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EAST J3TDIA TEA COMPANY.
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Just published , in Demy 8 ? o ., BY MESSRS . PERBY & Co ., C 9 NSULTING SURGEONS , 44 , AJJbion Street % Leads , ( Private Entrance in the Passage , ) and 4 , Great Chavie * Street , Birmingham , ILLUSTRATED BY EIGHT FIN& . BHGHAVINQS , THS SILENT FBXBND , A PRACTICAL TREATISE on Venereal and Syphilitic Diseases , in their mild and most alarming forms , shewing the different stages of those deplorable and often fatal disorders , including observations on the baneful efifects of Gonorrh < 9 a , Gleets , and Strietures . The Work is embellished With Engravings , representing the deleterious inSuenoeof Mercusyonthe external appearance of the skin , by eruptions on the head * faoe , and body ; to which are added very extensive observations on
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[ COMMUNICATIONS OMITTED LAST WEEK . ] . * , — : DUBLT 5 . —Th * cause ef democracy is now the prevailing topic . There an few working men who do not now understand what the fiha * f ' means , bat . from various causes taey&re deterred from joining ihe ranks of therealfnendjof IreUad . Mr . CHiwina hai agaiu been brdugit before tiepublkiyone ^ ofthe . ^ . dJscfriles of Judas ., " but on a charge u unfounded ai * ny before made against him . Hb las written a snorl fcutcuiting letter in answer to the chaise broofbJ ajafiart him by the " mtSc and water poHtteiaa , " wfao , no doubt , Ma rehearsal or two , to My dear Say" sod others , before he m&dft his appearance to month his lying charge at the Loyal Repeal meeting . The charge was that Mr . O'Higgine had said that "the onion could not be repealed satS all the High Churchmen were" exterminated . "
The Isish Universal Suffrage Association held their meeting on Sunday last , Mr . W . Woodward in the chair . The nuhtues of the lot meeting were read and confirmed , after which the Secretary read an address from the Roman Catholic Chartists of Bamsley to the Rev . Patrick Byan , P . P . of Donabate . He stated that a copy of the addresi just read and the Rev . MrByan ' a letters in answer to it had been sent to the Fra-man ' s Jovnal , feat the " liberal" proprietors of that paper bad not ye * pubHahed them . Sereral letters were read from England , Scotland , and Ireland , the former of which give abundant proofs of the sincerity of the Chartists towards their Irish brethren In bondage , and the latter indicating the spread of Chattist principles by means of . circulating the Star . Here the harmony of the meeting was disturbed by some of the Loyal Repealers , whom Mr . O'Hlggins bad admitted by courtesy , one of whom ( Mr . Matthew Tiernan ) said that our looking fox Universal Suffrage was sheer nonsense , that
General Suffiage or Household Suffrage was what Mr . O'ConneH said was practicable ; that he placed impMt confidence in all Mr . CConnell had said or done , or that be might do I « r Ireland ; 1 hat Mr . OConnell had refused office irom the Marquis of Anglasea ' s government ; Bad asked did not the Chartists of England me physical force , aaddid they not , said he , join the Tories at Nottingham-and other to was in F » gi « v * and Scotland . — The Secretary here said a few words contrasting the manner ia which the last speaker had been , heard , who was not a member , and the »«««» be was treated at the Corn Exchange Bepeal Association , although be was known to be a member at that body . 3 £ r . Atkinson , in a dear and dispassionate speech ef eonsideraWa length , depicted the f » *¦*** * # of Tri « fam ^ pt which bjt « ttribnted to class frgfflatirm . and said that Mr . O'Conaell . and those who thought with htm . might grow grey like himself , and not obtain what they Bought for ; And , in his opinion , ths ozdy effectual and Radical rare for the abolition 4 f the . monstrous ctUb
under which the people groaned ; Wat the adoption of the People * Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Dyot , in a speech that would not have disgraced a senator , spoke to the principle of Universal Suffrage , and the impor tance of a free press in Dublin , and excluded the idea of working , men paying to as association where they had no voioe , and where their interests never were attended to . Mosey , said he , is the only representative Wanted by Mr . O'ConneU . Give him money and he can dispense , with your presence . The assoelatse have no voice in : the Repeal Association . Notsoiere , where every man is on a perfect foeting of « qnality . Mr . Woed rose and said that he had just returned from Scotland and England , where he had been on a visit , and he assured the meeting that the people of
"Scotland , as far as he had been , were the real friends ef the people ot Ireland . He said t&atin Glasgow more than one hundred t * ""* " ^ persons had pledged themselves to petition for a repeal of the legislative union between Great Britain and Ireland . A vote of thanks was passed to the friends of freedom in England and Scotland for the liberal manner they ministered to the wants of the people of Ireland , by sanding the two most liberal papers in Great Britain , namely , the Northern Star , tad Scottish Patriot ; after which Mr . O'HUgins rase and said , that he would answer the questions wMci wers put by the gentleman , who said he was Mr . Ottaraefi * friend , and a m&nber of the Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland , namely , " did the Chartists of England not show their hatred of the
Irish , by returning a Tory for Nottingham ? and by retaming Tccda > in every place tiisy had power to do so at the late election * ? And was not Mr . O'Connell ' s plan of general suffrage superior to Universal Suffrage , sod all other plans ? CouM not the people go and vote in several places if Universal Suffrage were adopted 1 " To the first question , he ( Mr . CHiggins , ) would reply , that the Chartists of Nottingham toek Mr . O'Connell ' s advice to the Irish electors , which was when they could sot get a pledged Repealer to support the next best The Chartists ef England abhor the infamous , atrocious Whig Poor Law Amendment Act , an act which treats poverty as a crime of greater magnitude than murder , robbery , and rape ; because a man guilty of the batter shocking , revolting crimes , would
be deemed innocent until found guilty by a jury of his country ,-whereas , on the other hand , the moment that misfortunes drive aa honest , sober , good man , to seek even a temporary asylum in a union workhouse , his Head is shaved , and a felon ' s dress is put on him . If he has a wife and children , they are all separated , never to meet again , unless some good fortune releases them from th « workhouse , and in the event of death , which frequently and unaccountably happens in those der . s of human misery and suffering , the bodies are given up for dissection to some neighbouring hospital , for young Burgeons to practice upon . Now , the English Chartists always looked -upon this Act of Parliament as one of the greatest grievances of modern Invention , and the electors oT Nottingham knew right well that Mr .
Walter , of the Times , the Tory candidate , was the coiisistert opponent of Qria flagitious Act His adversary , the Whig , was the advocite of that bOt , and the Chartists of Nottingham supported Mr . Walter , not because be was a Tory , but because he was the consistent opponent of the Poor Laws Amendment Act And even now , when The Tories are La power , he U opposed to them , and will continue to oppose and expose -them , unless they repeal that Act . With regard to the second question . The Chartists did not return Tories , as such , but they did return them in some ptaees on the same grounds , and for the same reasons , tteat they returned Mr . Walter . Besides they were v > foolish as to return their own friends , when ever they eookl do so , in opposition to both Whig and
Tory . The plan they adopted was a very judicious one , and one which we should follow at our electioas .. They made the first offer to the Whig candidate to split their votes with him , provided his friends would split with the Chartist candidate . " Begone , ye torch and dagger men , you midnight assissins , " said the Whig . Well , they made a similar offer to the Tory , who said , " I do not like your principles , hat you have a right to > e heard , and to send as many members as you can to represent -your views , wants , and feelings , in the House of Commons , and I will Bplit with you . " The result of this wise and sensible policy on the part of the Chartists is , that they have upwards of forty friends and advocates in the present House of Commons , whereas they hid but three in the last one ; and what
is still better , these forty English members are pledged to extend tbe same rights , privileges , and immunities to Ireland , which they hope to obtain for England ; in fact , to treit Ireland , in every respect , as if it were an English county . Does this look like hatred of IrelaneT * ( No , no . ) As to the difference between Universal and General Suffrage , it is such a miserable , paltry , pettyfoggtng qaibble , that it is unworthy of a serious reply , but , said Mr . OHtegiiv , I wffl give the gentleman who has asked the question , just one month to tell as the exact difference between the two terms . Universal Suffrage always bare the same clear and simple meaning , which is , that every male inhabitant of this empire of twenty-one years of age , of sane mind and not convicted of a felonious crime , by a jury , should
feave the- right to vote at the election of a Member of Parliament . Now , this is Universal Suffrage ; and if we had it , who would be the members for the County and ths City of Dublin ? ( Hear , hear , not West and Grogan , and Hamilton and Taylor ) As to tbe _ people Toting in great numbers in several places at the same election , the accusation comes with a very bad grace from those who profess to be the friends of public liberty , and ¦ w oo declare that tbe Irish people are tbe best and most rirtuoua in tke -world , when it answers a purpose , and then tarns round and accaaea them of tbe basest of crimes , when the accusation answers a different purpose . But to do away with all cavil and to obviate every apprehended difficulty whether real or imaginary , tbe People's Charter makes ample provision , and the original of that Charter is to be found in
JaafiVs ^ Hlstory of Ireland , vol iv . and page 414 . It wu copied from that book or from some other Irish book by Mr . ^ O'ConneU , and handed by him to some memben of . tto Working Men's Association in London , destong them , at the time , to agitate for it and for nothing less , and at the same time , saying that "Be who ii sot a Chartist i » either a knave who profits by the evfbrot misrule , or a fool upon whom facts and reason make no impression . * ' ( Great cheering . ) The Charterjmmdes that all the elections m ' Great Britain sod Ireland , shall commence at tbe same hour and cooelude before five o'clock the same day . ( Hear , hear . ) How eoald the people vote in several places hnder sneh circumstances ? Mr . CHiggms concluded by hoping Shit he 1 iad given satisfactory answers to the questions , and restimeihir seat Mr . Clarke was called to the tiuair , antf thanks were&lnw to the Chairman , when the meeting separated .
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- BOXDEBULXD . ( JREM * MEETING IN FAVOTHft OP THE . LONDON OPERATIVE MASONS . KightfladJy we record evidence tbattha country is beginnlmrto-perceive that there an principles and eon * gftMMsliirotved in the strike of the Parliament fPWaPPi which imperatively demand that tbe HjinUUine the sympathy and support of every l ^ pMMNBKjan and woman in the kingdom . As a MJA ^ 99 | Kbraeous movement having already com-% 4 / tamSt 0 mt favour , we insert the following copy of fjEftJlf Mf I Sunderrand :-P ^ UmjH 4 iB » CB .-& public meeting of tfae JfdBH ^ Sfl | i »> d other inhabitant * of Sunderland , # V | lBp % &r Tuesday evening . Oct . 19 th , in the mimSImm » take into consideration the case of the MMlkf JWMr employed at the Parliament Works ,
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London , and to determine the propriety of aiding thtm in their present struggle . An operative mSson , fcom London , will address the meeting , and explain the casj > of the workmen . —Working men , and enemies of despotism ! the cause of the London masons is your cause . They have struck , net to procure an advance of wages , but to resist the intolerable tyranny of a taskmaster ,. Alien , the foreman of the above works , a man whose ooarse and brutal nature unfits him to govern any , but those sunk to low in the scale of humanity as to be " governed only by tbe whip of the slave-driver Sachs man is a disgrace to neb an employment , > stodB £ t « riy « nfli to superintend a body of intelligent British working men . Cliairtobe takenateiehtcCclock . " ' In accordance with the above call , a public meeting was held on Tuesday
evening-Mr . Jakes Yocsg , an operative stonemason , was unanimously called to the " chair * He observed that whatever difference of opinion might exist upon other subjects amongst the capitalists , they all agreed in one tiling , that it was their duty to wring as much wealth as possible from working men ; and , if tins could net be accomplished by other means , they would not scruple to coerce them to effect their purpose . The present meeting , however , was called , not to enable a portion of working men to maintain wages , bat-to eonvey to those engaged in resisting a system of -degrading tyranny the assurance that they had the sympathy , and , if necessary , should also have the support ot that meeting . ( Loud cheering . ) He would not , however , enter into any details ; these would be best communicated by a friend who had felt the system in operation . He , therefore , had much pleasure in calling upon Mr . Alexander Wilson .
Mr , Wilsoh ( who is one of the n ! ghfa » w Masons that carried the National Petition into the House of Commons ) then stood forward , and was received with great cheering . He commenced fey observing that it was not his intention to attempt what might be called a speech , but be could tell them a tale of facts , which he would challenge any man to deny . Bis proiwnce in the country would not have been necessary , had it not been for the conduct of a corrupt press , in giving insertion to a tissue of falsehoods in fa / our of the masters , and refusing on any conditions to publish a fair statement of the case between the workmen and Messrs Grissell and Peto their employers . That abominable paper the Times , and others had been guilty of such conduct to * ards them ; but , whatever might be their
perversira of the case , he could assure the meeting that be had been nine moratha under that abominable monster Alien . Daring that period be had seen him guilty of innumerable acts of tyranny . He had seen Mm abuse men every way superior to him in physical and moral chamber for no offence whatever , he had treated them worse than be could treat a " mongrel dog . " ( Laughter , and cheers . ) His conduct was Indeed aost intolerable—so much bo that he and bis brother workmen generally , went in a morning fully prepared to take up their tools and march . Iu such a state of mental agony and uncertainty were they that they never knew in the morning whether the tyrant Allen , would allow them to work their day . oak He " eastti" . the men at any time , without a moment ' * warming , and
without say just cause of offence , ( Cheers . ) He would relate & few facts , i llustrative ot his character and conduct . After they struck , they sent a letter to the Commissioners of Woods and Forest * , to make them acquainted with their grievance * . They stated that they were prepared to prove the following eases . The first was that of an individual who bad been engaged on the werks , and had the misfortune to get his leg broken by a fall from the scaffolding . He was off work some time , and when be recovered he came hick to the works , and thoaght that though not able to work hard , there might yet be some light work which he would be allowed to work at to procure bread for his family . He was not able to walk well , but still knowing that he had received his injuries at the
works , he thought that , from tbe common feelings of humanity , they would not exact too much from him at first However , he was . mistaken . No sooner had be commenced work than Allen came , and fiading him at it , and unable to walk without limping , thus unfeelingly insulted h *™ by ordering him to take vp his tools and go , as he " did not want such d—d hobbling fellows about the works . " ( Loud cries of * Shame . The next case was one of a workman wh » learnt that hie wife was very ill , and not expected to live . He wished to be present at her dying bed , and accordingly , Allen not being on the works at the time , wa * t to the under-foreman , and asked his leave , which vm imme diately granted . Well , when the man retwnei , Allen came to him , and asked where he had been . He told
him , when the brute said , " Then go , and die with your wife , and be d—d to you . '" ( Shame , shame . ) Another case was a poor fellow who had been tramping about for three months out of work ; he apyiitd , and was set on , but , owing to his exhausted state , he hs 4 not been more than a few hours at work , whes he was taken bad , and was compelled to leave work . He was off three days , and when be returned Allen told kirn to " go back , he wanted sound men . " A young man , belonging to Manchester , received intelligence Oat bis mother had died ; he asked whether they would allow him to go down to her funeral , and make asaae arrangements about the disposal of some little property . He was asked how long he would require ; he answered about three weeks . This was refused : he was informed
that if he went fee might stop away .. The yowag man then agreed to take a week , but this also was refused , yet the men advised him to go , and resolved that if he was discharged they would all strike . This was determined at a general meeting of the workmen . No sooner did Allen hear of this , than he discharged the man who presided at the meeting and six others . The man went When be returned , Allen was to * cunning to manifest his malice by discharging him immediately , but he found means to gratify his nature by setting him to work at the roughest work about the building . Tbe men observed this , and resolved that they would not allow the poor fellow to be thus trampled on . They addressed a letter to Grissell and Peto , stating that the conduct of Allen was pact all endurasee , and they would not in
future work under him . Messrs . G . and P ., however , replied that they would not be dictated to , and that they , the men , might think themselves honoured in receiving an answer to their eommunieatioa . Tbe men wrote again and advised the masters to reconsider the matter as it might become a more serious affair than they anticipated . Messrs . 0 . and P . then consented to receive a deputation from the men , when they promised that the men should not in future have cause to complain . Allen , they said , was a " rough diamond" but a good one . The men consented to go to work again , and they had a calm for about four weeks , until the following circumstance occurred . The works are carried on simultaneously , and Allen anxious to get as much work as possible from the men , devised the following scheme .
He kept the men working about small jobs , until be had as many stones up as would enable all to work regularly on , all round the building , calculating that by this arrangement , the men being spirited , would work against each other , and make slaves of themselves to enrich their masters ; but the men , with but few exceptions , resolved not to do to , yet , a few were such fools as to work like horses to beat their fellow-workmen . These got their work done seoaer , and Allen when he fonnd this resolved to compel the other workmen to work at the same rate ; be , therefore , " sacked " a number who h&d not produced the same quantity , and bullied and blustered about the works , in fact , it was evident that no matter what the mental and moral character of the workmen , the only man who would
be respected by Allen was tbe man who produced the most work , no matter to Allen if he ruined his constitution by it . He might go to the devil , * or tbe dogs for aught he cared . - There was one individual in particular who was guilty of this folly and meanness ; he tore away like an old collier ' s horse—( laughter)—the consequence was , he was done before the others . The men considering this system of chasing an abominable one , and knowing that they had done , and were willing to do a fair day's work , met and resolved to fine those who should be guilty of it They did not mind a reasonable difference in the quantity ; they did not wish to bring all down to the lowest standard , they only wished to restrain that excessive spirit of rivalry ; they therefore determined to fine those who should be
guilty of it That individual was ordered to be fined , and was fined .. This gave Allen aa opportunity of breaking out again ; he accused the men of conspiring to rob the masters , and swore he would discharge 100 of them by Saturday night This they , the men , could prevent , and they determined to do It They wrote to the masters , and informed them they could no longer work under Allen , accordingly they all struck . He ( the speaker ) knew that he was a rational being , and ought to be treated as such . Allen did not know or care ought of this , and therefore he had left him ; and , by the blessings of God , never would return to work under such a tyrant -The men had an interview with the masters : the latter were asked whether the men had not been doing a fair day's work ? whether they
had not been industrious and attentive t Mr . Grissell said they had . He ( the speaker ) then asked what they wanted ? Yet after this , and putting up on the works placards , acknowledging the men were industrious , the masters had the folly and audacity to represent through the newspaper press that the men were indolent and unwilling to work . Tbe speaker then obserred be mmst give them one or two additional f * cts . At the Parliament works , there was no water to be had by the men ; but a beer boy came round once a day . This beer was supplied by a relative of Allen ; the men were compelled to bay of him , . no other heecseller being admitted to the weds . The beer was often so wretchedly bad that a fig would have rua away from it ( Loud laughter . ) There was a class of men employed who were , however too poor t « boy beer—here were
the labourers earning about 10 s . or 12 s . per week . Well there was a pump in the Parliament Tard , close by , to which those fellows were wont to resort to quench their thirst ; but Allen , when be teamt this , had the baseness to procure a look and get the pump locked down , thus compelling them either to buy his relative ' s bad beer or leave their thirst unquenched . ( Loud cries of " shame . " ) One morning about fourteen men were standing at the gates a little before six o ' clock , getting each a cop of coffee from a poor old woman who earned a livelihood by the sale of it Allen came up , and without making any observation went in and shut the gates , the bell then rung and a few minutes elapsed before the men could get in . They immediately went to their work , but Allen came round and having recognised nine of the aen , he ordered them to take up their tools and walk off . He might have struck them off a
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quarter of a day , but he discharged them entirely and without any warning . ., { "Shame , ittme . " ) Mr . W . . then described the grea $ exerfiona which Messrs . Gftiraell a ^ Peto weremaklngW aftjSattsolMibe eoubfcy to get men , and the manner in which the miserable creatures who had come were treated on their arrival , and having jtnade , Bome excellent observations upon the bad ^ spirit s ^ jwtt'by OJe Wsters , ; oxprossOdg his' conviction . that from the Loidon masons they " wpuld not get . twenty men to go In , however long the struggle might last He then read a placard shewing that the masons employed at Woelwieh Dock yard and at NeUon's monument had resolved to strike also .. ( Cbeerth The press had stated that these men wanted to strike , bat the union would not let them at first , and now the press
slated that these men bad been compelled to strike by order of the salon , which was utterly untrue .- The union had nothing to do with it He thought there would now be a vacancy , for Allen , be might ^ sent to Woolwich . Dock Yard , and certainly there waft not ¦ Bother place which he was more fit for . ( Laughterand ebeera ) Ha was sorry to find that Mr . Grisiell appeared determined to screen and retain Allen . Be ( Grissell had . stated to some of the men that he would not keep « foreman who could not keep his workmen under as complete a state of discipline as that which prevailed in an army . But the men had replied that they considered themselves rational txtegs , and had minds too enligh
tened to be brought under any thing like th * dlaciplinfi of an army . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . W . then oommeated upon the conduct of the press , and gave the Weektf Disjxddi a severe and well-merited lashing , denouncing it as utterly unworthy the support of working men . He then read placard shewing that the joinera of London had resolved not to support it , and oondnded by observ ing that he came out after deliberation , and would stand firm ; he knew they could not be defeated now , because they never had a better cause , and they were all determined to stand to it Mr . W . thtn sat down amid great and continued cheering . Mr . Baucvai ( a mason ) then movad the flr * t
retold" That It is the opinion of this meeting that the eonduet of Alien , the foreman of Grisell and Peto , has been most tyrannical and unjust , towards the workmen under his authority , and this meeting therefore consi der * that the said workmen were fully justifiable in requesting his discharge ., and on refusal la quitting their employment " Mr . Smith , another mason , in an exeeHest address , ¦ econded tbe resolution , Mr . Williams also supported It In a lowgaddress , during which he-wasaraen cheered , but our Halts will not permit us to give bis nor any other of the subse quent speakers' exeelle ** addresses . ' - The second resolution was moved by Mr . Tiki M > a , seconded by Mr . Bags , aad ably supported' by Mr . Birrs -.
—" That considering tint the strike of thearereaientiosed workmen has been- called farth , not from a desire to obtain advanced wages , but from a determination to resist tyranny which it would have bees disgraceful to submit to , this meeting feela , that the said workmen are deserving it * sympathy and support ,, an * therefore resolves . to aid them by every , means io its power , and urgently recommends the same to all wbovalue manly lndependeoce of character . " Both resolutions were carried by acclamation . Mr . Bikhs moved , and Mr . B * iGG seconded a vote ef censure upon the Weekly Dispatch , and a resolution that H was undeserving the support of working men ^ which was carried with great eheerug . A liberal subscription was then-entered into to aid the workmen oa strike , although
Mr . Wilsok , the delegate , slated there was no lacfe of funds—the object of the mestiag being mainly to make the people acquainted with- ibe merits of the worksseafe case . The meeting then dispersed .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 30, 1841, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct727/page/2/
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