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CASIiISIiEi IMPORTANT- INQUIRY INTO THE CONDUCT OF ; MR . JOSEPH NIXON , KEEPER OF C-ALEPELL-HILL WORKHOUSE . SCTJSSTtoSi ** oftW bA ttxlon . to ^•^ vSfcTevidenoe in Mluittnasplred , Q 1 * right , however , lo metffon . that the fimr P « o ««' ** : sen ia 'the workhouse , and it soeo woald not _* themselves-. nt liberty to » Beek put ia tWA toads * aaBner-rtTdKaBawiaHTaoaB . i ' Mr . C . Wiinbp , sotteitDT . agpearBdfor the , eompWn asts ; fctftownsequencebrttie na&islip&e * . being detemined to » djadlc * ta ob tto nurtter , M declined _ rt n g « pj g » iitf toda with fhecase ^ Mr . 2 _ oo " was aide ! by llr . James ^ Moaner , » olicitor » d d « k to the Board of Guardians . :
, The inquiry took , place in the Town HJO > before J « BaDtxoo , JS » q ., Maj > or ; ThomMSalhald , Esq . of Halm-Hill ; and Joseph Ferguson , Bs < fc , -ot Fisherstreet - Mary YaUely sworn—She said . I live In Btie-sfcr » fat , asd am » mamod woman . I waa _ tbei » eii 4 soasek' » pt by Mr . Nixon a woath to-day . _ ere were twe or three women getting tee . Hx . Kixon wen * in -and eatched tfa «_ getting ik " This place is * good bit of the place where I and eijkt _ niae -other peraon * were sitting . Mr . Nixon oareed and swore that the first he _ ched getting tea *«_ ., he would pnni * themsevwrfy . He damn « i adewor » -be damaedbb aoul ; basAe fiat tie cin ^ it gffi ng ; isa « glnrhe woatt
By MtA . ' Dtva , MjiK—Sekin'ttwhaHtofusBg oaths wftnafce spe—t to a * , and mattes every woman tremble « t his Toifce . The sect meal we went to , be swore to God he w _ d « tM a dunned deal less white twaduaechOdw ^ toc Gjam U ) t * e it to tBeir tea This wm on » Sa&naay * *•* I-dame out oa / Bis We * nesday * ollowlng . I saw wpte of S » children getting -white tread daring AttCttM . White bread is sHawed tomakeboOiesforttw «_ ng _ flareii . Ifit&adbeea allowed I would haw seen it ; they get nothing io place rf it . I beard tfeewomea all saying "there was m » of them . " On the Monday after , two of the women who had « U * in £ children got OTer the wall , and came ; to ' tbe tews foe bread . This wai at aevea o'clock at night ; oae of 4 hem was Jane Bowman ,
and the other Betsey Hoater . She master and mistress were both at the town whea it happened . A * soon a * the women were mined , there wa > a great noise in the house , as to what would be done , when the mastere _ w back and beard of it The two women came bade ia about an hoar and a halt The passage and stair-head doors were locked , so that they would hare to ceme threagh the kitchen where they would be teen . There were six or seren of us kept standing en the fiain considerable time , aal could not get to bed . " Mr . Nixon ' s daughter and servant brought up a candle , and reproved Jane Bowman very ranch for going orer the ¦ nlL Sh * denied iL Mr . Kixon ' s dingh _ heaved her hand in Bowman ' s _ a , sad asked her how she dared to do tt When the master and mistreat came
home between tan and derm o'clock , the master went out of oae room to another , cursing and jweariag in the same way . He said to Jane Bowman , he would take d d good care of her , that she should never hare any out-door relief , and she should never hare anything when her hnsband sent for her to America . He came into the bed rooms two or three times , and continued until two o ' clock in the morning . The next morning the bell rung for ss all to go to the gates . All the women and young lasses were brought forward to the gates . He cleared them aU but six of us , and sent the others into the bouse . We bad to go sems the yard at the sound of the bell every half hour in the day and every quarter of an hour after dark , till eight o ' clock . One of the women who went orer the wall
gave her notice in next day , at eight o ' clock , to leave the place ¦ the woman was Jans Bowman . There was another of the six he remoTed to her parish next day . There were now four left , one that went orer the wall and three others . I dont know what I was punished for . Mr . Nixon kept Jane Bowman in until seven o ' clock at night , though she had four children , . two in her ar __ d two at her tails . ' She asked the mistress , at tiro o ' clock , for her dotkes , which was an hour after aheshouldhavegot out The mistaess said No , shehad something else to do than give her her clothes ; she said in a paadon , " Turn in here and do the kitchen work ; you have got your dinner , and I will take care you wotk for it T am mistress and not you . " Jane Bowman went out about seven o'clock at night I heard no
cause *** £ >}** for keening her in until that time . We , the four , did duty until eight o ' clock at night , that is , going across the yard at the sound of the belL 'I then thought there would be no more of it , but he started next morning , and the bell was rung again . I walked till ei ^ ht o'clock , and then I gave notice to come out I expected my time would expire at one o'clock , as five hours is the time of the notice . I walked when the bell rung , until two o'clock , when I came out I have three children . The bread the women brought in , he took it from them , also some red herrings , when we were in bed . He cut the loaves up , and gave them to the little children , from two to four years of age . He kept them in the kitchen , until they ate it all . He asked them when they were done eating , if their
bellies were full , and slid their mothers would go over the wall , and get them more bread . Before Jane Bowman went out , she gave me one of the penny loaves to conceal . for her , as Nixon made such wort . I gave her it next morning , and she put it into her pocket She had a piece of penny cake in her pocket at the time . He gave her extra punishment , by making her wash aod scour a six room shop before breakfast , and then after breakfast , when she wax going for water , he cried out" Hallo , Bowman , what have you got in your pocket ? " She paused , and he said , " Come , come , take off your pcxiet , till I see what is in it" She took it o £ and laid it down on the table . He then made her take out what was in it ; he then took the bread , and said she might take the pocket back . The
next day he divided the bread amongst the children , as before . He came to us , and said to the children " , have you got enough , as your mothers will go and get yen some more . Betsy Hunter , who went over the wall , said to Mr . Nixon he might have let her little girl come out before she h-id eaten all her bread , that she might have got a piece for the young one . The victuals were not sufficient , and they said we did not get -what was ordered . The first three or four days I was in , the porridge were rather better , but from the Saturday until the Wednesday , they were very bad ; there was a general outcry in the house thai it was mixed . with bar ley meal , and to my taste it was . The porridge were very thin and jnst like grueL When I put six
spoonfuls into the milk , I could not get one out again . The Saturday before I came oct six more paupers came in . The potatoes for the stew on the Snnda ; , are peeled on the Saturday . After these persons came in , the whisper Went round— " Well bare their stew to-sorrow . " 1 asked some one , what wis the reason ; tbef said there would be no more potatoes peeled for the six that had come in . I said that was the way he used to do when I was in eight years since ; that when is the back kitchen working , I tare seen from fiTe to seven more coming In , and no more caeal pot ia for tiiem , for I bsve seen it weigLfed . I had almost forgot to mention some bad language he made use of to a young woman who wag in the house . I think her name is BeUy Portborae , who was an inmate when I was in ; she w » aboat a fortnight laid in , snd she laid ia the sick room with
another woman -who was poorly , when the woman Sarah Scott and her had some words , bnt 1 den't know what they were , the mistress said to the master , there is a woman sitting there , and the best word she can give anyone who speaks to her , is to kiss her backside . The m&Ettr said , " the nasty , -dirty , slinking hussy , bow could she wish any body to ^ kiss her rutten backside , for the is a nasty , roUen , stinking -wtx—re , and is , Ac ., . &c '" ( Here the language is of that obsoeaa character , that -we dare aot repeat it , and that he would give every woman- a eui ! - ling -who -would kick her through the yard . ) There would be about forty persons present when he said so . I ¦ wear 1 heard these words . When I was before the Guardians Mr . Nixon said , ' By God if you go back—yon had better not . " I have stated nothing but the troth .
By the Beach . —Bowman gave me the loaf , as Xixon was making such work . I gave her it nest morning . 1 know she bad eat it contrary to the regulations of the Board of Guardians . ( Here some altercation took place between the witness and Nixon , which the bench very properly put a stop to . ) Jane Bowman examined . —I live at the ead of Queenstreet . I have been an inmate of the trorkhouso at Caiefell Hill . It is three weeks or more since I left . While I was there , the master came in the Saturday before I left , and laid " te -wcnld be d—d if th * re should be any moze tea or coffee in that bons& , it ht knew it , " He went away , but was not long away until he came back and said " he would take care they should have no more white bread for the children , he
would put a step to that" I came out on Tuesday , and from Saturday np to that time , I got no more white bread for the child . On Monday sight when the master and mistres wen at the town , I and another young ¦ woman went over the wall to get some bread ; we brought the bread to the house ; the other woman wu Betty Hunter , who bad a sucking child ; when we came back the house was in cP » f ° WT they said it had been found out that we bad been over the walL I gave some of the bread to other women to hide ; I pat a penoy loaf and cake into my pocket , and we went to bed ; but the passage door was locked np , and we had to go through
by the kitchen ; when Mr , Nixon's two daughters stopped us , md the young one fratched severely , and said her father would put us on the treadmill . She asked me if I went over the walL I said not She then shook her fist in my face , and said I was a bad woman . I aaid nothing to her but went to go to ted , but the stair-bead door was locked ; they brought the key , and one of Mr . Nixon's daughters and the serr&nt brought a candle , they fratcked me very severely for going over the wall ; after they had fratehed a long while , I told them they had no business with it ; they might let their fattier and mother say what they thought proper when theypHB ? in . Soon after the master and
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mistress came home . The master came running np ¦ tain with a lighted a candle , shouting out which room . does Bowman aleep in ? Some answered the garret : He ¦ came in and said , Bowman , yon have been over the wall to-ni- ^ ht ; I said , nor = He aaid he would be d— -d if he . could make it oat , ha would punish aria the moral Ag * . He Own . went to the . other , woman and Iratshed fi jet too ; he then came back , and asked Us the bread . I . jwver ipoke , and he asked tne when I had my bask *? I toM Win it was In the $ ttiBS * 7 * ' 9 om . ¦ He ' vent and found the . bread , and aome J / gnjBgv Me anas imet on the la » d > tnfcV / at ^ - jiifc . tmyqfli -ie * 7 T *» >*¦** ^* deprive . a * tf ov teUshetln the mernlag ; he nllied ; t'ipnt the boaae Ib ? acne time , fca { I couML not
say .-hdwj iiMii . , Neat morning he came and ** k # d , fbr me' la . «» Bi&n * -rflonv , I "had not got , my cMldrefc ftreoOd , tat had tfem « my knee , Be said jAad V ? give tt » e * aaio ¦ bmebodr , and get . the aW * ag-room was ' iedeaV *« djr 4 bbed wi& a stone , A Tsiuifwpniau s » M ; if I would ' wash It . sh « would nib * t . « l $ a stCA * fat mot and sh « aid so . ' 2 ttxoh , jatt I was to waah ft again after breakfast and then after dinner ; bat iMald . Mt get it done , » he ordere 4 « ae to wash % clack and shawl . I then went to . the washhouse "wbea the master . came fa half shaved , an * -said he did not Jock fat such behaviour from me , for I had gone over the wail with en-entire whorerrone-of the biggest ha had in the house , f said I did not kaow what the was ; he said he weald go , and acquaint my brother .
[ aaid we did not « o over the wJJ . for anything but'to get bread . When 1 went to wash the « itting-roojn , > he « rted out , hallo , 'Bowman , what have you got in your Usookef ? letine-aee . I paused ; when be aaid let = me Me what bread yon have got in your pocket I then took off my pookfit , and he ordered me to take it btttrl I did so , and laid it on the table . He then took the ; bread away with him . 1 then gave in my notice to leave the house ; and when dinner was over about two o ' clock , I aaid I thought I would ; get out as ( the . five hears were up . The distress said yon have got your dinner , and I will make you work for it She then said , tarn in and dean the kitchen—I am mistress and not you . I then i went in and cleaned it I asked Betsey Hunter how things wore done , and ahe helped me . It wu then ! near two o ' clock , and I went la ana asked Mary Gadi 4 e * for my vdothes . The mistress turned about and
« aid she had something else to do than bother her head with me then , —She was making some clothes for a . person who was . going to America ; and I had to wait awhile longer . —I asked Betsey Hunter about four o ' clock , and ahe asked the mistress i and she said she woald not be bothered then . The master was at ihe town , bat be came home at the Utoe .. I rtepped back ; when he cried , " Have yon got nothing to do t Qo and give some one your child , and carry in two cart-loads of and . " They kept me in till the beU was ringing for supper . It was near seven o'olock when 4 got out I stripped the children , and said it was a hard case . Two women followed me and took the clogs and stockings off the child—they belonged to the workhouse . 1 had a child in each arm asleep , and the other two had hold of my tails . One of the children who were walking got a thorn in its foot , and I had to Jay one ot the sleeping children down on the ground until I took it out
By Mr . Nixon—I never saw you give children bread ; but 1 ham heard you ask the children if they were f nit I dont know that yon have a special order from the Board of Guardians . I did not ask either you or the mistress for the dogs or stockings . Mr . James Moansey , Gierk to the Board of Guardians —I heard the statement of Vallely made before the Board ot Guardians , and no oaths were used at that time by Nixon . I also beard the statement of Bowman before a committee of the Board , and she then stated that Mr . Nixon had given bread to the children . Bowman and Vallely have exaggerated the statements they made to the Board . They then said Mr . Nixon had sworn , and used indecent language .
air . Nixon then addressed the bench , denying having sworn and made use of indecent language . The woman Porthouse is a bad woman , and is labouring under a certain disease . Mr . Nixon then called several witnesses in his favour . The first who was examined was Mary Geddes ;—She said I have been seven months is the workhouse ; I never heard Mr . Nixon make use of indifferent language . The wont I erer heard him use waa " damn it" I never knew him behave badly ; he is kind to the children ; I have seen aim give them white bread . He is not harsh with the people . I get quite enough of victuals , and I never heard any complaints . The oatmeal is very good . I never beard him make use of obscene language . I have known the mistress give bread from her own table . I have heard Mr . Nixon ask the children if they were fulL It is
four months since I was absent from the breakfast table . Betsy Fortbouie was ordered to wait on two girls that were sick , and she neglected to wait on them as she should have done , and the mistress told the master at the breakfast table , that Porthonsehad told some of the women to kiss her backside . Mr . Nixon said any decent woman that she said that to , he would recommend them to cab her about tae yard ; he said nothing more . I have beard him tell her to keep herself clean . The child was a very sickly one , and was injured by the decease which the mother had . Mr . Nixon applied to the Board and got them more bread . I did not hear ' him make use of Indifferent language The night that Bowman and Hunter went over the wall , he was up stairs , and I was in the kitchen . Hewaanot up again after , that I kjow cf .
Elizabeth Hunter , sworn—I have been m the Workhouse fire months . Daring that period I have not heard Mr . Nixon use abusive language . I have heard him say , " d—n It" I was one who went over the walL When we came in we saw Mary , Mr . Nixon ' s daughter , who asked as if we had been oat , and we said no . She did not shake her fist in Bowman ' s face that I saw . Mr . Nixon came in and asked us if we had been out , and we said no . He did not use offensive or abusiye language . He did not swear at us . I slept down stairs . Mr . Nixon did not go up oftener than twice . He went to bed about twelve
o ' clock . I have attended regularly at the breakfast table . I recollect Betsy Porthouse , she was unwell and I waited on her . Mr . Nixon asked her why she had not taken the breakfast up to the two sick women ! She said she woald sot The mistress said Porthouse had been making use of bad language , and Mr . Nixon said he would have her backside kicked for doing so . He did not swear , nor call her a wh—re . The porridge is very good , and we all got plenty to eat Nixon often gives the children more from his own table . In consequence of six more persons coming in , I peeled more potatoes .
Margaret Gash . —I have been in the workhouse seven weeks , and Mr . Nixon's conduct is very good . I have always had tuough to eat . I was in the kitchen the night the woman came through after having been over the wall . ( The witness then stated what took place at the breakfast table , which was precisely the same as that of the former witness . ) I have always found Mr . Nixon kind to the children . B ^ tey Porthouse was deceased . Robert Peile , —I have been in the workhouse long ,
I was there when Mr . Nixon came . Mr . Nixon ' s conduct is very good , and I never heard him swear , except " dm—n it" He Ls not in ' the habit of using obscene language . I remember the -women going over tht wall , &s they were to come to me once in the ha'f hour . 1 have sufficient to eat , and the rest have the Bame . , The porridge is very gooi . The magistrates here expressed themselves satisfied with the evidence in behalf cf Nixon , and after a short consultation , acquitted Mr . Jfixon of any biame , bnt cautioned him against using bad language in future .
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THE MASONS' STRIKE . A public meeting of the trades of London -was heltl at the Crown and Anchor , on Friday evening , to hear the report of the Trades' D .-legatts , respecting the strike of the masons , and to take into consideration the manner in -which they had been treated by the London pretB . The chair was announced to be taken at eight o ' clock , and soon after seven o ' clock , the place was crowded to txeess . Bach is tie excitement this subject has created that we never saw the place * j suffocatingly crowded . Immense nambers were compelled to be denied admittance , staiss , landing , and every inch of room being occupied .
Mr . BvtijEB , operative carpenter , was called to the chair , who opened the meeting , by calling upon them to assist him in maintaining tkat order , which bad hitherto distinguished their proceedings . Many of them knew the particulars of the suliject which had given riseto this meeting , but as a great portion of the public were not so well acquainted with it , the masons and the trade delegates , had called UiU meeting that the public mind might be disabused of the prejudice which a great portion of the press had created against them by giring circulation to the base calumnies of Messrs . Gr issell and Peto , sod refusing to insert their contradictios of their statements . This meeting has been called for the purpose of laying the truth before you , that you aiay havj an opportunity of judging whether the masons were justified in striking against the inhuman ijnBBf ot Osorge ( he would not call him Hr . ) Allen .
Thbir meeting in such immense numbers , fully proved that they j-ympathLsed with the men on strike , and backed by your aid and support , they will teach that petty despct Allen , that you will not allow him to trample on the rights and liberties of your fellow workmen . ( Immense cheering . ) He hoped they would give all parties a fair hearing . If Messrs . Grissell and Peto or any of their agents were here , he hoped they would also give them a fair hearing , as fair a hearing as they gave the other party , and thereby prove to them , that however tyrannically you have been treated , however base you have been calumniated , still your endeavours are directed only for justice and not for revenge .. He appealed to them to assist him with their support in presiding over that meeting . He had ever found them generous . He had never appealed in vain , and he toasted that he should not on this occasion .
Mr . J . Kay said on this great and important occasion , I had rather * ome one more competent than my .- elf had been selected to move the first resolution . You are all pretty well acquainted with the strike , and therefore my duty will be simply to ehow the general manner in which tiie masons have been treated by Allen , leaving the details to succeeding speakers . I am a mason , but I have bo coanectica trieh tae strike . I do not belong to the Birmingham Union , bat feeling &s a man and & mason , I tm compel ed to come forward < m their behalf and aid them in their resistance to such inhuman
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tyranny . It might be thought by some fhat the ;; « trli « though just was ill-timed , bat they had pat up w ith the treatment of Allen until they could endure it no , longer , And , though winter was staring theia il the fe * e , they determined to contend with eveiy privation *» . ther than any . longer submit to such ; conduct . I htjre known Allen long , and he was ev «! a : pmnd and . fjv « rbearing wm - liia most intimate friends could nevfj give him a good character . Islt iikelf , Ujat * W men , ihould J » sacrificed to gratify the tjraank "Capoaiiien . of o » e intyfldaal . I bat * rr ^ . li se ^ . fifoaaAMa iWBM ^ atrOeet , bot here tbe-M-im tally Justin *! . . Xb&
had Wed Allen time after $ aM , and Jouad , Uf wm not tn hi * aatare to -altar If * the .. better . fie Sraa surprised tfeat a man etaaeha haughty tender should now act so dastardly a * to take shelter tmtez the wing ef tor employer ; but it only m » de ggod the , axioai , that 1 fco » e ¦ fbremwi . w ^ o were the , greatest tyrants to the men ^ werethe most subservient staves , to the employee . It appears that Messrs . Grissell md Peto aw dotlaniteed to retain ttds faithfai servant a « aIiastth « det » nBkMd feeling or thetttenj If they *) , I wish them joy with him ^ but I fear he has already proved a dear bargain . tCbetrs . ) If I had a large job to undertake I would always « mpl » y aklnd anAheqevolent foreman , being satisfied it would be more to my interest and that the men , would do a better day ' s wort I beg to propose the following resolution : —
" That this meeting fully justify and duly appreciate the conduct of the masons In their strike against the tyrannic ooadaot of George Allen , their late foreman , and also return * its thanks to liie masons employed at Woolwich Dock Yard , and Nelson's Monument , for the spontaneous- aaaner in which they turned out in defence of their brethren against the sordid conduct of Messrs . eriatell and Pete , tbafcr late employers , in per * sisting to rettin Allen as foreman . " . . He toasted they woald pass this in sneta an unanimous manner as to give new energy to the masons , and prove to the employers that they would never < oontenance them hi their attempted tyrannic coercion .
Mr . Jonas Wartoaby , carpenter , said be fully agreed in the spirit of the resolution , which had been moved , and cordially seconded it Mean * . Grissell and Peto , in their correspondence , style Allen a faithful servant *; » man is known by what company he keeps . If they are fond of Alien , ho only knew this , that they are fond of a very great blackguard . Gentlemen that would follow him would speak on the conduct of the press ; all he had to say to them was , that being unaccustomed to public speaking , he trusted they would be very mild with him . Foremen , when they got into a little power , seemed to think that they could tio what they liked with the men ; but this meeting showed them they were wrong , thowtd that they must treat their men as reasonable beings .
Armstrong Walton said , Mr . chairman , and fellow working men of London , I feel proud to see such a numerous and intelligent assembly before me ; it shows you are alive to your own interests ; that though this strike rests with us at present , yet you are equally interested in it as it may be your ease at a future period ; being more intimately connected with the strike , it will be my duty to enter more into the detail of the harsh and unjust treatment which led to tbe strike . Mi . Walton then ably laid before the meeting the various charge * against Allen , which are already familiar to the readers of the Star ; dating his detail he was often interrupted by cries of shame and hissing at the unmanly treatment to which Allen had subjected them . ¦ ¦ '• ¦ . '¦
During this statement , Mr . Wakley , M . P . for Finsbury , entered the room , and was loudly cheered . The heat at this period was bo excessive that a person fainted away on the platform , and the reporter could scarcely take his notes from tbe incessant dripping of the condensed breath from the roof , although the immense windows at the end of the room were open to admit all possible air . : Mr . Walton , in continuation , said he was sorry that Mr . Wakley had not been present at the commencement of the proceedings , that he mfght , in his place in Parliament , have given the lie to tbe false statements made against them ; bat be woald see that he was famished with the necessary information . Mr . Walton contradicted the assertion that tbe onion had compelled
the men at Woolwich and Nelson's monument to strike —it was their own spontaneous act , dictated by the feelings of their hearts , which would not allow them to stand tamely by and see their brethren defeated . They had challenged Allen or their late employer * to come to a public meeting and refute the charges made against them : they had done so , which was proof that it was not in their power . Was It to be endured that men should be treated worse than dogs ? that they should be told , on staring away a reasonable time to pay the last duties of humanity to deceased relatives , that they might go and die with them , and be damned 7 How would the upper classes like this treatment 7 Did they suppose that working men bad not the same natural affections as themselves ? And yet the upper classes , the Board of Admiralty , the Commissioners « f
Woods and Forests , had declared their determination to support Messrs . Grissell and Peto , without knowing whether these charges were correct or not : and yet this treatment was what the Dispatch would call necessary severity . ( Cries , " Down with the Dispatch . " ) He was glad they had one M . P . who could tell these gentlemen—who could tell the Government , that let wkat would be the result , the working classes of this country would no longer submit to such treatment . ( Tremendous cheering . ) They had to contend with the opposition of every class—save their own—from the most petty clerk in the establishment of Grissc I and Peto up to the Prime Minister , which plainly prsved that they must get power in their own bands—must look after their own interest , for no others would look after it for them .
The resolution was then put , and unanimously carried . Jir . Clark , painter—Fellow-workmen , yott have heard an able detail of the grievances which led to the strike , and which caused the release of the men from the tyrannic grasp of Allen , he should , therefore , not detain them , but propose this resolution : — " That , in the opinion of this meeting , the masons now on strike , at London and at Woolwich , merit tho support , not only of the trades of London , but of the trades throughout the empire , for the manly stand they have made against their cruel and relentless oppressors ; and this meeting pledge themselves , individually and collectively , to render them every necessary support "
It was unnecessary to say anything to induce them to carry out this resolution . They had been , by the speakers present , and by a portion of the press , made acquainted with the whole of the evidence . If they allowed the masons to be defeated , the same ruin would speedily fall upon themselves . Mr . Thomas , a mason of the London Union , begged leave to second the resolution . You have , by p&s&ing the first resolution , justified the masons in striking ; you have now only to justify yourselves by supporting them . The subject ef the strike had been well explained to them ; but there was one subject he would mention . In 1833 Allen was discharged from Cubitt's , for being a member of the Union . How did tbe men then act towards him ? Why , they unanimously turned out in
bis defence ; and now he had turned round upon them , and become a despotic tyrant to those men who had acted bo generously by him . He would inform them of a little fact a friend had told him , who had lately been at New York . A person fell down in tho street , and broke hU leg ; a crowd soon collected round the spot One said he was sorry , another said he was sorry , but one man said he was very sorry , and to prove it , he took offhis hat , wentround the crowd , andcollected for the man one hundred dollars . I want you to shew your sorrow in the American way . I want you to be sorry not that the masons had struck , not that they had resisted tyranny , but that the masters by their illtreatment had given them occasion to do so Tho carpenters had shown their sorrow by giving X 50 ;
the masons £ 75 ; the painters and other trades bud shewn their sorrow and thereby justified th ^ mse vts . Mr . Farren ( Secretary to the Trades' Hall Society ) said , I never stood before a meeting of my fellow working men with such pleasure as on the present occasion , because it ia a meeting called entirely by working men and the Chairman and speakers are working r-: ien , and are men who shed a lustre upon the class to which they belong . I was lately in conversation with a liberal clergyman , and it was his opinion that the working class were underrated , because they were not pure and unmixed from other bodies . Now , this was a pure genuine zneetisg of the working classes ; and , for morality , respectability , and genuine wisdom , it was unrivalled by any meeting . It was the clsss to which
be belonged , and by them he would stand or fall . Ho appeared before them as the reprctsentative of a body of working men to express h ! s syu vatby , and show hiB sorrow . He was sorry they bad " n Trades' Hall of their own in which to meet and discuss their grievances —that they were compelled to pay such . inormous sums for the use ' of a tavern for a few hours , \* hen , with a Union among themselves , they might bo easily obviate this necessity . This was the more necessa * y at this critical period . If they looked at the aspect of i be times , the would see that a spirit was growing amonk ^ tht . li employers to bind still more closeiy the degrading' trammels which fettered the working men . Those men . by whose labour they were supported in affluence . The blow had fallen first upon the masons ; it was up on them the crater of the volcano had burst , threatenin % to overwhelm them , like anoth « r Pompeii , with ita *?*»* * n : *» & . through them , to overwhelm the other trades of
the country . But though it had burst upon the masons , yet their hearta throbbed with the proud spirit of liberty . They had called on the united trades , who had nobly responded to the calL and buoyed up by the 3 000 honest men he taw before Wm , and standing on the broad ground of humanity and philanthropy , benuse they would not see their brethren oppressed . What power can resist them ? They must slso have the support of the teetotallers In their resistance to having the pump lookea against those who from principle or poverty , conld not drink beer They must declare tlat water should be free , free as air though the publican should be compelled even to keep his beer bat relied in the cellar . This was high moral ground on which to stand , and they moat thank their oppressors for it They had been maligned and slandered by the press , but these were denouncing times , and they must denounce the Times . ( Laughter . ) Mr . Farren then wittily denounced tile Horning A& . verUaer , Dispatch , && , and concluded a long and eloquent address by impressing upon them the necessity
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of ^ lfelr 4 & 'is * 5 w . nti l 14 ^* giving the masons the honour to sayy in fatore times , that , through tbe enthusiasm and union their strike had occasioned , they had given rise to tfce / buildfiig of a splendid £ Mt , built by the ! hard energies' of worfiag ttten—eallti i | rith all one deference to bis right hand supporter ^ Hr Wakley ,- without Parliamentary : asWetaaee . ^ Wemti then have the key in ' . oar hands , and can le £ It 'W a ! par ties—Tory , WWg » Radical , and < though last , net leasts iny Chartist Weo « si ( Tremendous ' eltteVingf They had often sang UvtlWlr caps / that Britdia wcttd JO ** be slaves ; be trotted they ' woald demonstrate ¦ It apoathhroecasion . y ( 9 hee * aT- 'K '' •• •" ¦ ¦' - . * - c- J"l : \ The resolution' was llieii tat and tarried
nnanimoody . . Mr . Hajsqn , oJLtlte London , Union-of Masons ,- saidv t fear , after tile elegant addrearyou have Jost heard , thai I shall be thrown In the shade , although there ia noi shade J * i » H-aat although $ < a » ti in the lighter shUl hot appear much of a . star , , T ^ ey bad beard , the conduct of Allen beld up to reprobation ' , but not more than it deserved ; bat they mast beai In mind tber »< w « re others also who deserved reprobation , fle alluded te those men who had been so destitute of-principle as to take employment under George Allea , at the Houses of Parliament , &C . If it had not been for these men , ' the efforts of their employers would have been futile ; they had been ( be cause of protracting the straggle and of throwing them Into greater expences , He should move the following resolution ;— ,. v ,
" That this meeting condemn . the conduct of those individuals who , in an unmanly and pnprineiplsd manner , have usurped the places of those men who had been compelled to leave Messrs . Orfnell and Peto ' s employ , on account of the tyrannical conduct of George Allen at the new Houses of Parliament " Mr . Bakee , plaisterer , briefly seconded the resolution . . . ¦ : ¦ ' . "" ¦ .. ¦¦; : .:. ;• . ' , r ..- ¦ . •' - . ¦ ¦'¦'' . - ¦ Mr Scott , mason . Mr . Chairman , and fejlow , work * Ingmen , you will excuse my presumption in appearing before yoo in a fustian jacket I have seen for along time that If we want any thing doing we ' most d 6 it ourselves ; we have trusted toe long to ^ these black * coated gentry . I agree most perfectly with tbe resolution . Men who could actj ; in the unprincipled manner which they have done * , do riot deserve the ' name of men ;
they should be called spaniel dogs . It gives me pain to think that such , men are to be found in England ; they , ought to be , treated with disdain ; ' no man ought to give them board or lodgings . ( Some little disapprobation . ) He would maintain it ; they had come here ( despite of every feeling of humanity ; Irf despite of every noble and generous emotion , and they cannot be called men : they ought to be called spaniel dogs . They cannot be intelligent men , or they would know that while they are injuring the masons who are en strike and their wives and families , they , for the sake of a few months work , are inflicting an Injmy on their own selves and families . The masons have acted nobly through the struggle , and deserve the support I am a ntasen , but not one of those on strike . It gives me great pleasure to see such a meeting sympathize with them . ' '¦' . ¦'•'¦ ¦ "' " ¦ -
The resolution was unanimously passed . Mr . Wood , raaaon . I nave a pleasing duty asrigaed me , and one which I hayo gr&it satisfaction in performing , that of thanking ' yoa for tbe liberal ' manner In which you have tendered us your support , throughout the struggle j—a struggle which was not entered upon on the spur of the moment ; it had been in contemplation for some time ; but delayed , hoping the remonstrance they bad addressed to Messrs . Grissell and Peto would have the desired effect Allen ' s conduct grew worse , and they determined no longer to submit to his atrocious cowardly conduct , and had flung themselves on the liberality of the British public to assist them in resisting tyranny , He would not detain them , bnt on the part of the masons he returned his unfeigned thanks for their liberal support This meeting would give a fresh impulse to their energies , and while they bad the public at their back they would never raccumb ; they would never flinch ; but stand out and achieve a glorious triumph . ( Great cheering . ) . . : , -
Mr . Dunning , bookbinder—I rise for the purpose of moving a resolution respecting the conduct of the press hi reference to the late strike . It is a matter of great importance that we should haveour voice heard through the medium of the / press ; it is a question so important that Ifear I shall not be able to do justice toft . Every great revolution favourable to human advancement has been effected by the agency of the . press ; every art , every science , has been brought to light ] by ; its . mighty agency . How important an engine then must it be either for or against any particular class . There is scarcely anything bat what the press can effect ; yet it is possible so to colour a statement as to impress persons
with a very false idea of its meaning ; The conduct of the press , with regard to the masons , had been characterised by extreme falsehood and cruelty , and calculated to injure tnem , in public estimation ; they did not complain of the publishing of Messrs . Grissell and Petro ' s letters , bat the not publishing their contradltion ; they did not care about the Editor ' s comments , provided he laid the whole truth before the public . Seethe manner in which the Sunday Times and the Dispatch have blazoned the falsehoods of their employer ! , and yet you have no organ by which you can contradict their lying assertions . ( Cries of the Northern Star . ) He concluded by moving the following resolution : —
'' That this meeting reprobate the conduct of the Daily and WedAy Times , the Weekly Dispatch , koA Morning Advertiser , and pledge themselves to support only that portion of the press which advocates their interest , and withdraw their support from that portion which acts against them . " . Mr . Anderson , mason , seconded to resolution . Ihe masons had now been on strike eight weeks , and daring that time the press had neglected no opportunity of endeavouring to create a prejudice against them in the public mind , which had caused them to come to the determination to withdraw their support from these very sapient , learned men , who cauld comment on a question with only half the evidence before them ; there was not one of them which had not deviated from principle , which had not sold itself to the mercantile or
some other , interest save that of the working men . And the Dispaieh , the paper which ought' most strongly to advocate their interest , was the most forward in insinuations against them . Mr . Anderson then read extracts from the Dispatch daring the straggle , and commented upon them , especially the assertion in the last week ' s Dispatch , that they were endeavouring to cause the other trades of the metropolis to strike ; this was a base He ; he never heard It mooted until he saw it in the Dispatch . He hoped the reporter of the Dispatch , and those of other papers would contradict this false assertion . The Editor of the Dispatch had called them a few hot-headed masons ; bnt this meeting ought to convince him that there were a great many hot-headed men besides the few masons ; this would read him a lesson that he trusted he would not soon forget .
• Mr . Nagle , carpenter , I come forward to support this resolution on tbe broad ground of advancing the cause of human liberty . I join , in common with yon , in denouncing all oppression and tyranny in tbe press , in Messrs . Grissell and Peto , and , also in their aristocratic supporters . I go farther , I denounce the system of class legislation— ( cheers )—which has given riseto this , which has caused yon to suffer oppression in poverty , and has allowed another class to oppress you and to live in grandeur on the profits arising out of your labour ; which has caused them to maintain a horde of police , not to protect you , but to protect that wealth they have wrung from your sweat Even out meetings you see are haunted by these fellows , paid out of the secret service money to endeavour to entrap
and betray us . In the name of the God of Heaven , of the God of Justice , he implored them to shake off that feeling of apathy which beset them , and use every means which God hath given them to get rid of this oppression . They were denouncing the press , in God ' s name , was this the first time the press had ill-used them ? When had it ever treated them fairly ? When was the time it did not misrepresent yoa ? Yoa complain of the Dispatch I Gracious God , when did this monster of inconsistency ever throw open its columns for your service ? When did it not give them to the service of your oppressors t Did it ever advocate the
cause of the Uuion ? (" never . "* )—or the rights of labour ? yes , you Dispatch politicians—you who axe too ignorant f » r the Suffrage , when did it do this ? There is no paper in England which does this ; bat the Northern Star—the people ' s paper . ( Tremendous cheering which lusted for some time . ) But he trusted that thia disgrace would soon be wiped from the men of London ; that they would not support these papers which opposed them , but establish one which would act on tne principles of honour , troth , and justice . He trusted they would soon have a daily Star to grapple with the daiiy Times . The resolution was carried unanimously .
Mr . Wakley came forward amid much cheering . When I entered the room this evening I had no intent tion to obtrude on your notice . I attended merely to be in possession of tbe materials of the case , thatl might bring it before the House of Parliament I felt this to be my buunden duty . I had gathered from the press that you were at variance with your employers , and from the feelers put forth I thought it was the intention of Parliament again to look after your Interest , seeing you are too ignorant to look to it yourselves . Six years ago , on my rUst entrance to Parliament , I presented your petition for the Dorchester Labourers , and met with much opposition and misrepresentation , but AnaUy we overcame it , and the Dorchester Labourers g Surned to ti-. eir homes . Then 1 advocated the cause , f ' \ Mie Glasgow Cotton Spinner * , men who were delonn led by the press as characters unfit to live , as the
great * . mopstera . When I presented the petition in the Hei ve > lt waB wcelved with a universal shudder , and fell . * o the ground , bnt I . did not desert your cause I saw the London and the Glasgow delegates , and I became con 'inood that these men were the victims of a foul consuin ¦«* * I got a committee appointed , and the men . thonirh > "enteaeed to transportation , never left our shores , 1 hav ' tang felt an interest in the-working class , and tfaisii , teM-ttfowswlth ^ more *** our *» - « V bosom as I grow o ***¦ Y « a have been calomnlated by the press ; I aiso I "»« » me in for a abate , I stand btfore you & living * ***** of itt « ttwiny . tat . yoa-do not believe them . ti * e / asserted * u * that I was metamorphosed into «* opossum ©* a kangaroo but actually that * was metgmorpnaflBd Into a tory . and this beca . ^ f woa ld not become the activo energetic agent . ' <* « < Urty faction . If
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I had acted against my principles , If I bad been gnUty of ^ e groweat : fa coasiatfl nc y , ao lonyas it anited their parpose . I should have had no aWo ; bat because I ffftaUti aPn ^ tf ^^ Sufltyof thlsto ' Kuit their paWpirpWami'because seeing no difference between , ihe two parties , I do not 4 htnk- * propei to change my position In the House , I am Maded * wi ^ alsrepfcrtation ? hWWl ^ V& l fete ? grateful for it rfg w 1 l !^ nol % irtine 7 it will cause Mento t i ^^ iai » d , eftaBl * Biii * 4 iby ! aoitfbing they . - w ill arrive at the , truth ; ,, I «»• wweqns&te& . witlttttB cause
of yoar strike .. Ith « gh * 4 t had been about wages . - , 1 ctffioot read jig the papew ,. andIhadbaflnTni 8 tedbya portion ofthem * , tajt * o * . mi » ch misled , I well knew . jhMpresa would toke part ^ against the men , > . r ight or . ^ wrong . Ijb ^ ar it nien ^ pn # di abpat starting a paper , this would- bjf a good tftin& Jftufc it would not bo upjtorled . . ; y «* tWAu&fc a ** no ^ advertisements , no snpportfromtjwcapitaljav YcaoreatoaUth * capital , and yet this is ¦ fthe njonpter HWeh ; oppresses yon » t 1 have long thought theeaase of all onr evUaiay in 4 heplace wb ^ e the masons stow * . I hav » iwatobed from tfa * windows , of ^ the l | oase * hefastt « n Jackets employed at the works , i thaughVlt »*» o 4 lb * sint ^ -wb ^ n i «» w them within iUv walls , *« d *«*{ | , fin » l , yo « f ' iranta reform evenlin the-NewvHoflaea : Your-7 * He <( ti «
reformation ; sowifc ; iA bu > litMe . use ref <> rB » iA « . tt » e streams which xnn ; frptn $ be . poo ) , jftu jnast ; first ; jeforin the stagnant fool iitsejtf , ge » rid otOclaa * rtegktetton i bnt we are aawmbiedberefpra i ^ eoi « l « 4 bj « Bt Ian g lad to hear that the strike Is fornot . trages . tiiat yon have taken it up ; on , high Jooral grpands ; that tbb ¦ workmen of London ., are detennjaed they wiH not be treated as beasts of b ^ danj that they not enly caretot the support of the bodies , bu £ I pojr , alsototbe ; moral and intoUeotuafwantaTofJ their fellosf men j tt » t they will notbe treated ^ a ^ Tes , , b ^; afflrp thafe e * < men , of Intellect they are deserving of respect t Ia U » ere' a humane man in the kingdom who could refuse ,-te . Bupiwrfc you on these ' groands I U there a taan in the kingdom , pos-^ essirig any liberality of mind who would not put bis 1
hand-In his pocket for your , support / I am « orry I was not here at the eommencement ; but there was one of tie ctwrgevVI heard of , . iockingjup , the . pump . If a man could be guilty of ajehaq ac ^ an debftfring hii fellow-man of r wi ^ or waea thJorty ,, such » jbmw wna ndt fit to rale in any place of ls , wfiaeoc |» tyj Jj »; w * more fit to be the inmate of a felony cell , than ^> rote over honest men . I pat the case . hypotiietlcally } It is affirmed to be true , and I believe that it Is so . Yon , it apjpeara , were willing to refer the matter in dispute to arbitration . W ^ teoald be more fair ? If they did not accepVit , it shews that joatice wag on your side . You very justlycomplain of the conduct of , the . prew ; it is base and unmanly to Inaart thing * to the injory of the character of . a body of menr . and then refuse to
insert a contradiction . But what is the remedy ? Why , a little patience and more union . Never mhid what tbe piess says about onion ; let t ^ at only stimulate , you , to unite the mo » e . He most beMtber a fool p * akna * e who is opposed to union , and will ul | iiaately find Jt so . ; At present the law allows you to unite ; it does not protest you , bat then it leaves y ou alone . You want nothing to do -with Parliamentary promotion , bat I ; think some one will ask it for , you ; I , say I think some one WilL , . 1 ; Will take car © to be the ^ and bestow on it no ordinarydegree ofwatobiulness . . Eat twenty years you had combination laws , but scarcely had they been abolished one year ere they wanted to be legislating for you again ; bat mind , all you * want is to be left alona I hate been watching political affairs many
yean ; I have . been six years in Parliament , and ' I assure you that the working classes will never be ,. in a right position until they are placed within the pale of the Constitution . This is the grand remedy for your evils i but , we are not , met for this now . This is a special grievance ; the interests of upwards ; of . 200 persons are negated that one person may be protected . Do they call this proper or equal ? . ftuc talking will not do . When we go out of , her ; e , we must carry the subject with . us . I wijl . try what I can ' . "do . ' ltisnofe * few people I couje hi contact ; with- ' At present the feeling in thamlddie and upper classes is against yoa Several have aiked nie my qpinioa . of the strife * . I told them I was not-aoquaiated with the particulars , bat' I would bet two to one the , men , were right I
asked them if it was reasonable that 200 men should be wrong and-one right The treatment I have hear 4 to-night that yon received wasinhnman , and your proceedings were perfectly just . Are men to be treated by a foreman like 4 ogs or swine ? If you had not struck against such treatujent , yeu would not have i marad the name of men ; you had ought to have been souated from society . If a war was to break out , and you were to go slaughtering and nuirdering y « ur fellow-men , it would be said ,: what brave heroes these masons are I Bat because you took a bold stand on a high moral principle , you are to be denounced by society . But , adhere to the same calm , manly line of conduct , and you will daily gain ground in public . estimation . Is there any one here who can say , of his own personal
knowledge , that yoa offered to prove these charges to your employer * ? , ( He was answered by several affirming that the aggrieved parties had been taken to prove the charges before Mr . Grisaeli , bat he deollued seeing them , eayioghe had lowered his , dignity by giving theni { jibe deputationj a hearing . ) . Lowsted his dignity , indeed ! •„ ¦ How could men remain in auch en » pk > y ? Y « u ha , ye no coarse to adopt but to throw yourselves bn ^ the pobiio sympathy t and this , if the . strike is to continue ^ cannot help I bat save . you . ' No man of any independent spirit can refuse to assist yon ; I will gin yoa my mite . Y , 0 u ought not to shrink ; yoa m . nst urge on ; to recede is ruin ; it ia felony to your own interest to remain in your ; present position . Your present mode of relief cannot ; continue for long ; you must . unite togetber ; you will never get protection untilyou get within the p # le of the coBstito
Uon . You must unite to obtain a voioa in the making of the laws , or capital will always be protected at your expenoe , although you have created the capital 1 have been accused because I would not join in the agitation foe a popular measure of relief ; but you must tirst get the political power , or bad laws will be speedily enacted again . ; and until you get this power you will always be persecuted and prosecuted , they talk of a uuion of tbe middle and working classes : this Is very good , but whenever yea have joined them ,. they have reaped all the benefit This . the . wqrking classes must prevent in future . If the middle class will join you let them , but if not , go on in your own strength , fighting the great moral battle , and you will speedily attain a glorious and a bloodless victory . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . Wakley was loudly applauded throughout the whole of his speech . ¦ - •¦ •¦ ¦¦ „ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . . ¦ ¦ ¦
.-...-Captain Ackerly then addnssed the meeting , and wished to propose some resolution , but the meeting being opposed to it , a vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , who briefly returned thanks . Three cheers were then given for the Chatter , and at a late hoar the meeting broke ap . Mr . Wakley gave £ 10 in the Committee room , and considerable other Sams were collected .
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totve , off sapBotttof the paper , to iwsnldidMng ^ tho Editor tojita sensea . The iMflxjfcft had . done ! them ten times mpre barm ifaan tbe Old Xinut was oapable of doing t becauto it bad . beai . eonsid ^ r ed the workliH man' * IrienoV . Tlt was expected the Dispatch woaS tell truth , beeab 4 e . it . waf con « id « red an impartial paper . They cftald not -e » pect anything : dUfewnt fromT the Tiines- The / J ? ftp 4 Wi baft been « n that- accodnt tiieir greatest enemy . The Editor came oat : In the- jam » way respecting ; U » r , CHasg < rw Oa ^ oa Spinnew ,, and would continue , to do so ,-till the people tanght , better . When ^ [ - n . ^ > e > eoul 4 ' not ;^ reap » e his £ 90 , 900 per jear , he woald probab ^ altir hj « ooaduct . ¦ . ; .,::.,., .. " ; ' * ; ,.., . ;¦¦ „ . ¦ , . . ¦
said ) had been refused a reply , even if they paid for it as an advertisement The speater ^ pT 0 T > o * 5 d the foti ^ y ^ tt ^^ ' -I- rumiriu X " z ' tMtt ^ SK W ** .-. ' ^ That this meeifng- « aanolipaM anloiieeAtin ' a * S--T lictous rwiim . Ux , which the-, Tiptet . WtddviDi ^ atd ^ , Morttiw Adtxrfiseri-Iia& Smtiuy iTfow . ahare falsified . > and misrepresented the strike of the maeons ,-aad feet * i ; ^ a& ^ Xi ^^ l ^^ SSS ' ^^ ^^ ii ^ fii ^ MraM » rf |»»® E £ j ' aSS ^^^ 'rJSSa ^ & ^ SillSffi ?^ JB ° Wl ? f ^ thfl ^ # nTkVrii : rtw ^ r »*^ % i r ^ r ^ & $ && $ && Mil Miri ^ is ^ iMi ^^ seea ^ aii the aesotition , rmpx * tf * wiSBL ma . wlafV tfc « e waaas -i 4 ^ £ " ceputm . tft - * orfid ysfSmm ^ m ^ m ^ t A 44 ^ Qn to the Northern Star , the BritistiQueevhad ; lflWias * 4 oi ^ lb * l *| aafeBw ; A--JtJ or > lL- ~ . ^ i : < iT \ - < *• . i . MR . Vdi « B ^ i « nantotedr npondtteilwaa « mdaet of mlMf&k rf tJ ^ O « tb ^ the TDasaar had called notmm ft ^ t ^» ity *«^ y « -j Ba lad . written-aaothet # « Wfi , itedJrbich . iOT o » J « rjtoaab tbe : masons atde * fian 6 a , he-asMhedid bbbcar »« he * lthejBf a ' olergyman's oWtts ^ enc ^ far tbetfcir ^ otijtt theiWDrttog jnen would
Mt Johh , MvBUkx ] bap ) &o $ a& the wiolattpn . . ¦ The Chairman pat the resolution , and it -w »»«« . ried witngatadjsaeniient if " . •' ... .. . - " .. l , .. - Mr . Thomas Read " retiinwd thjuJt ^ for the manaw i p which the working jnan of J ^ p | j ^^ hadrW » e tlW ^ elegatea ,, Iti ^ a onest ^^ wj ^^^ carieei ^ fld ' fjrerx Forking nian ; beeaase If Hie ' rjaufa-. fc ] tfifc « pia 4 sucosedea , ' bthers would take the adtantage , ,. , ; , , ! M / . HcTCHiwsoN moved i ^ a tea partyaad ball fc © got ap for the benefit of the masons , which was agreed to . '' ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦¦; , - ¦ . ' 1 - ' ¦ -, ¦ ¦ .. •/ ¦ . ' c . , n ' ¦ ¦ , It * ras announced that the pafaters had given £ e already , and promised farther support ' ¦ - * <¦ ¦ - Thanks were then carried ; by scclamatlon to the Chairman , and a / Tote of thanks ' to the . Siter , and tf » meeting dispersed about eleven o ' clock . - ' < ¦
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF ASHTON-UffDESiYITE , [ Brother Chartists , —An address appeared In last" week ' s Stan f signed " A Sincere Chaitist , * which we think not only an insult to the Chartist Association of this town ; bat calculated to injure the noble cause in which we are embarKed . ' :: W « . 4 & « rtft > jfe ; ' thint it eur duty to ntat Uw diarges wWcfi ftaro bsen alleged against as . ¦¦¦¦;' ' ; - - ^ "¦ ¦ - ¦ ' -. ¦¦' ¦'• .. :-. ¦ .- In the first place , he states , that " as soon as we saw several inditiduals ingabl for advocating our rights / we permitted the arrangements for the purpose of uniting oar energies and diffusing political information attongsft ns , to be frittered-away , and even the meeting room .
which had been held { or taore ; tbah Iniro years , to- be abandoned , and the furniture sold or destroyed . ' * Now this " Sincere Chartisf Mcnows rery well ! that previous to several individaals being sent to gaol , that scores of pounds were collected fox their , support . anil deftaoe ; afl , d did oonttnoe tpioe . collected , until a ? " Sincere Chartist" toldos , after having lined his pocketsvwiUv the people's money , that Chartism was a ^ leiaslon , that Universal Saffcage was universal humbug , &c . end who has ' done ¦ nothing since he came out of , gaol bat sow dissension amongst the Chartists , thus splitting them into sections and parties , until the old Association had to be-glven np . . .
Yon most bear in mind that there were two Associa tions in theWwn ,, the Senior and Junior j the former for pjiddle * aged men , the latter for young men , which latter has not been given up , but is now the Nation ^ C-harter Association of Great Britain , aodthroughthepor severanee of its members now . embraces aOAmberof the members of the old Association . He says the furniture of the old Association was , either sold or destroyed , whjch is false , for it is now in the possession of the members of the present Association , Had this "Sincere Chartist , " whom , by his style of writing , we think we know , along with "several individuals , " not pretended to patronize us , we should not have been thrown into that apathetic state which we have been thrown . Into , bnt would still hold that proud political position which we once held . It is too tine , ' that we have heea sadly deceived in our leaders , and by those of our o ? rn class too , as well as by those of preaching notoriety , who are regular go 4 > etweens , and are the only standing barriers In the way of real union . ¦' - ' ¦ ' ¦;' : ¦> . " <; < : v . ::
This " 8 lncere Chartist , " In his seventh paragraph , says ,, ' I know there aite menTesidingui our , town , of our own class , whose ability and"Integrity would add dignity to any station which Chartism , in or out of power , could elevate them . to ; , b > t Jbecause . tbey happen to be our every day associated , their abilities had become familiar , the excellence ot their j ^ maika had lost their lustre , forsooth , through . e ^ e ry , day .. practice , and wa muBthave some gettUeman foreigrwt to dictate to oi and spend our ; money . " ' , Brother Chartists , this , is a gross an 4 insulting libel upon our body . . He . knows that previous to the " sacred month , ! ' and . since then scarcely * anv other persons besides oar " able" resident townsmen addressed us ; and we always had our meeting room crammed to suffocation , until oar •' able "
resident townsman . and " Sincere Chartist" pocketed oar money , and then denounced the Northern Star M * B a delnder of the people , that Feargus O'Connor , Esq . wai not sincere in his exertions , and that Frost , Williams , and Jones , ought to be hangedfor being cowards , &c This " Sincere Chartist" woald have as believe htm to be what he designates himself ; if lie is , wh ; does he not cone forward with his intelligence and help us , the members of the National Charter Association , to arouse the people from their lethargy , in order to unite them in the bonds of union , and not let them stand as lookers on , until the chains of slavery an rivbtted fast upon our necks , and which , if not set about directly , we shall be unable to remove , as sow is the time or never . ' .
He says , " we have no association Worth the name , and that we have hot had a public meeting to forward Chartism for nearly a year past" We admik the association is not as strong in members as it ought to be , and which we very much regret ; yet we believe its members to be sincere . With respect to the other assertion , he knows he is stating a downright falsehood , for we have a public lecture delivered in the association room almost every Sunday evening , for no other parpo e than to forward the principles of Chartism , and which lectures he never attends . He also states that we send reports of meetiBga and lectures to the Star ,. which are not heard of in the town until seen in the Star . Thia is like the rest of his false aasertionfl ; . every person in the town who has his eyes about him
knows better . The town was last week placarded , announcing a public lecture to be delivered by Mr . William Bell , of Manchester , in tbe Charleston meetingroom , on Wednesday , the 27 th October , but owing tothat unflinching advocate being indisposed , was delivered by Mr . Doyle , of the same place , and who delivered a very able and instructive lecture on the Corn Laws , proving that their repeal would not benefit the working classes ' without the Charter . Thus , brother Chartists , you will see that this " sincere Chartist" ia not an honest man ; bat is kept from joining us through self-interest , and who is continually doing his utmost' to in / are our glorious cause . IF * therefore hope you will pass him by witii that silent contempt which he deserves , * for he is unworthy of notice . :
Brother Chartists , w « sincerely hope you will throw off your present apathy—that you will bury all party differences—that you will enroll yourselves as members ot the National Charter Association ; fer until we are united and organised , we shall never be able to gain our just rights ; and , until we do so , we shall continually sink lower and lower hi poverty and degradation , sod at last we shall be cast iuto a New Poor Law baatile never more to see our friends or relations in this world , and be literally starved to death . Hoping you will arouse yourselves once more and again gain that proud position which yoa once held .
We remain , On behalf of the Members of the National Charter Association , Yours in the cause of Liberty , Wh . Pilling , Chairman . Tiios . Stober , Sub-Secretary
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Fire at Bayswater—On Sunday morning , shortly before two o ' clock , a fire was discovered in tbe centre one of a row of newly-built nooses close to Kensington Gravel-pits , called Victoria-grove , which have recently been erected . The adjoining buildings were sated , the one in which the fire commenoed being destroyed . '•" - Fnut at Gbhenwich . —On Sunday night , between eleven and twelve o ' clock , the house of Mr . BaiteTi hatter No .-10 , London-street , Greenwich , eaapt fire * The flames obtained Bach an ascendancy that the fire raged front the lower part of the house ; o wie second floor . At this period a young man , woo resided fa the house , made nis annearance at ««
first floor window , and actually crawled against tne wall on the ledge of the Window below to the fi » we adjoininjr ; , when ho made his escape . In about an horn * after tke engines commenced playing for upwards of an hour and a half , but unfortunately witnoot effect , the whole being burnt to the groono . The house of Messrs . Kershaw and Low , Wblca adjoins , was very much injured . ' - * The p ublio-hoose . No . 11 . was also damaged , being burnt on the roor , and the damage by removal of stock , and de struction by fire and water is very considerable . The proprietor fa , unfortunately , not insured . The honse adjoining is also much injared by fire and water . It is imagined that * he fire originated by a burst « Sis in the cellar . iMr . Baxter ; is ? iasured W «" lobe and Phwnix .
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MANCHESTER . IMPORTANT MEETING OF THE TRADES IN THE CARPENTERS' HALL . On Wednesday evening , November 3 rd , a numerous meeting was held in the Carpenters' Hall , composed of men from all branches . A dense mass of working men were assembled . Mr . James henby Stansfield was called to the chair . He would not take up much of their time as there were a number of gentlemen to address them . He considered it the duty ef every individual to come forward and lend his assistance on such an occasion , whether rich or poor . He trusted they would give to every individual a candid and impartial hearing .
Mr . Burn dp , from London , was first called upon by the chairman . He could have wished that it had fallen into hands better qualified , as that was the first occasion in which he haci attempted to make a speech . However , he would lay before them a few simple state- ' ments , shewing the true : reason of the strike of the masons , which no one would be able to contradict The speaker then related'the facts as they have already been recorded in our paper , relative to the conduct of Mr . Allen . Mr . Alexandra Wilson , another mason , spoke to the same effect Mr . SxoiT , bookbinder , moved the first resolution : -- "that this meeting is of opinion , that the masons working under Mr . Allen were folly justifiable in withdrawing from their employment , as we consider his conduct to have been gross and tyrannical in tke extreme —not fitting far men who bad the least spark of manly independence to submit to . " .
Mr . Thomas Vabley seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously amidst great cheering . Mr . Thohas Tobikn , bricklayer , moved the second resolution : — - . ¦¦¦ : ¦¦ .. - ¦ ¦ "That tnia meeting consider the masons of Woolwich Dock Yard and Nelson ' s Monument have acted with becoming spirit in withdrawing from their employment until Messrs . Grisseil and Peto ( their emplayers ) agree to discharge Mr . Allen , who has so grossly inaorted the - feelings of their fellow-work men /' - :. : m :,:.. •¦"" : '¦ . ¦ . - ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ - ; ¦ ¦ - . . ¦ . ' . ¦ ¦ ' Mr . Damel Graham ; Spanish leather dresser , seconded it , which was also unanimously carried . Mr . Littibh , tailor , meved the next resolution : — .
"That the thanks of thia meeting are doe , and are hereby given , to tiie masona tot the noble and m&niy spirit displayed bjr them in thus so determinedly opposing granny and oppression , as this strike it not for an advance of wages , nor against a redaction , but sclely to settle the question , whether they shall be free or Kmain the abject slaves of their tyrannical emolovera ! and this meeting farther pledges itself to uieereVy means by pecuniary and other aids to tender the W . miaation of their strike soccesaftd . * - ™" Mr . John Bailey Uilor , seconded the leaolnUon wbJcb met the approval of every prison present Hotchwson
o , a member « f the National Smith's Society , moved t »» e next resolution . Ifcrsald it was «« ardlug the press , and he hoped the reporters present wools bear with Urn , as they were connected ¦ *«* , ««• ¦ P «* The mason , ha * beT ^ S tS privUege of speaking Utelr sentiments throuS tt ! means of thei prew . in giving them a specinwnrf the conduct of the pw » toww ^ tue HMWdttvSfSS" to extoct fror * the Sun ** Time ., which dwwforth strong symntQn >« 5 ptdlaappro \» tton , Tbe masons ( he
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 13, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct404/page/6/
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