the : concipusnesai we niavi ? "bemfighting for . justicfrr-struggling for iwn ^ Ve ^ when public opinion ran nigh ; against Us—when a * base hireling press , widi a few : honourable exceptipnsi v ^ hich shall peyer be forgotten , branded as as defenders of asaassina'tion—of cold-blooded anurderers—when fattier , naother , wife , and brptHerbJed with us to relinquish the attempt—and when the very snoulo
men wno . nave stood by us in the day of adverj $ i < y--tbe hour of battle—when they , \ yitn fiendish malignity , turned-heel upon us , and shouted demagogues , that consciousness braved every foe , every obstacle . . '¦' . . ' ¦ ^ " ¦ ¦ . ¦'¦¦ ¦ . . ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ '' : ' . . ;¦ : . ; ' ; -, ; ' - - ,. ' : ¦; : ¦ ¦¦ . And when struggling against so powerful a foe , de 6 p-rpoted prejudice ^ nd all its cursed concomitants , what \ wild emotions till the soul to ; see gratitude strewing ; our path with posies , powering forth its balmy sheets to -cbe ' erus onto victory . But Cotton-spinners of Glasgow , thank not tie Trades' Committee alone , what would they have done , what could they have done , without theValuable assistance of pur xwmy MendB . To Dri John Taylor , of the New Liberator , we are indebted for
being the first to throw downi ; the gauntlet to the oppressors , to tbe heroes you havenamed—to the Committees wbo have so ably done their duty in this great national struggle- ^ -to Mr . Gemmil and the Council for so ably carrying through ^ theproceedings —to each and all of our fiupporters the Trades Committee of ^^ Gbisgow pemr forth their heaCrtrfelt thanks , and hope they will continue their exertions tiljjusticebe obtairied . This is indeed an eventful era—never were there plansso well conebcted' — schemes . so deeply laid as there are at the ^ present moment , for the destruction of our liberties-rtbe total anniMlation Of the rights of labour .. They have tried their utmost with the poor Cptton-spinuere , every means has been resorted to for a conviction on the foul crimes libelled against
them , but they have failed . In the investigation which is to take place wifli unions in general , we can speak for Glasgovf ^ as far as we are concerned j they may examine as fer as they may , and find nothing wrong , if we have a fair trial , if the same plans benottned to convict as were tried with the Spinners , which , God forbid , ^ -forbid it justice , that any honourable meniber ihay ; be forced to protest against any witness , as was done ^^ in Edinburgh , by raising Ms hand mwildextacy to heaven , and saying he apake , and i « pake advisedly , when he said a certain witness is aperjared villain ; bat let them do . wbat ^ ey mayj truth will : Conquer , justice : shall triumph . ^ Tw ^ rorlmg m ^ 'f- onfr'pw bury covert from the storm—his only sanctuary from the tempest ; Ms onion ¦ -. -. ' : U : ;• - ? "Wmrise ' . :: .
In towering grandeur to embrace the skies ;*' Meet every storm , meet every inquiry—^ standing like the everlasting rock a , throwing back the vile insinuations thrown against it , like the surge of the tempestaous ocean ; let the demon Arrant 'wage bis unholy war—let the fawning parasite bow the guppliant knee—let the traitor be the traitor stiu . Though bribery , periury , and villainy do their utmost , the rigpti : of labour will be maintained- ^ unibn will be victorious . Let working men stand to their order and demand their rights , and , standing by them "; still , maintain ^ them . Be calm , firm , determined , resolute ; make union your guiding star , justice your helm , peace your object , and yon shall conquer . " . ; - ; '' . '¦
Union walls are high and grandlimon wsMsyif ably manned ^ r-Union walls , are made td stand Against the strongest foe . We are , Fellow-wbrkmen , the Trades' Committee of ; Glasgow ,, - ;;; - . "'• • ¦ ¦ - - : V . \¦;¦'¦ : ' ¦ ¦ '¦'¦ : ' : . ¦ . - . ' ' ¦ " . ¦ * THOMAS GtLLESPIE , Secretary . ¦ ; March 8 , 1838 i ; .: ;•/ ';¦ ; -:. v ' - ' - ^ . ¦ _ ' .. [
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EDlMUBGHv A public meeting of the working classes was held last Tuesday week , in the Calton Convening Room , to petition Parliamentfor a remission of the extremely harsh sentence of the Cotton Spinners ; and also to petition the House of Commons regarding their humbug committee for enquiring into trades unions . The firstis now receiving signatures among the trades ; and the second will l > e immediatel y dis : patched to ^ Mr . Harvey , sjgned by the chairman The first petition was adopted without opposition , as it is now " clearly seen and 3 elt b y working men , and many who live on working men , M «( gentry ^ that the poor spinners have melt with' an undeserved ; fate :
but the ptherpetitionoccasioned veryalongandinter esting discussion , which terminated in an amendment , that we ought not to shrink from an enquiry into the unions j and that much good might result from that enquury . The petition itself is an answer to the objections . It was enthusiastically adopted with only two dissentients . It is as follows ,: The Petition , j&e . " " •'¦ , ¦ : ¦ ¦ ;¦ ¦ '¦ :- ¦ ¦ ' :::. '' : ;¦ ' . - ; - ; - ^ :- X Your petitioners mOTrnJhlly approach your Honourable House in contemplating the new and hostile attitude it has lately assumed towards working men , and the frowning unfriendly spirit it has manifested towards the righta of labour , thereb y affording new proofs , if any were wautingv that the sacred rights of thfeaiallions find no : protection in your Honourable
House . - .: ; ;> . ;;; - . ¦ '' -.: ' ; .: ; . ' -. ;¦ . \;\ ' , ¦; :. :. - . ;^ . ' ¦; : •¦ v . " ' v . - ¦ - ¦ Your petitioners forming a portion of those , * ho not only constitute tbe 8 trength , thedefeuce , buteven the wealth of the kingdom ^ deeply deplore , that the great 6 nd of their existence , the daily cultivation of their moral and mental powers ,: has hitherto been lamentably overJooked by your HOTKrarabh ? Hpuse , wMch has long cxerciaeQ its yarioss ; functions" more in accordance with ? tbe spirit of granny , than that of liberty , " one day , one , hour , of wMch is worth a whole etemitj ^ Donaflgo / ' It is quite notorious toyOur . petitioners ibis is "' mp , case ; T > ecan 8 e ^^ Vbur Hononr&leHbosemtbe defiance of the voice of the wnnmlrt '< t ± W \ T ** itxa ruA- ? A . ^ iTlilfci ' ii . 1 ' M * 'Al * i' f l' i ^ mh ' i '» ¦ - ' ¦ * ¦ ' ' * ivainfU wu uiuubouu wires
^ u ^ iic ) . QA ^ - uvcr , ' vrctC TO to rule pyer » nation consisting- © Ta mijbnty'i itf slaves , instead of vhat ought tp be a mighty nation of yirtuoua happy freemen ; alayeB whose animal powers are more valued than tbeir , moral and intelr lectunl by tbe capitalist and the landowner , the two perjf classes of icfiich your Honourable House i ? com ' posed : and , therefore , it&J ^^ UiatMa ^ ttbusenasbeen Kwfa&t' deficient in ihs disclu ^ of its Mghert duties , providing for the e ^ c » t « ffl of ttie ^ wnple people , giving e ^ ual rights mid ^^ FO ^?*^ ^ J ally aha feeding the hungry , and evening " e ^ nawia bra well reea&te ^ sWteJB of xmjua& jw ** Mm .
cultrire . 2 * eOTfllidn » feel &&J **** fngbtprim cdAfortab ^ by ^> w »( ft » W * IflHW irf thwrl ^*^ and By the produce of ^ cojomonpropei ^ oxinaj tAeeqMififta neverfailing . abundance to « aiisfy * he wants ofeveryliving ; thing . Ttoy . feeV . them-: selves tobbedby n ^ overniBent ofa just share 4 ^ ; thePleasing * of flat | yer andv ^^ . cpMequentlyinJmed both in : body and mind ; and the whole elements Qf a ^ tr kept ia ^ eopihi distora . Your petitibteersitt raring ; the mass of Uumm metchedQess , Tn ^ ry , sdfee * se ^ a pr « mature dftath « roerienced by maKonsfTCnin tits lif ^ B king , dom :: tell yonr Honourable 0 o 1 js ^ that the »« evils chtftflv etri * e frm luisTo ^ rnment , « nd that , havinj
this convitti ^ fteybavejDo wBfld ^ toA ^ ^ t ^ wHch « tch erfesp A » fO ^ Peopb of the »« ynd » kno ^ t ^ jfreatWrH Wto inenteyasvbflnBMvw ^ $ b ttBi ^^ ber biekllW t the UAt that aMnes , in tb « rfcod «» d their elothia they ^ the ir « hwMi ottNBMBBiowly be » jy J »» - tion . bearing a hundred ti » ttww « ««» re » sivery on the Iab « wngiB » n tbM & fceridu tosuch a state
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of society crime will ever exist , ajld in evitablr Abound . ; The power of the " capitalist * for whow benefit alltoeins ^ tutiona 'bfthe ^•^ am ' : ^ rei ^ i » - much formed , will ever press down and endeavour to > destroy ; th , e interests of unrepresented labour : and wnenr jn , thid unfortunate condition tie akillea artisans and industrious labourers combMe to protect their labour , they invariably draw w # » ' f lp 6 a aemselyeB the wrath of ih ^ ir ^^^ emplbyew , ^ MMir outrages result frbm such opposm * feelinm ani clashmg mterests , the whole artffle ^ pf Gpyernment is directed against workingmen , topnriish » transport and execute them , witboattiie sl ^^ PregaM it » ^ eirglavwb , uneducat ^ dj . jMrepresen (^ wretcbedV ^ ;* 9 ? ofteii starving condition , occasioned bv- circumstancea
over which they have hb contrbnli beeauset / uyarethtee * ! - ¦ v ; " ~ r ^» J X ° orP « titioners , r ^ re ^^ tMnk ;^ xm * orthy fl ^ U > mmititees ' , 01 enquiry- . ^ t ^^^ an enompna expjEsnceinte the origin of a * ew stray enmes said to be committed by Unions , when the whole of the great causes that lead tp tfcem are bhndly oyerlooked and unfeelmely disregarded . ' , . . ';¦ '¦• : :.. ~; ¦ ¦ • ¦'• ; . ' " '¦ ^ .- ,. ' ::, ¦ '' v . ; . ' : ' ^^ *' ; ¦ Ybur ^ petitioners prbtest affamst such bigoted legislation , attempting to purify the streams when the fountainrhead is filled ^ thiwlluilaon , attempting , as your petitioners believe by the : enquiry into-Unions , to crash therisingpower'of working men , instead of giving them the only remedy for the evils 01
liujujuameii , itoenif , ano . a mu ana equal parnapationin all th&political privileges and benefits of the . State ; ; :, ¦ : ;\ - * : ; -. ' : - : - . ^^ . ^ :.. . -:- . . ¦ •¦ •; V ¦ Your petitipners iJro % ^ quiriea ^ whichttire nothing ^ else than straining at gnaf » arid swallowing camels ; and which prove there i » neither the soul , the heart , nor the desice inybui-Hon . House to remove the mighty evils iind galling oppresiiion' to which the . working classes are undeniably subjected . Let tbeyoice of your petitioners b » hfeard by their representatives in Parliament . Give > them men of their . ' . own chbi pe to meet you front to front in yburexammatiouB mto the regulations 0 / their trades ^ andy then , they will challenge invest tigataodiand bowto your decisions : till then they recognize you not- as the fiieads of the people , and they will not "be seduced " to take anv © art in « rt
examihataon which will either termmate in smpke , or mpre'likely in still further : circumscribing the Very little power workmg men possess . TMs is tha great prindpJerbrwMcn yonr petitioners shall ever contend ; and from the advocacy of wMch they will n ^ ver be turned aside by any device whatever . If justice to workihg men be the object of your Hon . Housey tben in the name of common sense—in the * name of justice—in : the name of God before wbomv all men are equal , and who created all men to be happy and free , raise your mighty arms and «* ver their chains that the wearied captives may go forth strong in . the possession of new powers and privileges , and rejoice in the possestinbn of Universal liperty ; and , then , your petitioners will be in duty ' bound ever to pray , or , if ybu please , pray without ceasing . /; . -:.. ¦ ., ' . .- ¦¦ '•; . :,..- ¦ . ;
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POOR L 0 . MEETING At OLDHaM . On Mondaylast , a meeting was holdea at Oldham . at wMch the following resolutions were unani mously and enthusiastically carried : — ¦ 1 . That labour is the source of all human property ; and without a : surplus of jlabour had . been performed , and of property produced , no accumulation of property couldhave takenplacei . ¦ i 2 . That the primary object . Of-aft legislation ought to bef to , secure to the labourer the whole fruit of Ins ¦
labour . - - .: ¦"¦ ¦ ¦ :. ¦;¦ ; . •' . ¦• '¦ ¦ ,. ' . ' .: . ¦;¦ , ¦¦ : '¦ ¦ ' : : ¦ ¦ ¦ ; ' ; ' ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ : ' '¦" •>> ' ^ \ 3 . That the case of the Dorchester labourers , the denial of relief to the hand-loom weavers , the refusal to revise the State Pension List , the settlement of the enormous Civil List , and the Poor Law Amendment Act , clearly prove that the present Government are the plunderers , instead of being the protector * of theproductive labourers . ¦ 4 . '; That ;/ afl' \ the /; . ; n ^^ that where no protection is imparted , there is noallegiance due : : '
5 . That it is an indisputable fact , that the various classes of capitalists have the sole pbwer of making and administering the law ? , whicb are abnost uniforhily done for their own t > meh % . and to the detriment of the productive labpurers . 6 . That for all these reasons it is Mgb time for the manuallabourers toreflectj ^^ ir ^ rf / yand deeplyfor the causes of thdr present hardened labour ana re-r ducedwages' , because past experience proves , that , until tbeylay their handsIaHd . hearts , and purses
together ,. * tHeir condition ( bad As it is ) willbe gradually growing worse and worsef « ntil they are actually stan'edor wofkedbutofexistewBei ; v ;•; . ¦ 7 . That to prevejit this dreadful calamity , to correct ) extend , unite and strengthen public opinion , this meeting deems it necessary-to revive the ^ Old ham Radical Association , on the princi ples of Universa-t Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , Vote by Ballot , Equal Representation , and no Property Qualification . ' . ^ ' - ¦¦ ¦ . - . ; ¦ -. " ... ' ¦; ' ' ^ -. ,.. " ; . '; ¦ •'¦ -: . ^; .. ' 7 \"
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M ? ^ ; Bkzn& 6 y * Ms +-B fa , ParUameutary paper jost publuhed ^ it appeara that the number of beer-houaes iicei ^ | o seU De ^ r ^^ auriiig ^^^^^ m ^ Wti follows ;—BeexhouBe » rbceni ^ to Wiia ^ beer on th # pranises , 40 ^ imwmWffi $$ )>* ir the preiiie ^ ^ 293 . v T ^ & % 0 & * & **^; ; BjtWCAt AfBi ^ ATlOH . —Aii'AJweiationonthe ifi * e / gro t principle * <^ tJC ^ tUnd M ^ v newHtrfaert ^ jhii ^ - * roratt-Bear ' r ^^^ ind Itpld meettBjEn for read £ og on Monday , and for jrkcussion on Tuesday evening * . "W « hope th « example will be followed in all tteoti > er Tillages ( rf tiwneigWwurlioqd . : ^\' - - ]' r - [ :- ¦ , ¦ ' . '¦ ¦ '•;• .- ¦ ; . v
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^^ E atbb Eoyal , NiwcAsrtE . —Mrs . Owen * H btr fsreweB benefit at this Theatre on Mon-^ f *^ wMch occasion she personated the character ** 7 Randolph , and her son Douglas , in the j ^ % ef flut aatte . We understand that there fl been mch 9 performance on the boards of J ?* Theatre ibis season . Mrs . Owen was every j ^ Aat could he wished . She played well and j TwfightfnBy , ; Master Owen made Ms second jgwaira ; on &e stage , and performed tbe part of " "" a ** with adnarablB effect ; both modier and ^^ « ieere 4 several fcna in fte course of tie j ^^ SDaster Owea' was called on the stage , iBo ^? " ? ^ " ¦*• ¦ « odwne « . Tbs addwes was , ^^ witb deafening appbwse which fart ** awry
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CQl-lX ^ T iSS ^^^^ lltelATEi On Mondarlast , there waf apubliw meeting held in the Social' Institution ' Room , Hnddersneld , to receivet'Mess . ^ I ^ c ; Nisi , Camppell and ^ Cutbbertson ^ . and to hear "from thos ^> worthy individuals the particulars of the strike , trial , sentence , arid treatment of the five Scotch patriots . : At * $ gkt o ' clock , > the lionr appointed for commencing bu « ine 33 , Mr . Johw £ eech ,: of Hudderslield , one of the honestest and bestpatriots ' . of ^^ ourtown , took ^^ the cbair . The great ; room ; waa literally erowded to ; suffecatipn . Mr . Leech opened the proceedings with a few prefatory and well-directed observations , after which .
Mr . Me . Nish prpceeded to addreite the people . He ppurtrayed , in eloquently aimple language , th e * manner in wbirh slander , insult- and injustice had been heaped ^ npon the 1 whole body of Glasgow spinnersi He clearly showed that alltne humane intentions of that body wer e tortured into ground of accusatipn against them : be particularly instance * the rule with respect to tbe expenses allowed for the burial of a departed brother , which in the books ; and regulations ¦ appeared under the head M Funerils , ' ^ : for wMch £ 6 was allowed ; arid which , by the author ritiesj was construed to mean compensation for murder . He accounted for the death of Mrs . Me . Phearson , who died some 25 years since , and which was caused by a frolic of lads and lasses courtingwho unintentionally fell on the old lady , and hastened
her dissolution $ but ynth wMch the men were charged upon this trial , some of them not being in existence at the tii ^ . ^^ ^ ; V ; Mr . CjiMPBELL ^ fonowed , explaining the treatment of , ana the cw ^ iracy against , tiie spinners—the mariner ; in which the prbss badJprejudiced even the Jury , arid the wild rage of public animosity wMch had been raised against the men out of Court . Heexplained satiafactorily , that all those acts wMch were ' - . fw& to be coirimittediy theme ' fi , went at that criti cal ^^ ^ juncture : to frustrate tte objects wMcK tbe ^ body bad ; iri view , and wMch the masters dreaded the accomplishment of , namely , an understanding with the men , wMch was frustrated , as speculation in even reduced labour was hazardous , in consequence of the stagnation in trade . . - Mr . Cuthbertson tben accounted for the
nnjust amount . necessafv to conduct this single trial . He explained tnat tbe object was to exbauat ; the sympathy of the Siglisbj workingmen and then to leave the accused to tbeir fetes ^ He < said ^ that it was the opinion of the Scotch people that had it nbt been for the timely assistance 1 of Oastler , Stephens , O'Connor , ' and Beaumont , in England ; and Dr . John Taylor , in Glasgow , that the men would have died by the gallows , but that these agitators- sneceeded in alarming and arousing public opinion ; be iberi stowed tbat a little from , each wfould relieve the committee fromihe demand to wMch they were liable , and the virtuous men of Huddersfieldpledgedtbemselvea to fulfil their ^ ^ part of the covenant . ¦' : ¦' ¦ ' ¦"¦ ' . ¦' ¦ ¦ ' '¦' ¦ : - ¦' •• . ¦ . '; - ¦ - V- : ; " ¦
Mr . Feargcs O'Connor next came forward aiid was received -With the ; beartieut welcome . He said ¦ working men of Hud 4 ersfield , I hope 1 # 6 iiot-obtrude toyself upon this nieetirig . ( No-, ' toi ^ arid loud ^ cheers . ) He flien addressed the meeting at considerable length and sat down loudly cbwred ., Npthing _ couli eejqai i ^ &jaMeni ^ : < a ^ . ^ x ^^^^ Hadaewfield , men and women } for tbo women were , thank God , there , to hear 4 he real « ti » ty of their oppressed brethren r and nothing could ; be better fSan tlir » ri ^ lie einent « mjrfR ' rtv'tnB i 1 atA <» nt <^ T > io
plan is » Ms 4 fM ^ M ^ Ni ^^ j ^ rec ^^ dtiesupouthepartpf the masters which led to the ^ ttrn oui ^ landii ^^ which occurred aupngJMje ^ i (! ttA' 0 mkea * Mi * abwn -to ^ fbs tetIoiriaxJbri 'OT . tfie itii& % j ^ rhe ^ i'Mr * Cctbbert 8 on uridertalte ^ to ^ e ^^ am ^ tae ' financial department and tbe tau ^ 9 ftbe ffldbftSaritJexpence incurred by tb < 9 trial ! ^ , '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ .- '¦ ¦ . . « '¦;¦; ; 'Vi , - -u >' v .. v- !' ¦ - ' ¦ ' ^ i MTi vO ^^^ re ^ m ^^ i ^'!^ i 4 i v ^ NoWh 4 nt ii ' Ai * tt it 4 a oi * Ai ™ i ? iio »< hilrmfl' < in > oav its
titipciMah rflh >^ bl . r This was agreed *< npon . TJbfldelegi tes h 4 ire ^ dcpeibf& ^^ jwflr and return to Scqtiand with our approbation ^ and ffie opprbba- ; tibh of the ^ wprkarig men bt ^ g ^ d , fbrttfeir verjr " instruictive and successful tour .. . y ; ; ? ^
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 17, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct343/page/3/
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