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THE JSOETHESN STAE SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1845.
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TO THE XDITOX OP THE NOBTHEB * STXR , Respected SiE , r—Permit me through the medium of your invaluable journal to contradict a number of gross falsehoods which appealed rri the Blackburn Standard of November the 29 n , relative to the-Minera' Association recently formed in-that neigh boorhood . Th 9 Blackburn Standard in its report of the meeting of Miners recently holden at Bacup , Btate 3 that ** it was attended by delegates from Kewcastleupon-Tyne , Wigan , St . Helen ' s , and other places ; and that every day tlnring"the preceding week delegates from varions parts of Scotland and other places hare held meetings at Oldham , Ashton , Stockl > ort , Bolton , Bury , Rochdale , and the neighbouring
towns . Lodge meetings are held in Tarions . pnblic houses ; and persons are admitted by passwords and sipos , similar to the Odd Fellows and other secret societies . It is ateo rumoured that there will shortly be a general tnrnont of Miners throughout Lancashire aad Yorkshire 1 " This , Mr . Editor , is an extract from the columns of the Blackburn Standard ^ and it proves that the person who wrote it is possessed of ao mean capacity for what children call * story-telling *; && , vdsh the exception of the fact of a meeting having been holden at Basnp , it is one continned tisgne of falsehoods from beginning to end . But iB seemB from the statement about secret meetings , passwords , and signs , that the writer has other objects in view than the mere gratification of his lying propensities . He ¦ wishes to bring down upon the already much-injured Miners , iiot only the vengeance of tbe Coal lOngs , hut an increase of expenditure , in having to
defend 'themselves from aeharge ^> f conspiracy . I most emphatically and unequivocally declare that Delegate meetings have not betn-holden every da ;; that there are no secret meetings of any description ; that thrre have been no delegates fo > m Scotland ; that there are no ** B 3 gn 3 " or " passwords "; bat on the contrary meetings of dele * gates are only holden once in each fortnight , and the places where they are held are regularly announced through fiie columns of the Northern Star ; and the only things exclnded during the deliberations of the delegates , are intoxicating drinks . Isone are prohibited from' witnessing the proceedings , provided they condnct themselves with propriety and deooram . So far from the Minere wishing to do anything secretly , they desire to give the utmost publicity to all their proceedings , in order that pnblio feeling may be roused in their favour , and the whole nation become acquainted with the many acts of injustice to which themining population have been 80 lone subjected .
I am , Sir , yours repeeifnlly , Wk . Grocott , Secrotary to the Lancashire Miners Manchester , Dec . 6 th .
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jxxssxos—Be so good , for tbe 2 > eDe 2 t of toe ill-used Collier * of Berbydaire , as to inform ttrem through the medium of your valuable paper , that tbe geod work baa at last began in their county . We had . a glorious meeting on Saturday night last , at the Three Horse Shoea , Kpley , wbich was well attended by Vhe hardy aona of the Wine . Mr . Fleming explained the roles of the As-SOdatioD in a manner which highly delighted them ; after which Mr . Mycroft , in an excellent speech , Jbowed tfcem how easy it might be to better their cendition . Thirty-five members took card * , when the meeting separated , highly gratified . We shall visit Kipley on Monday 11 th ; Swanwick 12 th ; and rach other places as may require oar services through the * 8 efc " We iiope the GcSJiexa of Diesion will rally Toond the Btandsrd . AjtDBBW FLEHIUG , 1 . . Thomas Mtcboft . j » enis
-Boltok . —A meetingof the Miners at Bolton was holden on Monday last , Mr . Hnnter addressed the meeting . At the conclusion of bis address , the following resolution was carried TroaniTConsly : —** That nothing short of a general union of our trade will be of a permanent or lasting benefit to -enrselves and children . " Arrangements were made for future meetings , which will take place every Saturday sight , &i the New Lodge Boom , Brongh flill . Doors is be open a& seven o ' clock . Ocghtebside . —Thirty-three men of this place are -still out of employment , and those that have got to work will not receive any wages till the 9 th of Dec , The sufferings of the poor fellows are really heartrending ; most of them having parted with all the goods they had , now having nothing , and are quite destitute . A meeting was held and addressed by Mr . Hunter .
Gzlcbitx . —The meeting "was held as usual in Mr . Saott ' s Long Room , Mr . John Pell , from Oughter-Bide , in the chair . After a few remarks from the Chairman , Mr . Hnnter was called upon to address it . The men of this place are greatly" benefit ted by the reading of the Northern Star . Wobki 5 gtoh , Nov . 30 . —A delegate meeting was held as usual . The Whitehaven district delegates did not attend . Stakfobdshirb Pottebtes . —Messrs . Lomax and Swallow nave holden very successful meetings during the past week at Alsager ' s Bank , Andley , Kantten Heath , T&lkoth Hal , Bradley Green , Longton , Golden Hill , Butt jL « ne , Tunstal , Harris Head , and Norton . The " Month of Grace" is working wonders here . At Scoatia , Biddulph , Woodhead , Delphus , &e tbe men hive got an advance of wages . -.
The kehbebs of this place met at night and were addressed -by Mr . Hunter , when it was agreed that A public meeting shonld be called for tbe succeeding sight , and that Messrs . Hnnter and Holliday should attend . The bellman was Bent round , and the meeting was the best bj far that has been here . The following resolution was pnt to the meeting and passed nnanimonsly : — " That in the opinion of this meeting onr rights have been unjustly and namercifully taken from us , therefore , we pledge ourselves to "use every legal and peaceable means to obtain them . "
A Public Mketisg of the Coal Miners of the Oldiam and Ashton districts was bolder according to announcement , on Monday last , on a space of gronnd in front of the Horse Sfeoe Inn , in Bardsley . The chair was ocenpiedby Mr . G . Harrison , who Eled the office to which be bad been called by the unanimous votes of his fellow-workmen in a masterly manner . The meeting was-addressed by 'Messrs . Auty , from Yorkshire ; Ramsey , from Padiham , authorised agents of the Miner ' s Association ; andiUo by Mr . Dixon , from Manchester . The usual Trade ' s resolutions were passed by
acclamation ; after which a vote of thanks was given to the Proprietor and Editor of the Northern Star newspaper , for 'the manner in which they had hitherto defended the Miners of Great Britain n their straggle of right against might ; and also for giving publicity to tiieir proceedings , wiftont fee or xewaid . The thanks of the meeting was also given to Mr . Dixon for his past and present services in the cause of the suffering Coal Miners of this country . " Mr . Dixon briefly -acknowledged the -compliment and moved a , vote of thanks to the Chairman , which was carried by acclamation , and the meeting dispersed in » peaceful and orderly manner .
D . el £ Catb Mssrme . —A delegate meeting of the Minera of Nor thumberland and Durham was held in the large room of the Black lion Inn , in Dnrbam , on Friday and Saturday last , the 1 st and 2 nd inst . At the appointed ionr , Mr . William Biehardson was unanimously called npon to preside , and Mr . Mark Dent to occupy the vice-chair . Mr . Biehardson briefly opened the proceedings by stating the objects for which they had assembled that day ; and after entering into some preliminary arrangements for the better expedition of business , sat dr . wn , calling up an ibe District Secretary to read tbe minntes of tbe previous delegate meeting , which was complied with , and they were confirmed . The following resolutions were proposed , seconded , and dbenssed in dne form , and ultimately agreed to : —1 st . " That a Committee be eleeled to © ondnet the affairs of the
district , and that tme member from each sub-district be nominated to form that committee . " 2 nd . " That each sub-district be required to hold a meeting on the 9 th of December , toTiominate a person from such sub-district tooonstitnte the District Committee . ^ 3 rd . " That toe Committee for the district bold their business meetings at the house of Mr . Martin Jnde , Three Tuns , Manor Chare , Newcastle . * ' 4 th . " That the wages or expenses of the Committee be leftto the decision of tb&sub-districts . " ^ tb . "That the Secretary and Treasurer retire to another room to receive the contributions to the district ftnd . " 6 th . * Th&Uhe men of Brancepeth Colliery return to work , and test their masters as regards turning them from their employment . " Tae meeting then adjourned until nine o ' clock , on Saturdav scorning .
SiTuspiT Mobbesg . —The meeting resumed their sitting this morning , at cine o'clock , Air . Richardson to the chair ; Mr . Dent in tbe vice-enair . The jamTr tesof the previous sitting were read and confinned , » nd the following resolutions were , having been discussed at considerable length , agreed to — IbL "That the resolution -respecting tbe unbound « ea being turned eff their employment , be carried j » to operatum . " 2 nd . •* That in tbe opinion of this meeting , partial strikes are mjnrioiia to the Association ; aid thai those collieries who are now on strike be Btrongly recommended by this meeting to return to work . " 3 rd , * ' Tfeat a Committee of five delegates
be appointed from this meeting to draw up a programme to facilitate the business of the meeting of delegates . " 4 th . That the following persons constitute that Committee : —John Stoker , Alexander Stores , James Kean , James Baflantyne , and Henderson Fawcett . " 5 th , That the District Secretary be instructed to write to Kenton , apprising the men there of the miB-statements of their delegate to tbe late Conference . " 6 th . "That the men of East HolyweU Colliery be supported out of the law fond to defray the expenses of their late trials . " 7 th . That the men of Wingate Grange Colliery be SHpported from the law fnnd of each colliery in the district , so as to enable them W esploy able
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counsel , and defray all necessary expenses in the carrying out of their trial . " 8 th . That the men of Ting Pit be supported by voluntary contribution from each colliery in the district . '' 3-h . " That the District Secretary ' s wages be henceforth 18 s . per iveek . " lOtb . ** Thai no colliery work in future on tbeir pay Saturday . " 11 th . ** That each Colliery Secretary be required to give a correct statement of the number of members , and transmit the same to the District Secretary previous to the forthcoming General Conference , to be held in Manchester , on January 1 st , 1844 . " 12 th . That the Committee of the district meet to transact business on Saturday , Dec . 16 th , in Mr . Jude ' s , Three Tuns , Manor Chare , Newcastle , as formerly agreed to . "
South Sijlffobdshibe . —A delegate meeting was held at the Jolly Colliers , Swan Village , on the 27 th nltM when Mr . James George was unanimously called to the chair , who in an able manner opened the meeting , and then called on the Secretary to read the minutes of tbe last delegate meeting , which were read and confirmed . He then proceeded to call over the names of the different lodges , when their delegate came forward and paid in tbe fol > . lowing sums : —Three Crowns £ 1 Oa l ^ d ; West Bromwich £ 1 11 s 3 < i ; Oidbnry £ 1 14 a ; Dudley
Port 153 : Great Bridge 17 s 9 d ; Swan Village 9 s 4 | d ; Wednesbury 145 ; Darliston 83 4 d ; Snmmer Hill 14 s ; Tipton 17 s 2 < Jd ; Park-house Lane 9 s 6 d ; Bound ' s Green Ss ; WMteheath Gate 6 s ; Rising Sun , Wednesbury 14 s 73 d ; Prince ' s End Z * 9 d \ Horsley Heath 53 2 d ; Alston lOd ; Plack lOd ; Sardsalem 9 d ; ; && ** which several resolutions were passed of a local nature . It was also moved , Feoonded , and carried , that a committee be appointed V > audit tbe books and settle local matters , and that tbe next delegate meeting be held on Deo . 18 ih , at the United Hands , Wednesbury , The meeting then broke up .
On Wednesday , the 29 th ult ., the Committee met accordingly , when George Jones was nnanimonsly called to the chair , who opened the meeting very ably . The committee commenced , 1 st , by agreeing to advance as much money to Mr . J . Wilde , as would pay his expences to the district to which the Executive had appointed him ; 2 nd , that Mr . J . Wilde have £ 2 103 to pay his fare to North Durham ; 3 rd , that Mr . Wilde is desired to lay the state of South Staffordshire before the Executive , when he arrives at his destination ; 4 ta , that the decision of the Executive upon the South Stafford case be
returned back by letter as soon as possible ; 5 th , it is desired that Mr . Pyle stop in South Stafford till tbe answer come from the Executive ; 6 th , the books were audited and found correct . The penny levy was then called for , when tbe following sums were paid 1—Three Crowns 133 5 d j West Bromwioh , £ } 0 s -10 d ; Oldbury 10 s ; Swan Village 63 3 d ; Darleston 23 lOd ; Park-house Lane 4 s ; Round ' s Green 2 s ; Horsley Heath 4 s 5 d . Resolved That £ 4 be sent to the Executive , towards the levy ; likewise £ 6 for cards and rules . " . Ssveral sums came in after the cash had gone to Newcastle .
LOKGION . —MlGIBTfiATBS ROOM , WfiDUBgDAT . — Magistrates present—Messrs . Bailey , Rosse , and two others . Thomas Evans summoned a bntty " Collier , of the name of Patrick , for 12 s . € d . as wages due . Mr . Williams appeared for the plaintiff . The plaintiff , with other six , gave Patrick a fortnight's notice that if be did not join the Union they would leave him at the end of that time . At this colliery ( Leycet ) , they always keep one week's wages in band ; therefore , when the time was up , the men demanded their money . He refused to give it to them until the regular pay-day . Mr . Williams exposed the " butties , " and Btated that the men were prepared to resist their tyranny . The magistrates ordered the batty" to pay the wages and
expenses . Routes op the Lectitrebs . —Mr . Hnnter , Whitehaven dis trict ; Mr . Holliday , Maryport district . The meeting adjourned to Thursday next . A Public Mkbtucg of Miners was holden at Bolton , on Monday last , Deo . 4 th , which was numerously attended . Effective speeches were delivered by Messrs . Birrell and Price . The greatest enthusiasm was manifested throughout the proceedings , and the usual resolutions , deprecatory oflow wages , and declaratory of a determination to legally unite for mutual protection , were passed without a
dissentient . The delegate meeting took place immediately after , at the Fleece Iun , Bolton , when a resolution was unanimously agreed to that the secretary should issue a monthly balance-sheet , the items becoming too numerous for insertion in the Northern Star , Auditors were then appointed to audit the secretary ' s accounts for the last month , and on tbeir return declared them strictly correct . A number of other resolutions , of local interest , were agreed to , and the meeting broke Tip , having been engaged , in deliberation , nearly sixteen hours .
Stations op thb LFcrtraBRs till the next delegate meeting—Auty , Oldham ; Birrell , St . Helen ' s , after his return from Tisi ting bis family ; Ramsay , Dnkenneld and Povnton ; Price , Rochdale ; Dennet , Chorley and AspalL A Mkktis * op Dh . t . gates in connection with the Miners' Association will take plvse at Bl * ckrod , near Wigan , on Monday , the 18 in inst . ; chair to be taken at nine o'clock in the morning . Delegates are particularly requested to attend at that hoar , as there is important bnsineBS . Tbe meeting will be holden at the Black Horse . A public meeting will take place In tbe same village at four o ' clock in the afternoon .
The Jsoethesn Stae Saturday, December 9, 1845.
THE JSOETHESN STAE SATURDAY , DECEMBER 9 , 1845 .
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THE TARIFF TRADE . The effects of the Tariff , on the Provision Trade , are beginning to manifest themselves . American vnr&xiv cheese , and butter , and bacon , and bams , and lard , and beef , are being brought into England , to compete wi : h the English farmer ' s TAXED cheese , bacon , and beef 1 Raie way to pay the debt , is not it ? ] It is much if it will not in the pnd be fotfnd so !
And yet the " farmers , " we are told , are become converts to the doctrines of "free trade . " They have been represented as attending the meetingBof Hobdes and Co ., and giving them their " sweet voices" in favour of measures to bring uwtaxed eorn and tthtaxid beef , into open and active competition with English TAXED corn ; having been persuaded that to do so will be of advantage to the tax-payer 1
Well I it is a queer world thai we live in : bnt of all gneer things surely this is the moat qneer . It is true that the representations of Cobdex and Co ., in the agricultural districts , have been totally different from what they have been in the manufacturing districts ; it is true that there another song than tbe " Cheap bread" one , had to be sung , to " charm" the poor clod-poles ; it is tree that there tbe key-noteof the harangues was , that corn would be no cheaper than it new is : it is true all this ; but even then , taking all this into account , one can hardly seehow the vntaxed corn of American growth ; how the employment of American capital and American labour u to pap OUR debt !
It seems , however , that we are to try ; at least as far as cheese , and bacon , and beef are concerned . Whether the Americans , in bringing their " produce" to our market , and taking away for it our gold , know that they are paying our taxes , is a questionable matter : but one thins is certain , that they are determined to try what our market is worth . They have visited it ; and with some degree of success ; enough we shoald suppose to induce them to come again .
Let the English farmer read the following account , taken from the Liverpool Times of Tuesday last . It relates to a hew tbadej one lifcely to be very profitable to them ! They ought to be grateful to their "friend , " Free-trading Pezl , for so arranging it that the Americans have to aid theti in paying the taxes ! Of course , they know that "Freetrade" is a " benefit . " So at least Cobden and Co . say . Here is the beginning ! How will they like it ? On Thursday Jast , a large sale of American and Canadian provisions took place in Liverpool , and as thiB is altogether » new trade , and one chiefly created by the new Tariff , it will be interesting to many of our readers to know the result .
Of American cheese there were offered 7160 oases , weighing together about 260 tons . The quality of this cheese was in general good , but it was most of it out of condition , and did not bring more than 34 a . to 56 * 3 . per cwt . Not more than the eighth part was sold in the Bale room . Of salt bntter , principally Canadian , 240 casks were offered . It fetched 53 s . to 55 s . per cwt . The quality was good j Buperior to any IriBh butter to be bought at the same price . of bams there were 1500 offered . They Bold at from S 83 .-toCO 3 . tbe cwt . The quality was good , and tbe prices the same . Of beef 200 tierces were offered , bnt none were sold . *
Of lard 1000 barrels ( about 100 tons ) were offered . It was taken in at 353 . to ; 36 s . 6 d ., and considerable paT , smoe ^ ld at those Prices . The arnvalB of American provisions from the United States , from the 1 st to the 30 th November , ¦ we ie as follows - . —Beef , 583 tierces and 308 brrrels '
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hams , 7650 ; l « dv 3337 barrels ; 1378 kegs ; butter , 7 / 6 casks ; cheese , 974 casks ; 2486 boxes wheat 5261 quarters ; and flour , 36 , 608 brls . This ia independent of the ropplies from Canada . Since the commencement of the present month the supplies have also been large . The American uhipa Virginian and Republio , which arrived here yesterday , aud tbe Compton , from Canada , which arrived on Sunday , are almost full of provisions . The two American vessels are said to bring 1000 tierceB of Beef , besides other kinds of provisions .
We have always been led tounderatand that a large ** foreign trade" was necessary to us , to enable us to pay our own taxes ; that it was not only requisite that we should employ our own labour and capital to produce vohat we needed for ourselves , as far as we were capable , but also that it was requisite to work over and beside to produce manufactures to sell abroad , to get money wherewith to pay the "National Creditor . " Itseeum , however , that we have hitherto been wrong . We should not have employed our own labour to any BUch end . The proper way was , to let the "foreigner" work roB us , and thus pay our taxes ! We are , there fore about to turn over a new leaf . We shall
soon have no cause to complain of the burden of taxation . It can be taken off our shoulders , and put npon those of others ! But if this new disoovery be at all valuable , Will it not teach us one or two other lessons ! If it be unwise to woilc for ourselves , and thus burden ourselves with our own taxation , is it not moke unwise stili to wobk fob OTHEBs , and thus take theib burdens npon our backs ? If we are to cease producing for the Home-market , and get the Americans to grow bacon , beef , and cheese fox us , and thus pay our tares , ought we not to cease producing for the foreign market , and ease ourselves of the taxation of " the world ! " These are queries whioh we ought deeply to ponder upon .
There seems to us-to be bnt one more requirement to perfect this scheme of base : ease from labour , and ease from taxes : and that requirement is , the adoption of Tom . Attwood ' b inconvertible papermoney-scheme . That alone is wanted ; and then we shall be the happiest nation under the sun . At all events if we are not , tee ought to be : and that Will satisfy every reasonable mind . We confess that we do see difficulties in the way of working this new
east scheme of " profound political economy , " with our present monetary arrangements . It will be very inconvenient and difficult to find gold to pay the Americans for their beef and bacon , and pay the renter and tax-gatherer too . But with Tom ' s scheme ; with an inconvertible paper-money ; with a " medium" that we can *• expand' ? at will ; with a ** currency" that we can increase ad libitum : with fust this addition increase ad libitum ; with just this addition
to the Pree Trade scheme , we see no end to our wealth , our power , onr greatness , and our bask ' Only think of a paper-money , inconvertible into gold ! Why everything must go on Bwimmingly ! How oould it be otherwise 1 Just imagine how cenvenvenient a mere " PHOMiSE-to-pay " -on-paper will be in satisfaction of a demand , with a provision that wt never shall be called upon or compelled , to pay I Is there not greatness and power in that ? Could we not , under such circumstances , do as we like ! What would there be to hinder us f The Americans would bring their beef : pay them in
INC 0 NVEBTIBLE 8 ! The tax-gatherer calls for Prince Albert ' s " allowance" and the Debt-holder ' s dividend : pay him in incoktebtiblss ! Do you owe a mortgage , or a bond debt , or a book debt , or even a debt of " htnour" : pay them in inconvebtibles ! Should you run short of them ; should it appear difficult to imagine how they are to come back again from America { when once takeni !!!); should any difficulty of this sort occur , how easy to make morel How easy to make them abound ! What folly it would be to be short of * ' money" 1 Why , wo could make enough to buy up the world itself , if the world would let us !
Nowthis , we think , would be the perfection of the " Free-Trade- ease-from-labour-at-home-system . " It is all that is required to make it work , after we have induced the foreigners to take our M money" as money . Then for ease ! Then for plenty ! Then for havpinbss ! Then for a total and unconditionalRepeal of the Cora Laws ; for then we could do without even the Times ' s fixed dutt I What fools we have been to " toil and moil" for the whole world , as we have done , when we could get on better without working at all 2 Bat then Englishmen are as blind as bats . Were it not so , they would have Been this long since . They had only to open their eyes , and look upon wkat is passing beneath their noses on every hand , and they
would have seen this EAST-syBtem in full practice . They would have seen that the men who do not work are invariably the best to del " What iB true individually , is true nationally . " There the whole tbing . is ' . The nation has only to learn the secret of the easy ones , and the nation is " well to do" also ! That seceet 19 , to make others work for you , instead of being such fools as to work yourselves ! This we can now accomplish . Prhl has got the Americans ready to supply us with beef , bacon , and cheese ; Cobden has them ready to supply us with corn ; and Attwood is able to supply us with untold heaps of ( " cheap" ) INCONVERTIBLE-promise-to-pay-money to buy the beef aud bacon , the cheese and corn , with . What more can we want !
We ought to have a jubilee : for the days of humbuggery and quaekism are ended !
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REPUBLICANISM IN SPAIN . CAPITULATION OF THE BRAYE BARCE-, LONESE . Fob a time the brave Republicans of Barcelona have had to suspend the " fight" with Legitimacy . They iave had to lay down their arms , and give up the City and defences whioh they have bo long and fo bravely kept out of the hands of the crew of the bloody Nabvaez . "Legitimacy" has , therefore , for the moment "triumphed . " Its sway is now all but universal throughout unsuccessful Spain . '
There are but the few heroic " Insurgents , * shut up in the Castle of Figueras , who wa * e open war against the " established" ) Government . Kingcraft and Priestcraft are , therefore , once more ia the ascendant . The efforts of the Republicans to cause the Governmental recognition of the " Rights of Man , " by the establishment of a Central "Junta , " chosen by the people , to draw up a Constitution , have received a check ; and it is possible that the slender flame of liberty , still flickering , may be sought to be quenched in the blood of the brave , made , to flow in defiance of express Convention , by the heartless assertors of " Right Divine . " :
But the "song of triumph" over the Republicans need not be very loud ; for it will not be very long ! "Legitimacy" has not made secure its foothold 1 The power of the Priests is not yet all-powerful . Revolutions in Spain are not at an end . It is possible , very possible , that the " established" Government , Priesthood and all , may be blown into nothingness at no very distant day . It is certain that the devotion and heroism of the Spanish Republicans is sot subdued . They have had to deliver the City oif Barcelona into the hands of Sanz ; but it was not
because it had been won from them by the power of the sword . They have maintained it against all the efforts of the ** Legitimist" army , an til want and sheer necessity compelled them to capitulate . Thbt have not seen subdued . Their spirits are unbroken : and we may rest tatisfied that the love of eoantry which prompted them to take arms in the assertion of their country ' s rights against brutal faction , will again lead to acts and deeds , which , under more favourable circumstances , may lead to , & successful result ! ' 1 ¦
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have been made upon bis own person ; more than one effort has been made to take his life ; and it requires the utmost vigilance of the army over the dis-armed people , to keep up even the appearance of submission to present rule . And it is no common people that the bloody Narvafz and his' orew ot cut-throats hare to deal with ! They are a brave and enduring people , as the " Legitimists" have found to their cost at Barcelona . Let the reader ponder well over the following ; and ask himself if it be likely that men pD > sesaing spirit and patriotism suoh as is here evinced , will long permit the destinies of their country to remain in the hands of the monsters who are now paramount .
Private advices from Perpignan of the 24 th ult ., mention , that when the Junta of Barcelona agreed to capitulate * the insurgenls had not more than 140 / fts . 0 / gunpowder left , and were reduced to their last 300 dollars . Having 15 , 000 paupers , and upwards of 6 , 000 combatants to support , they deemed it impossible to prolong the defence of the city , Which , ftom the Strength of the works they bad erected , would have required 50 , 000 men to carry it by storm . The insurgents shut up in the castle of Figueras were determined to hold out to the last moment .
These are the sort of men that [ are to be feared ; men who bold out to the last shot , and the last penny : and who even then , when all their means are exhausted , have firm bearing enough to make an honourable capitulation , and effect their escape out of the hands of tbe faithless crew who set Conventions at nought . Rely on it , such spirits as these are not to be quieted by the means resorted to by Nabvaez . "JThey will meet again at Phillipi "; and possibly tbe result of that meeting may be the reverse of the result now .
The correspondent of the Morning Chronicle gives the following interesting account of the state , appearanoe , and condition of the City of Baroelona when re-entered by the Government troops . From it , it will be learned that the brave defenders of the City against the assaults of the " Legitimists , " knew what they were about . " The measures they took to repel an attack were perfect ; and the troops , as they entered , universally agreed , that if properly defended , they could never havn carried the barricades , save at an immense loss of life . " "All those streets that opened on the oit&del were defended with triple barricades , cannon proof :
and between them deep trenches were dug , and the sewers opened . " " The ground floors of the houses were all filled with earth and stones , so as to resist cannon shot ; and the soldiery , exposed in the streets , and unable to protect themselves ia the houses , would , in a very short time , have been cut to pieces . " Let the reader bear in mind that these " works" ; these " defences "; these " preparations" were made by an "Insurgent " pkoplb ; by the citizens ot Barcelona ; by the middling and working classes . It is not of the doings of an organized army that he will read of in the following account ; but the doings of "
Insurrectionists . " We always expect that those whose trade is war , will , on all necessary occasions , take the proper means to defend themselves ; and when we beax of their forming defences within defences ; ereoting barricades and forts ; making loop-holes in Barrack walls , —( as they are now doing in Ireland ) , —we do not wonder at the " works ' themselves , though we may ( as in the case » f Ireland ) wonder what they are all for : but when we find a people ereoting " defences" against the aggressions of tyranny ; when we find them " triplebarricading" their streets , and opening trenches
between the barricades ; when we find them filling the lower rooms of their houses with earth and stones , bo as to resist cannon shot ; when we find them erecting forts , that coulc ^ bardly ever be taken by etorm ; when we find all this ON the p art of a people against their despotic and murdering rulers , and find them , too , maintaining the contest while they have any means of continuing it left : when we find all this , we do find something to excite , not only wonder , but great admiration ! We cannot but admiro the spirit of a people that leads them to resist tyranny , even though it be with the musket and the cannon . We cannot but
admire the bravery of a people , that enables them to set the tyrant at defiance , and keep him at bay . And when to . this we can add many instances of cool prudence and wise preparation "; the taking of measures to ensure success and prevent defeat ; our admiration must be great indeed . All this the reader will find in the subjoined account . To his attention we commend it : — At length , after an absence of seven weeks from Barcelona , and of nearly three months of revolution , I have been enabled , in conjunction with the world at large , to re-enter it . This happy event ocourred on the evening of the 21 stwhen the gate of
Barce-, lonetta was opened to the thousands who had congregated there from an early hour . The ecenea whioh then presented themselves were of a joyous yet affecting nature ; for families long separated were at last again united , and many were the embraces given , and tears of joy shed . With all this however , I had nothing to do , so I pushed through the crowd , and hastened to feaat my eyes with the curious aspect whioh tbe Plaza del Palacio ( on whioh the gate of Barcelonetta immediately opened ) presented ; this Bquare , it may be remembered , was the principal scene of action , being close to the citadel , and of course had suffered the most ; the pavement was mostly
pulled up in order to form barricades , and the square was now filled with remnants of houses fallen down , broken pillars , and rubbish of every description ; the square is very large , and is deoidedly the hand&otneet part of Baroelona , the Custom house the Exchange , the Palace of the Captain ' General , and the magnificent range of build " mgd of Senor Kifro being situated round it ; all these had more or less been injured , the Custom hou * e but slightly , the Exchange severely , upwards of 200 shot and shell having completely defaced the exterior aud damaged the interior . Luckily the building , being modern and entirely built of large masses
of Btone , resisted the peppering , and remains standing , but it will Jrequire many thousand dollars to repair it . The Palace is much knocked about , and a breach formed through which six men could march abreast ; but the chief damage has been reserved for tho houses of Senor Kifre , which present a melauoholly appearance indeed—several are entirely down , others gutted and riddled through and through ; the English consulate forms one , and has had for its share eome 30 eannon balls and grenades , while the musket balls leave scarcely the space of a shilling unmarked ; of the lamp posts and trees , nothingbut the stumps remain . Turning to the right towards
the oitadel , you come upon a deep trench , extending from the Palace to the Custom-house , several feet wide , and formed byj opening the sewer : this would have formed a severe obstacle to the assault of the troops if they had attacked , and had not brought planks with them to cross it . A large Market-place here , and extensive rope-walks , retain but their names , being confounded with and levelled to the ground . A fine statue of Neptune , decorating a public fountain , has been cut in two by a shot . Very fine gardens ( decorated with fountain j , marble statues , avenues , Ac , and which formed a favourite promenade with the Baroelonese )
oonneoted the oity with the citadel . Here the Patulea greatly annoyed the sentinels on the walls and the cannoneers with musketry ; in consequence orders were given to cannonade them out , and the gardens have been destroyed ; the statues are HOW lying broken in pieces in the waters of the fountains , the aviaries perforated have afforded an exit for their tenants , and the trees and shrubs look as if a hurricane had swept over them : the destruction ia complete . It is & great pity , for the gardens were a decided and pleasant ornament to the city . The measures taken in this portion of the city to repel an attack from the citadel were oerfect . and the
troops , as they entered , universally agreed that , if properly defended , they could never have carried the barricades , save at an immense sacrifice of life . All those streets that opened on the oitadel were defended with triple barricades , cannon proof , and between them deep trenches were dug and the sewers opened . Xhe ground floors of the houses were all filled up with earth and stones , so as to resist cannon shot ; and the soldiery , thusexposod in the Btreeta and unable to protect themselves in the houses , through inability to enter them , would , in a vory short time , have been cut to pieces . All th «
dwellings m this part bear evident traces of the handicraft of the citadel . Turning to the left from the Plaza del Palaoio , yon proceed along the Calle Isabel and the Muralia ( or sea walls ) , to the fort of Atarazanas , in the Calle Isabel . The city had a battery , called the battery of the Lions , from two large statues of these animala gracing the steps on mounting the sea walls . This battery was repeatodly destroyed by the fire of Montjuich and the citadel , but was as often repaired , tfhe lions have long disappeared , which may be also said of the trees and lamp-posts , which oow show nothing but their stumps ; the houses , which form a part of Ithose if
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Kifre , facing the square , are greatly scarred and injured , arid the windows broken by the discharges of tbe artillery . The Muralia , " a fine promenade on the walls facing the harbour , is literally ploughed up with shot ; the stone seats and sentry-boxes and tbe houses fronting the sea greatly injured . Tbe extensive barracks on the Baluarte Medea" are all down . At length we reach the celebrated fort of the Ataraz * nas , whioh still exists , and shews but ; little external damage , notwithstanding the thousands of shot hurled at it by Montjuich ; had the troops ever attacked the city , not their least task would have been to take this fort , which is immensely strong , and has defences within
defences : the houses and barracks around are much injured , and the Mint , an especial object ¦ 01 bate , from its never having ceased coining copper money throughout the insurrection , has several shot and shell in it . I have now detailed the damage displayed by the city externally . As you enter the narrow streets towards the 'Plaza St . Jaime' but little destruction is perceptible—not bub what it is great ; but the houses must be entered in order to vievr the effects of the shells , whioh fell in this vicinity in great numbers . The cathedral , several of the churches , and factories , have been struck ; but it would require a week to examine the city and form an estimate of the damage . One factory I have
entered , that of Greenhelge and Co ., has received eomeithirty shots and shells , some weighing sixty and eighty pounds' weight ; luckily the machinery is uninjured , bo that the loss may be repaired with £ 250 . Other factories , I conclude , save where the machinery is destroy eel , have met with equal losses . . All the junta have effected thoir escape , Mazanet included , ) who was imprisoned by his colleagues for robbery . The principal chiefs of the Patulea and National Guards , the military and ' eivil employes of the government tvho were compromised , either have left , or are daily leaving for France and England , not considering their persons safe here , in spite of the convention with Sanz , whioh has bees , and is
being hourly broken and disregarded . Domiciliary visits are nightly made , and persons arrested by the " mizos de esguadron" ( thief-catchers , arid mountain police , employed to suppress smuggling , ; and who , till now , have not been seen in Barcelona for years , owing to an agreement made with Mina . I believe ) , who prowl ) about every where . The convention with General Sanz has been entirely broken by the disarming of the National Guards ; it is true they created a disturbance in the night of the 21 st , by assembling and shouting for the Central Junta , death to Prim , and other cries ; but I have good reason to believe
that the disturbance was purposely originated , and created through the instrumentality of General Schelly and other officers , who were openly oppoaed to tbo article of the Convention which guaranteed retention of their arms by the militia , and hit upon this scheme in order to induce General Sans to break it . I do not know whether Sana was a party to it , but one thing is clear that the Convention has been entirely broken , and was intended to be so from the first . I am promised some more particular information on this head , which I will convey in my next . '
"The French vessels received on board tbe Junta and ; Other emigrants in the first instance ; tbe Belvidera afterwards received from them some thirty individuals who wished to proceed to England , and sailed for Gibraltar on the evening of the 21 st ; the Phenioien took thirty , and the Cameleon about sixty , to Port Vendres the same evening . " It was well that tbe Junta effected their escape . Had they not done so , tbe treatment they would have received at the hands of Sanz and Phim is not difficult to be guessed at . The " Convention entered into by Sa * i 2 with tbe people of Barcelona , if hourly broken" ! / , " Domioilary visits are nightly made , and persons arrested . " " The National Guards have been disarmed . " All this shows what Sanz and his
cut-throata would have done , had the Junta put themselves within his power . They have , however , acted wisely . They have got out of his reach . They are where they can " arrange" together again : and we may confidently expect that we have not sees the last revolution iu Spain .
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THE LORDS OF THE MILL . It has been our fate to record many , very many , proofs of f EXTBEKE sympatht on the part of the Lords ot the Mill towards their well-used , muchrespected , ! rightly-treated workpeople . We mean u well-used , " if we are to pay attention to the representations ] and self-glorifications of the said Mill Lords and their toadies ; and when contrasted with the [ oppressive conduct of the M tyrannical , " "blood-sucking , " "bread-taxing" " Lords of the Soil . "; We have had the bobbing practice of Truck to i expose , where the sympathising factory
master has been so anxious to secure for the workman , a " cheap loaf—[ all for the sake of the poor /] through "free trade , " that he has bound his slave to trade only at his shop , aad buy his loaf thirty per cent , dkarkb than he eould purchase it elsewhere . We have bad to shew up the " Lord Lotherdales" of the manufacturing districts , who do 1 not pay their men one shilling ( in money ) as wages in twelve months ; but compel them to take cloth at 14 s . a-yard in payment of their starvation wages , even when the poor defrauded labourer has had to sell it again for 8 s .
to enable [ him to get food to eat . ' We have had to tell of the Devil ' s-Dust practices of the makers of woollen cloths , who cheat the public with their ! nefarious hdcky productions . We have had to lay bare the doings of the Paste-Daubers , who sell " tow" for cottons , and " take iu" the buyer . We have had to echo the almost stifled cry of complaint from the poor worked-to-dcath infant , who has been used in the production of wealth for those who now boast that " they oan buy up the Aristocracy of England" ! We have had to exhibit the whip , the strap , and the billy-roller ; to tell of the
ear-pinching ; the bair-pulling ; the suspending by the wrists ;] the standing on one foot ; the holding up of heavy weights ; and ihsldipping in the water tank , clothes and all , to waken the over-wrought child up from sleep ! while attending the spinning-frame . We have had to drag to light the thievings perpetrated under . tbe name offines , where the hard-earned wages of the toiling slave is remorselessly stolen from him to swell the up-heaped mass of ill-gotten gain that the master calls bis own . We have had to do all this , and much more , which cannot now be enumerated , even in a general catalogue like this .
We have bad to expose a system of tyranny more heavy ; of oppression more heartless ; of slavery more perfect ; of cruelty more cruel ; ot thieving more despicable arid thoroughly mean ; of inhumanity more barbarous ; than ever before existed on this side of Hell ! Bat of all that we have ever had to tell of ; of all that we have ever had to drag to light ; of all that we have ever had to blazon forth , the case we are now going to present to the public eye is surely the most DAMNABLE ! Were the records of the whole catalogue | of human atrocity , —perpetrated to the extent of Its power , —to be searched
from end to end , it would not be possible to match the case that hereafter follows . It exhibits the very quintessence of hellish tyranny and devilish malignity . ) It is impossible to conceive of any species of lingering torture ; of any amount of excruciating ^ suffering ; of any sort of painful death , that the MONSTROUS oppressors of the poor slave of the loom , gibbetted in the following account , would not have inflicted on their victims , had they had the power , and oould have done it with safety to their own necks I The Bpirit of fiendishness ia there : it exhibits itself as far as it thinks it can safely go !
Let not the Lord of the Mill , or bis Jack-pudding either , turn up his nose , and say the account is a Northern IStar fabrication , or a Northern Star exaggeration . Let him net wipe the sweat from off his skin-tight brow or his purple-dyed nose , and console himself with tbe affected belief , that nobody will notice what ia stated in the " blackguard" organ of the "blackguard" Chartists . Let him not so attempt to 'deceiver himself . Folly oould not be more foolish than for him bo to act . The account is not
ours . It comes to us second-hand . It comes from the most unscrupulous advocate of the Mill Lords themselves I It iB from the pages ( of thw Manchester Guardian , and therefore we may rest assured that not one point in it , to the disparagement or disadvan tage of the MONSTERS of tho Mill , is overstated . That every JMillocrat throughout the land will be prepared to stake bis existence * n ; and so firmly persuaded are we of the correctness of the assumption , that we dare join them in the penalty .
Here it ; is then . Here is the record of the MONSTERS' doings . Here is a sample of Millocrats' care for the well-being and comfort of those who create ^ the wealth that makes the Millocrata
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" great . " Here is an evidence of the terms of " kinduesa , " and sympathy" that subsists between the Mill-Lord-Employer and the enslaved Employed , Here it is : A Hard Case . —At the Rochdale patty gessHoni on Monday last ( the magistrates on the bench being Messrs . Clement Royds ; W . Chadwick , H . KeUalt and the Rev . Mr . Cotton ) , the case of Joseph Taylor silk weaver , Middleton , against Messr ? . BeaneceJ and Co ., calico printers and manufacturers , of Bel . field , near Rochdale , for wages , &c ., came on ; when Mr . Hunt , 801 ioitorj who voluntarily appeared 0 & behalf of Taylor , e aid , he bad one of the most ex .
traordinafy oases to lay before the bench relative to Taylor , be ever heard of . He said the bench would recollect , that few weeks ago , Taylor summoned his employers , the above firm , for wages for weaving two cuts of p inted cotton warp and . worsted weft , at' 33 . 9 d . per out . At that time , the putter , oat , John Hudson , alias John Hargreaves , bad refused to pay the wages on the ground that the weaver had put too much weft in the work ; bowever , the case was referred to arbitation , and he had to pay the money . Taylor , he said , had another cut to weay « of the warp , and on account of making one of the oats too strong ; be wanted worsted to weave about 7 yards He had applied at the warehouse several times , and
the putter-out had refused to either sell or allow him any . —Two witnesses stated , that when the casa had been referredto arbitration , they heard Hudson tell Taylor that he would neither allow nor sell hivt weft to finish his warp : and that he woold havj HIM PUNISHED IF HE PORCHASKD ANY . —John Turner , a weaver in the above firm , said , he had got worsted from the putter-out for Taylor to finish th « work , but the putter-out had followed him to a public-house , and taken it from him again . —Mr . Hunt said , his client was unable to appear dgaidst Messrt , Benecca and Co . The summons had been taken out on Wednesday last by Taylor ; but , on Fbidat AFTERNOON , HB WAS TAKEN BEFORE THE MAGISTRATES AT HaSLINGDEN , AND COMMITTED FOR ON ?
month , ON A CHARGE OF HAVING EMBEZZLED THE VERY SAME PIECE HE HAD IN THE LOOM , WHICH H £ HAD BEEN PREVENTED FROM FINISHING , OWING TO THE PUTTER-OUT REFUSING TO ALLOW HIM WORSTED TO WEATS IT . The Rev . Richard Durnford , rector of Middleton , said , Taylor waa a hard-working-man , and he thought he had been badly used . —The magistrates replied , they had no doubt of it ; and they were of opinion Messrs . Benecca and Co . were not aware of the circumstances of the case , or they would not have acted as they had done . —The putter-out being asked
why the affair had been taken to Hmlingden , replied , that it had . been taken there at the instigation of the inspector 0 } worsted and His employers . Tha bench was of opinion the Heslingden magistrates would never have committed Taj lor if they had been made thoroughly acquainted with the case . He ( Taylor ) replied , that his friends followed his bro . ther to Haslingden , but on their arrival there W was committed . It was also stated , that John Turner ^ another weaver at Middlelon , and Robert Briggs , 0 / Hey wood , wbbb also dragged , or convbyed IN 1 VAN TO HASLINGDEN , ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON , AND COMMITrED A MONTH EACH ON SIMILAR CHARGES
brodght bt the same firm . The magistrates , who are acquainted with the whole of the ciroum * stances connected with Taylor , thought it one of tht hardest cases that had ever come before them , aad gave orders to Mr . Hunt , solicitor , to . lose notion in making the case of Taylor known to the Ha * lingden magistrates . They thought Messrs . Beneoca and Co . had acted very weonff , in taking the case to Haslingden , as the Rochdale magistrates were well acquainted with the circumstances . Taylor , wt understand , is a widower with seven children , an * bears a most excellent cax&xctRji . —Manchester Guardian , Deo . 6 , 1843 .
Now , what does the reader think of that I Gould that be matched ! Is there e ' er a devil on earth that could hit on such an infernal scheme oi REVENGE as Benecca and Co . have devised ta obtain vengeance on their poor slaves for successfully resisting their purposed ROBBERY I Tali ot Algiers , and Algerine dispositions ; talk of the tyranny of the Russian Bear , with his exilements U the wilds of Siberia ; talk of the mesi despotic tyrant that exists , or that history records ; talk of the most cruel , the most mean , and tbe most base of mankind : talk of all these , and the BENECCAS outtop them all in utter meanness , despicable dastard ! ? baseness , and fiendish malice .
O , yes ! the Lords of th « Mill are a M eympft thetio" crew ! O , they are careful of the welfan of those who do the werk , and coin their heartstrings into gold . They " muzzle not the ox waft he treadeth out the corn . " They would gin him "cAeap-bread" ; aye , even against hia will . O , they are considerate , kind-hearted beings who can see , and bemoan , and bewail the hardships put upon the labouring agiculturiets , by tb
"tyrant landlords , " " whose cup ia filled witi blood" ! O , they can snuffle , and ring , and whin and pray ; can look demure , and turn up tbe eye and ask for heaven ' s blessing on them and theirs " can cant and blaspheme by outwardly afibctioj piety , while the heart is as hard ' as the nethe millstons , and the hands full of iniquity . Bias hypocrites I Whited sepulchres ! Fair outside FDLL OF ROTTSSBBS WITHIN !
We trust that some good Rochdale friend will Iopi out for the conclusion of this case , and apprise m of it . We wait to know what the Haslingdei Magistrates will say to the application of Mr . Hunt . We want to bear ot the termination Tbe excellent conduct of Mr . Hunt in this business ought not to be silently passed over . He appeared voluntarily . Great praise is due to him for so doing . We are sure he will have tb « grateful thanks of every son of toil who hears ot the case ; and wd most heartily accord him ours . One single word in bis ear . Will not an action for false imprisonment lie 1 Should it not be tried ! Surely , the people of Rochdale will afford tbe . mean ? .
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THE OASTLER LIBERTY FUND . The work progresses bravely . Our pages thii week abundantly testify to that fact . The chert has been struck at last . Oastleb will be fbeh from his unjust confinement ; and greater scop * will be given to his powers of doing good . Then is by far too little honesty in the world ; and wi certainly cannot afford to bury one of the best por tion ' s that we have in a dungeon . It is there now ! Tho people have the key : they are now uulockiaj the door . Next week Lancashire begins . The comment ment is at Manchester . Let that commencement b * a good one J But why urge the Lancashire men ti their dnty 1 When were they ever behind ! Cer tainly not ia the numerous struggles in Labodb ^
cause . They will not be lagging now . The preparations for the meeting will be learnei from the following address . Let the call mai npon the men of Manchester be well responded to . To the People of Lancashire , Cheshire , a *'
Derbyshire . The Central Committee , appointed ( for tha i |* being ) for the purpose of raising the " Oaaw Liberty Fund" within these countiesj have to tf ' nounce that they have determined on holding ' public meeting of the friends of Mr . Oastler , at U ? Corn Exchange , in Manchester , ou Thursda y , «• 14 th instant , at half-past seveu o ' clock preoisoJjv * the evening , to take into consideration the- ** means of raising the fund and to appoint a ptf >* nent Committee , and make all other neoesairj rangements for that purpose . .. The Committee feel that , having taken npon w » tn na . ll this nnhlirt mftfltintr without tho Drepar * ™
and means of excitement usually resorted to on f , occasions , they have fairly placed Mr . Oast ^ j cause in the hands of those who are bis friendV ^ J the friends of such as he is , so far as tbw ^ depends on this district of the country ., u * j £ attendance that is to be given at the meetingi » r Cora Exchange , and on the exertion-rtbe « Jrg and voluntary exertions that are tobearoriWJJ made , wijl depend the question whether orno * * "J people of Lancashire , Cheshire , arid Perbysn ^ to be deemed the equals of those good men m ;^ shire who are now doing immortal honour ^ rL ^ i selves and their country by tbeir most 8 tt ^ ii efforts in this cause ; or whether they . <« " » henceforth branded as a more than common !? o ^ norate race , having neither the patnotessa w forefathers , nor tbe liberality of tbeir cot * " ^
raries . , ^ Mr . Oastler is a man of greattalent , of f gV honesty , of undaunted courage , who fla f / "L nea wealth and his liberty , without the Mm . ° * £ ^ T 0 of gain to him in bis successful wwgj * benefit his fellow-countrymen . Such a ^\ patriot , whatever nick-name of party W £ Z 2 £ &k to bear ; andiwe congratulate you ffl « J b ?»» fy in Yorkshire , at least , there are g ^ SJW admiration of the patriot i % s tt 0 D& 6 t ^ jMm * mels of faction . Lobd Kenjton , Mb . x >^«
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 9, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct831/page/4/
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