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THEtOETKjEiRJf WM. SATURDAY, JANUARY; 27, 1838.
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^ JfV'''V ' % llir ^ ? ur 9 haser of the Northern VJWE ; : * if * tW * of February , ; 1838 , ; will be Tresintea / with a Splendid / ;;; : ^ PEEL ; . E ^ CT ^ ARTHUR O'CONNOR .
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'¦ -. _( KROH OTJB . OWS COKRESPOXOEXT . ) . HOUSE OF COiBIONS . THUBSDAI , Setex O'Clock . 2 fa-. "Wabbitrtox has "been making a speech sibout Canada , of no great moment . The House is filing , in consequence of an apprehension upon iij £ jwrt « f Ministers , that the proposed resolutions xif Sir Sober * Peel mil place them in an . awkward 3 » reJScanient , an the absence of the Irish Patriots , ~ vho were so Biuch in the hahit of comparing the state <> f Ireland to that of Canada , and yet ran ^ rhsi the -Canada question came on .
Mr . Waxiey -was to hare brought on the fact of 3 iB « x 3 Beii of the 15 th Hussars being flogged at Leeds in less than six months ; hut the proper -an&orjty for answering the question : was non est vuxjitiuJ He was also to hare enqmred into the . reasons far abstracting an hour and a quarter from Ae time usually allowed for posting the Leeds nerspajiKs , and to have elicited from the Attorneytnseral the gronnds upon which the Northern Star is to "be prosecuted . -
Mi . W-ak / ley presented a petition from the great Radical Association , signed on behalt of the anwt ing hy Feaxgtts OToitsoe as Chairman , gr aying that Duncan M'Neil , and Patrick Robin--son , Esors ., might be heard at the bar of the House on behalf of the live Glasgow Spinners . The petition was read by ; the Clerk , but was objected to » y Mr . James , the Radical Member for "Cumberiasd , because it contained matters reflecting upon the Bouse of Lords .
The Speaker also said the petition could not "be received ; they were both wrong as there was not a ¦ word about the House of Lords . The portion alluded to ran thus , ' - " Your petitioners adnjit that * --there is a rabble of the trades , as there is a rabble **¦ -of the Lords , and a rabble of ; the Aristocracy 5 . ** ijut your " petitioners do not say that there is a ** rabble of your Honourable House . "' '' At the -same time the petitioners know , that , there is a . cabbie of that House alone , and a rabble worse ihan that of the trade ?/ ' - -- "' .-..
The desertion of the friends of Canada- by the Zrish Members , is much spoken of ; so much consolation for those who . rely upon a rotten reed . I shall he late for post , and must conclude by informing yon that we are all most sanguine about the Cotton % unners : "Wakley is doing what man can do . I ^ ihall write for a supplement , should anything , trans 3 » e . - ¦ . \ ' - Half-past 7 0 Clock . There is a strong rumour of a * resignation . The Series speak confidently of beating Ministers on Peel ' s resolutions . I have just sesn inany Members vho are of the same opinion . . " ..-. " ¦
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City , London , Thursday Evening . "We hase received the Journal du _ Vammcree of . Antwerp , - of yesterday ' s date , bringing the Dutch jrices ol Jan . 22 . Two-snd-a-Half ' per Cents ., 53 3-16 j Five per Cents ,, 100 3-16- ; Spanish , 13 J . The dangerous illness of the Xing " of- Prussia , ¦ although kept a" secret by the journals of Berlin , -cannot be doubted , as it is now confirmed from several quarters . His illness is " of that nature which will soon terminate in his death , and Trill be the signal 3 br a great change in the Prussian Cabinet . —
-Antwerp Paper . " . ^ As yet ; we havejno papers or letters from the 3 Sorth American packet ship from ! Xew York , of the Istinst . In all probability , we may have them by ihe second arrival from Liverpool , about twelve or « ne o ' clock . This is a great ; disappointment to the merchants and the public , - who are anxiously waiting . for the news from Canada . .. "'¦ ' - ' The Ptjsds . —Consols did not close so firm as they were in the early parr of yesterday mornlntr , ¦ when they reached 92 i , left off " at 914 * 92 for the . Account ; opened this morning at the above price ; lExeheqner Bills , 2 id . per day , 55 57 ; India Bonds , 51 53 ; Bank Stock , 206 207 ; India Stock , 264
Zn the fore i gn Market there was ajrain a report of a new Spanish Loan on the tapis , to ' -which not mud credit was attached : also that the French Go-Ternment was going to send them a million" of mosey : but the * above report had not the effect to improve the Spanish Stock . Active closed at 19 § f ¦ with Coupons ; Portuguese closed heaw at 27 ^ 2 SJ ; Three per Cents ., 174 lg £ ; Mexican , 26 * 27 ; Brazilian , 7 H ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents ., 52 J 53 § . ; Cofombian , 24 | 2 % Owing to the few arrivals this morning , and the prices not being . received from Paris , _ there is a stagjjation in business both in the British and Poreign Market * . - . Half-past One 6 Clock . —Letter from Liverpool , "Wednesday : —New York packet , Osonh America , nor vet arrived .. '
la the Poreign Market the chief feature of operation was in the Brazil Stock , owing to-the ¦ report of favourable news from Pernambucco . Brazil reached 73 | 74 ; since which it has receded ± 0 72 i 7-3 ; Spanish Active , 19 3-8- 5-8 with -Coupons . ; Portuguese , 28 ; Three per Cents . lS ^; Dutch , 53 , Mexican , 27 ; London . and Brighton Shares , 8 per share . Three e Clod . —Consuls for the Account , 91 § 92 . Rite , Coffee , Rum , Cocoa , Spices , and- Cotton , continue as they were . Rum is particularly firm , © vting to - short itoek . We" have some sales of -Canadian produce advertised , but not for to-dav . The imports continue very insignificant , and tba return of the frost has increased the previous inactivity of these -markets in common with all others . The public sales to-day are chiefly drugs , which do mot come on until the evening . "
WOOL MARKET . Although Colonial "Wool sells briskly at prices on Ihe average 4 d . to 4 U . j > er lb . higher than ' the prices of last public sale , still there is no advances in either English or Foreign descriptions , the" latter of which are now selling . The trade in these last descript ions m irisk , but they were _ at good prices irhen Colonial was low . There are more public AaliS of ( "Vdnmai fl&frn-irrir ^ m -ret tn mmp .
COLOJOAL MARKETS . . * To-dxy « re have -no public sales- whatever in . groceries of any kind j by private contract there ' are only sach transactions as neeess&y requires . The market generally is languid : and for to-morrow the sales are very light of East and "W . est India . produce consisting of a little Sugar and Coffee , B . P . fSixgsr is firmer , and seenres more business . The -jaet is that grocers are necessitated to buy , b ' eing * hort in stock . Wecann « t yefrquote ibis commodity . ^ g her . ¦ "Refittad Sugar is little better ihan nominal at 38 s . 6 d . for Sue crushed . Tea is rather brisk , apd may be regarded as a rising article .
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•^ XKS OF THE YoBKSHrRE XSJ 3 LAKCA-£ HIItE MkmBEUS OS THE LoWEB , CANADA ¦ Gote ^ jtmekt Bil l , Tuesdax , Jak , 23 . — Order . ieady for resnming Adjourned Debate . — AmendjneDt proposed to be made to . the Question , ** that ^ e Bill be comioitted ; " and which . AmeDd-* aent was jfe ) leave outdtom ihe ward " That" to the ** nd of the Question , in order to add the cords * ¦ * Has Bill he taken into fiirtier considemtipn jopon * h ^ day six months , " instead thei » jfi : —Question * gal » proposed— " That tie words preposed to be left jout stand pan of the Qoestioa . "—Majority . 3 usfieia , W ., Lacelies , TT . S ., Parker , J ^ Proiheroe , £ ., Wood , C ., Cayley , E . S ., Egerton , Lord F ., Reetwooa , P . H ., James Sir W . C , Thomson , C . P ., Tbornely- T ., Ward , H . G-. —Mikobitt . — Baine ?^ Lister , E . C , Holeswortb , Sir W ., * BiothertoOj J . j Hindley , C . "
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IRELAND . m —— " . . " . - - - ¦ AKTI-COMBINATION MEETING AT THE ROYAL EXCHANGE . EXTRAORDINARY SCENE . The meeting convened by the Lord Mayor , to adopt measures for putting an end to illegal combination , and to prevent a recurrence of outrages and murders committed upon persons connected ¦ with trade in this city , took place this day at the Royal Exchange . The room was crowded at 12 o ' clock . At a quarter before 1 o ' clock the Lord Mayor was called to the chair . A Tradesman complained of the delay in taking the chair , 12 o ' clock being named . Mr . O'Coxnell apologized for detaining the meeting . He really considered that the meeting was for 1 o ' clock . IRELAND .
The Loud Matoe briefly explained the object of the meeting , and pledged himself to procure an impartial hearing for e-rery speaker . Mr . Classon , secretary to the meeting , having read the requiation ' , said he would address a fewwords to his fellow-citizens , and he would pledge his word of honour that his feeling and the feeling of the committee who managed the preliminary proceedings of the meeting , was to endeavour to serve the working classes . —Hear . —He did not appear there as the opponent of legal combination , but he considered that the descri ption of combination whichhad existed in Dublin up to the present day was of the most ruinous consequence to the trade of this country . He
had formerly been engaged in the foundry line , and having observed a great quantity of articles that were brought from Scotland , he thought he could manufacture the same articles , and with this view thought to employ boys to do the work , but was not permitted to employ them . Now , he would ask , how could he make such articles at the price of the Scotch , when he had to pay 30 s . a-week for a man ' s wages , when the same articles were nade in Scotland by boys for 4 s . a-week?— " Hear , " and "No , no . "—He felt satisfied that , in consequence of the combination , in this case alone £ 10 , 000 a-year of profitable labour was lost to the working classes of this country . —Hear , hear . —Mr . Classon stated other facts in illustration of the losses to the
community through the effects of combination , and concluded by praying for the unanimity of the meeting in -adopting some means for the common good of their country , and moved a resolution deploring the combination which existed in their city . High Sheriff Jones , in seeonding ' the resolution , hoped that after all that had been said by Mr . Claslon , Mr . O'Connell , and other gentlemen on this subject , the tradesmen would take timely advice , and abandon all illegal combination for the future . The resolution was carried unanimously . Mr . Carolan ( a member of the corporation ) moved the next resolution , deprecating the practice of enforcing employers to regulate wages , to limit the number of apprentices , to employ " particular individuals , and to force other rules upon them .
Mr . Maixet ( a member of the corporation ) on rising to second the resolution , was loudly applauded by the tradesmen present- He entreated that there would not be such ebullitions of feeling again , least as far as he was concerned . He would read the resolution before he would undertake to second it . Having Tead it , he said he had no hesitation in seconding it . He conceived that , with regard to the limitation of apprentices , there was much misconception on both sides . His rule was to make apprentices of the sons of those tradesmen who had served him long and faithfully—great cheers , —and whether he had exceeded the prescribed rule of the tradesmen or not he could not tell , as he had never heard—vehement cheering—and he would say that he -would take in the sous of his faithful tradesmen
now . —Cheers . — "With-regard-to the part of the resolution respecting the plan of regulating an uniform rate of wages for all men , it had the effect , when work was . slack , of having the good workmen retained whilst the indifferent were discharged altogether . He disapproved of this mode of acting , for the indifferent man might be retained at a more moderate rate of wages . If the plan were adopted of restraining men from following a business thi ; y did not serve an apprenticeship to , they never would
have had James " Watt , the author of the steamengine—indeed , he ( Mr . Mallett ) should not now be an employer , for he never served a day to any business . He hoped to see good feeling exist between master and man—he did not desire this more strongly than the gifted gentleman opposite , Mr . O'Connell . — " Hear' and cheers . —He deplored the cases of outrage which were lately committed in this f-ity , and concluded by seconding the resolution . — Cheers .
Mr . French said , as a tradesman , be could not understand bow the charge of combination could be made against the tradesmen of Dublin . There were interested individuals who were creating division between the employers and the tradesmen of Dublin . The tradesmen had no more means than were barely sufficient to support their families , yet they were dragged forward this day to defend their characters . —Cheers . —He contended that the rate of wages was insufficient—that all the contractors in the city were in the habit of charging as highly for the work done by apprentices as by regular men—and , finally , that there were more workmen in the city than could find labour in it . "Wh y , then , should they be borne down > y apprentices ?—Hear , hear .
Mr . T . Dixox said , that the privilege" of taking apprentices ought to be as free as the air they breathed . —Cries of i- 2 So , no , "' and Yes . " '—If the principle of restricting men from taking apprentices was adopted in one trade , there would "be no limit to the rule . If the trades of carpenters , bricklayers , &c . were overrun , surely men would not bind their own sons apprentices to them—thus the question would right itself . —Groans and cheers . Mr . O'Cosxell said , tbat if all parties were not heard , he would move an adjournment of the meeting . Mr . Dixon , in conclusion , said that he would have spent £ 10 , 000 more in labour during the la . st few-years , oaly for the existence of combination . — Groans and cheers .
Mr . O'Coxxell again observed , that if this noise was a part of a system of terror , sbout to be adopted he would move the adjournment of the meeting . Mr . I . Callaohax spoke to order , and implored the tradesmen to hear every onu , and not let it go abroad that they were afraid to hear the charges repeated which had already been made against them . Mr . Davis , a carpenter , denied that the employers were constrained as to taking apprentices . He
repudiated the opinion of Mr . O'Connell that the tradesmen who had no work could go to the colonies to seek for it . He was an emigrant , and was induced to go to Tan Diemen ' s Land to look for work ; when he arrived there he discovered to his distress that there was no work whatever for any one of a ship full of tradesmen who were led to go there by the representations of the Government They had to beg for support , and suffered the most unheard of misfortunes . —Cheers .
Mr . Holdex said that he was employed to slate the works of the Alliance Gas Company , and having catered into a contract to perform the work in a given time , he put his men to work , and while paying them the highest rate of wages in . the trade —namely , -2 Ss . a week—his men turned out , and , at-a moment ' s notice , refused to go on with the work ! The loss he sustained . by them was not considered sifneient ; his place was broken open , and himself beaten and severel y injured . —Crits of- ' " "Who did it . "—Mr . Holden could not say ; they certainly were combinators , impelled by the motives which induced his men to leave his work . —Cheers and groans . — A . Carpenter asked Mr . Cornlan whether he was compelled to give the same rate of wages to all men whether good or bad ?
Mr . Cakolan , said , he was compelled to pay all alike . —Cries of " No , no , you are not . " Mr . O'Coxxel-l desired to ' know whether thev inteEded to oppose the resolution . —Cries 0 / " "We will /'—He hoped they would not negative this resolntk t , which was calculated to effect much good . —Hear . —In reply to Mr . French , hewould wish to set the meeting right . He did not advise the tradesmen to emigrate ; he merely said , that if a boy could learn a trade , it would be a vast advantage to him in case he was obliged to emigrate . —Hear hear . —
Mr . French was certainij unfortunate by emigrating , particularly to a ptrnal « olony . He was deceived when he was informed that labour was high and provisions dear 4 for that state of things was impossible . The trade of the colony was further carried oh by convict labonr , and therefore the value of the emigrant ' s labour was depreciated . — -Hear , hear . He ( Mr . 0 . 'ConaeU ) ' $ elt satisfied that combination was every day effecting injury to the trade of Dublin ; he found anew class of goods brought from England every day , that misht be manufactured here if it
were not for combinatioo . Tree , the carpenters may say that houses cannot-be brought over here , but then small houses hare to be built instead of large ones . He never said that one pound a-week v / mld be sufficient for a tradesman ; he did not say s »; he did not know what a man deserved for his laboiyj he wished him to get as much as possible ; but wsat he did desire to see was a free competition for Jabpcr , and the opportunity of investing capital .
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— " Hear , hear , " and some disapprobation . —It was a shame to hear such expressions ; but what' could he expect from combinators ?—Uproar . A Tradesman said— "We are not Billy "Welters ; we will help yoo to put down the Billy "Wehers .-r Cheers .- " - . . : ' . . ""¦' . - . / - ¦ ' ¦ . ¦; . ¦ ¦ .. ' ¦ - - , ¦" ..- - , ¦' ... ' .. : " Mr . O'Connell continued . Then go with me and put down your own illegal combinations first . — Groans . —He had already stated to the . tradesmen that the limiting of apprentices was 'illegal-anA-a breach of Hume ' s Act . If they rejected this resolution , they would be pledging themselves to an illegal - " Hear , hear , " and some disapprobation ^ It was
declaration in the face of the Lord Mayor , the first magistrate of the city . The resolution , if rejected , would fasten upon the tradesmen this system i of terror . —A voice—" The masters don ' t oppose the Bystemj and what business of yours is . it ?"—Did they think that the Government would permit-. a . " systematic breach of the laws , such as had been admitted to exist , and threatened to be perpetaated ?— -Grqans , confusion , and cheering . —You are Yiblafiag ' thelk ^ s . — " "We are-not , we will support theiri . ^ -TT ^' ell , then , let the tradesman pass tWsresolutidn , wh&h : is the test . If they did not pass it , he ( Mr , O'Connell ) would not believe their declarations of . desire to
preserve the laws . The next part of the resolution was respecting the rate of wages being enforced for all men alike—Several voices , " That is not the case . '' : : ¦ " . " . ¦ " ¦ ¦ - - - . - . '¦ ¦ . •¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ""' ¦ ¦ .. - ' ¦ " . _ ¦
Sheriff Qtjixtin—Then pass the resolution . — - ( Cheers . ) . v . : : Mr . O'Connell continued . The carpenters deny that this practice exists ; but they admit that a man must be turned away three times by his employer before he . can dare to reduce his wages . ( A voice , " They must be three diffex ' en ' t employers . " ) That is worse again—the botch must be turned away by three different masters , and then a committee of his own shopmates sit in judgment upon him , and they only have the power of regulating the wages of the botch ; the master : who employs him has no voice on the subject . ( Cheers and groans . ) You may put down me , but you cannot put down common sense . ( Renewed groans . )
Mr . M'Cleary ( a member of the corporation ) said , they were groaning for . common sense . ( Groans . ) ; ; Mr . O'Connell continued—That the common sense of the thing was to give a botch a higher rate of wages than , the good vroikvnen . ( UproarO He would just ask , if combination existed ; At : the bar , whether such men as Yelverton , Curran , and Mother eminent men , would have risen to the hi gh stations which they held at the bar ? This system of combination did not extend to the learned professions The tyro was not paid the same fee as the practised
barrister . Pennefather , for instance , would get a much larger fee than an inexperienced lawyer . When he fMr . O'Connell ) was a practising barrister he earned £ 6 , 000 or £ 7 , 000 a-year . [ A voice— " 'Faith , you are receiving a great deal more now . " ] If yen oppose this resolution you will give me a triumph . . [ " "We will give you a triumph , then . " ] Do so , then ; you will not prevent inefroin trying to adopt measures to free the widow's-child , the man of talent , and the trade of our country from the monopoly of your shackles . [ Mr . G-Conneil sat down amidst loud cheers , mixed with groans and hisses . ]
Mr Mallett again rose and implored . "" -the meeting to pass the . resolution , as they regarded their own character , for it went to wipe away a charge made against them . He concluded by saying that he thought a time was coming for the good of Ireland—he meant a legal provision for . the poor of Ireland , by means of which the country would rise in moral rectitude as well as in we ^ lth .-r--Cheerji A Tradesman , whose same could not be learhed , moved an amaadment to the effect , that the -limitation of apprentices was necessary for the-. pcote 64 on of trade , and claiming the right of tradesmen to make rules for the regulation of their trades . •¦';¦ , ' . The Lord Mayor considered the amendment was opposed to the letter and spirit of the law , and refused to put it to the meeting .
Mr . O Coxxbll , amidst tremendous uproar , moved an adjournment to a day hereafter to be named . . Here a scene of indiscribable" confusion ensued . The motion of adjournment ivas put , but in the uprear , it was quite impossible to ¦' ¦ . ascertain , whether it was carried or not . The Lord . Mayor , in the midst of the din and -clamour ,. declared- ' that rte meeting was at an end . A-. workman , stood , up . and cried , " We . are five to one—we cannot be put down . " A nnmber of the trades' party , amidst shouting , hooting , and whistling , mado : a rushto- wards the chair , where the Lord Mayor and Mr .. O'Connell stood ; but at this moment a party of the police appeared , ; and in a few minutes something like order was restored .
Th ; proceedings at this meeting— . the-. most bois ' terous one ever witnessed—were at an end sliorth after half-past four o ' clock . ; r
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AUGUSTUS H . _ BEAUMONT . To . the Editor of the ' Lewis . Times . ' ¦ Sip . " . —I » your paper of last -week , I iiii . l tlic following paragraph in the speech . Mr . '/ Beaumont is reported to huve made at the dinner ' of the Leeds Working glen ' s Association . ' "He was not the man to blink miy question , and lie would tell them that the Working Men ' s Association of London was a corrupt association ; the secretary was also secretary to a Whig association , which met in the Strand , and let them deny it if they could . " Now , Sir , when your , readers are informed of the facts coiiflected with this association iu the Strand , Of which 1 am charged of being the " secretary ^ they will perceive that Mr . Beauiuunt has blinked the question ''—that he has concealed facts , to suit his slanderous purposes ; und said that tc / iich lie knew to l > e false . '
It is well known to most Radical Reformers ( because great publicity has been given to it ) that in 1 B 34 a committee was forihed in London , to procure , if possible , the repeal of the odious ¦¦ ¦ stamp ' duties on newspapers , aiul that their exertions were greatly instrumental- in obtniinng . that reduction the- - Whig s , were eventually . forced- to concede . Subsequently many members of that committee , in connection with a number of working men , exerted themselves to raise subscriptions to pay the fines the Whigs imposed on Henry Hetheriiiirtori and
John Cleave . Augustus H . lieauniont was one . of that committee , and I was their honorary secretary . Within these few months past Mr . Francis Place , as well as several of the old stamp repealing committee , have resolved to mak e renewed exertions to get rid of ' the remaining penny stamps and of those other restrictions which prevent the free circulation of knowledge . In furtherance of this object , they have taken premises adjoining the Strand , and this no doubt is the fVhig association Mr . Beaumont refers to . I am not on that
committce , neither am I their secretary , or otherwise connected with - them , but even if 1 were 1 should consider myself no less a Radical , or more Whig , than Mr . B . himself . But does Mr . Beaumont happen to remember , that he himself was the first to propone to Mr . Place that 1 should be made the secretary of what he now condemns as a " - fFhig association , " . when , it was Projected to reorganize it ? If he does not , upon application he will doubtWssly be reminded of the fact—and probably be conduced that either in moments of anger he has stated what in his rational moments he cannot substantiateor if rational when he said it he said it knowing it tabs false .
iSot wishing at present to trespass further on your valuable space—otherwise than to say , that lam neither secretary or treasurer of any society , nor otherwise connected with any ; other association than that of the London Working Men ' s Association and my own trade and benefit society . ...... 4 . remain » Sir , joarareBpeetFiilrf ,- ^ „ Wm , Lovett , 6 , Upper North Place , Gray ' a Inn Road . Jan . 15 . 1838 .
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NOTTINGHAM WOEKING IV 1 ENS ASSOCIATION . Address of the Nottingham Working Men ' s Association to the Inhabitants of Nottingha 7 n . . The Members of the "Working Men's Association of Nottingham , were desirous of ascertaining ( if possible ) the amount of distress existing amongst their working brethren in this town , with a view of showing to the world their wretched condition .
In order to do this , about 800 printed schedules with necessary questions were distributed , but owing to the Association not being generally known , together with a feeling of distrust , fearing that government of the parish authorities ( with the Poor Law Commissioners at their backs ) iBigbt have originated the plan , with the view of ascertaining the amount of wages received by those who are employed in the lowest paid branches of Nottinghatrade that
m , oa purpose they might bring down the wages of the higher paid branches to a level vith the lowest ( finding that families really do . exist on so little , ) and thus forward the scbemesof those monsters in human £ orm , both Tory and Whig who desire to bring down the whole of the industrious classes to live upon coarser food , and when old age , infirmity , - and distress overtake us , to shut us up in their Poor Law Bastiles , separating man from wife and children from both , violating every good law , both . Christian and moral , and when our earthly
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sufferings tetminate in death , haiid us over to the dissecting knife of the surgton ^ to save them further expense . These , fellow-tovrnsmen , were tte reaiona ^ assigned , b y maay ior , aot fill ing up their schedules . Therefore we obtained only 269 , out of the 800 , property answered ^ ,- ;^ ; ' ¦ ' : ¦ ' A . fcommittee was then appointed to eiarnihe them and ^ e are sorry to say the distress and suffering of bur working brethreu far exoeeded our most fearful expectations , 121 of the schedules were filled up by framework-knitters , out ; of which number , 56 were totally out ; of wbrk ^ 4 d : Tn partial anft 32 in full ^^
employ , whose - average weekly earnings amount only to i ^ ight shillings , the remaining 141 schedules were filled by varibus tradeV , out of which 22 only were in full work , their average earnings being twelve shillings and fotirpence per week , 68 in partial employ ; 37 unemployed , and 14 casual returns . The 269 families are composed of 1 Q 89 individuals , whose weekly incomes amounts to £ 73 .: 6 s . 6 d . In this sujm is included ; the whole of the children ' s earnings who are in employ , together with their parents , which amourits to about one shilling and fourpericeper'head , from which has to be deducted rent , fuel , clothing . &c . y&c . ' ; '
'¦' : The Association felt themselves bound to call upon the benevolent and wealtfiy portion of the inhabitants ¦¦ : ofi Nbttingham in their behalf , but are sorry to state after appealing to them twice , through the ^ medium -of the public press , that they have receivetl no assistance whatever either in money orclbthing ; ; . Therefore it is high time that we began to think for ourselves , and we most earnestly irtiplore you to consider the primary cause from whence proceeds that poverty and want we have so , long patiently enduied , and we think you will agree withHis that jt .-ar-iseg-from exclusive laws , enacted by exclusive pbioer . ' - . - ¦ ' . ' ¦ •'¦• " . "¦ ¦ - .. ¦ ¦ "¦ ¦ ' ' ' ' . ¦ . ¦' •¦ ' ¦¦ '
Then , fellow > -sufferers , as husbands and . fathers , arouse from your lethargy , and be determined to be political captives and slaves no longer ; but like your brethren at ; Basfprd , get . - up petitions and demand your enfranchisement , which is your undoubtedright . " : ' ; ., / . ¦ , " . Be led by iriterested / leaders nojonger ; pin your political faith oh no . man ' s sleeve , but be determined to work oHt your own redemption . -Enter your decided protest against Lord John Kussell ' s deblafation that Reform shall go not further , tell him and his colleagues alsOy that you will bear the-badge of slavery no loncer .
The God hi Nature made iis all equal , and we are sure it yras not decreed wo should starve in the midst pLplenty , for— . ¦ \ V ' e toil , vco spin , we Qelvo the mine , . Sustamirig . each his neicUbour , ' Andwho < B * n hold the right divine , To rob ug of oiir labour . Come then , fellow-workmen of Nottingham , and boldly stand forth as the uhflinchtng advocates of Universal SuffiagCyAiinual Pa ^^^ Ballot , ~ an $ ' No ' -Property ' Qualification for Members of Parliunient , ati the' only means of rescuing you from your present degraded and wretched condition , openly . ' dec-lap your , detestation of theVVhvg and Tory factions which have now combined to cajole and plunderyou .. : ; . , ' :- .- ' .
^ e shall then , as in the days of 1830 and 1831 , strike tearpr into the hetyrts of our enemies and compel them to yield justice to England , to Irelaiid , to Scotland , and . aur Colonies jinsho ^ ft , a good , a cheap , a honest , and responsible Government . ( Signed on behalf of the Members of the Working 'Men ' s Association ^ . of Nottingham , ) JOH / N STARR , Chairman . WM . BXIRIXEN , Secuetauy . JAMES SWEET . -.
BEN > HUMPHRIES , / : y JOHN WQODHOtFSE . f ^ , - JAMESiytJODjlbUgE , f CoJIMiTTBB GEO . WOODWARD ; A CORNELIUSFOWKES . J Wednesday , Jan . 3 d ,-18 a 8 i * ' ..
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Erratum . In the advertisement of Broivn and Andrews' Bankruptcy , in our last , it was stated that the'Commissioners of the said Bankritplci / would meet : on the loth , instead of the 12 th of Feb . nedi . We beg to acknowledge the receipt of the following subscriptions , from the ¦ ttnUervnentipiitd places for the Glasgow Cotton Spinners : — ' Ke ) ghlet / - - £ 2 . 2 s < 0 ( 1 . Barris h' !/ - - 4 0 0 Ilindes $ Dei-ham ' s mcn , Leeds 7 G The money , shall be duly forwarded , and we hope the men . of other towns will follow the good exiniiple .
Mr . Bateman of Preston , must--apply to Mr . lieuwood of Manchester , for the' 70 portraits and he will get them . . ¦ Mr . Hartley of Rochdale , should have attended to theiiiJitriictions tec gave in Ike Mh No , of the Northern Star . He would then have had his jtortraitsin time . We refer him to Mr . Ileywood of Manchester : , who will supplu him .
Many of our subscribers vho reside in distant parts of the country , hm-z not yet received their portraits , and for this reason , they cannot be sent by post . We shall keep a few at the office , and hold ourselves in readiness to supply them whenever u < e have chance of doing m without cost . Hitch-us . can get a friend to call for them-ivotild .. do well to do so . fhesc remarks ' apply , also , to Agents who arc simitarlu situated ,.
F . S . We do not know whether petitions have been presented this Session ugainst the return of the present Members for Clouinel and Tipperary ; if not l / iey calinvt now be . J . H . Members of Parliament have no fee for sitting on committees . A . D . The difference is just as much as belween A . D ,, and any one who is not a fool . Ji'Scholefield . Yes .
A Conskint Rtiider . The functionary named in his note receives no salary . He is paid by fees . We believe there-is no exact scale of the feestfie . y . ' have . beeu-wider'J / ie-i ^> isidcra tw n . ofG . overnr ment for that purpose some time . We know nothing about the five shiliiugs , or the uss . Legal Questions niust [ stand over till next week r .-Mr . O ' Connor being in London . Many Letters have been received : which ice have not had time to examine . T . B . Smith ' s lines on . the Cotton Spinners next , week .
The answer to the Tear of Beauty next week . The order to withdraw Mr . Fqden's advertisements came too late to be attended to .
Thetoetkjeirjf Wm. Saturday, January; 27, 1838.
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¦ " . ¦ ¦ ' "' - ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' . ' ¦ : ' : ¦ * . ' . : -- " . ' - v .. ' . - . V ¦ ¦ ¦ ' TO THE EDITOR ^ UF "THE NORTHERN STAR . ; , London , January 24 * A , 1838 ; Gentlemen ^ : ;• , " ¦'' . ' . "¦ - " :. \'; ' .. '¦ Ycu wish me to send you my thoughts on Canada for publication in your paper . I wish your intimation Md reached me sooner . If so , I should have prepared myself to enter fully into- the subject : as it is , your notice is so short ( only a few hours ) I
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can but glance at some of the leading facts and occurrences of the day ; but next week I shall send you , God willing , a budget on the . subjdet . ¦ ' ¦ In the first place , do not believe , Gentlemen , the versions , or rather perversiona , of Canadian affairs published by the Londbn daily press ; tiiey cannotj for ah instant , be depended on . They are transcribed j . or made out from official journilsj and official bulletins published in Canada ^ and not a few of them are fabricated in Lord Glerielg's office in Downing Street . Remember that martial law , in
all its rigour , exists in Lower Canada , and consequently \ that no " ' true accounts can reach us froni that country , except through private correspondence , or through the medium of democratic journals , publishedin the . United States , contiguous to the seat of war . When civil war rages in a country , " the news is always in favour of the predominant . party . That tj-rannic party has the ascendant for the present , ( but that only in Quebec , Montreal , and a few of the large towns , ) but wait for six or . eight ¦ months ,-till the fine weather has cleared the roads .
and brought the democratic rifles of the States into play for the Canadians , and my life against a bawbee , you will find the Gpsibrd executioners ehanging places with the " rebels" and every autocrat in the pay of despotism either fleeing for his life , or fattening the vultures with his carcase Believe me , Gentlemen , that lads who can take down a squirrel at two hundred yards , will find no difficulty in reaching the kidney * of the' vile miscreants who go out to butcher their sons and daughters , for fifteenpence a-day , in the service of a " brutal and bloody " factien .
This faction talks of our colonies . They lie ,- the vagabonds . We have no colonies ; our aristocracy and merchants possess colonies all over the world , but the people of England , —the real veritable people of England do not possess a sod of ground in their own country , —much less colonies in any other . What are called our colonies , belong not to us , the people of England , who derive ; nothing from them but the loss of blood and treasure , they belong to our enemies , to our oppressors , to our enslavers , They belong to our landed and commercial
aristocracy , who gain by them every year the millions whjch we lose , and who so far from allowing us" to participate in their colonial gains , have robbed us of all legitimate means of gain or acquiring property in our own country . What has the British . ' artizan or labourer , —What has the Susiux chopstick , or the pent-up factory slave , —What ¦ . has the victimized cotton spiunor , or the gruelrfod starveling of the New 'poor' Law Ainendinunt Apt , —What have thesi who in the aggregjitemake thd bulk of the people " of England , —What have theY to do with Canada or
Canada , with them P Nothing Goiitlemen , abso-. lutely hotbinjr , except to pay ( out of their miicrable day ' s wages ) for the support of 4 , 000 soldiers there ,. together with ordnance and . commissariat establishmetJts , enormous beyond u \\ projiortion to the force they are attached to , or the waiits of the proyin ( ? ej and for a legion of . ' civil and military placemen who annually consume more of our suWtance than would support half the poor of- England- on the new dietary system . And this i * the colonial svsteui fur
whose . maiutt'uancc we are called upon to light and pay taxes \ This is the system 'for which oiir Canadian force is to be augineiited from 4 , 000 , to ten or tvvelvu thousand , and for which Lord ¦ Durhamis- to be sent out with plenipotentiary powers , amounting to those of a combined military and civil dictatorship ! Why , Gentlemen , either the Whigs must be stark staring mad to conceive such a project or the people of England must . be the veriest baboons or jahoon . s that ever aped hmnanity , if , for otic instant , they give it their countenance .
Look to the debate in the House of Commons last night , and loot at the latest advices from Canada in . this morning ' s payers , and thtn suy , whether the Englishman who fights , or contributes his money in this Canada affair , is not worse than a brigandhighwayman—I might soy- —worse than a murderer . You will see , by the Montreal papers , that wholesale butchery and conflagration are the order of the day against the Canadian people . You will see , that not only are these brave people mercilessly put to the sword , but their wives and families are involved in their fute by the burning and devastation of their bouses . You will see the town of Sf
Eus . tache reduced to a heap of blazing ruins , and its ¦ inhabitants perishing in the . iiani . es in a manner 46 excite horror and disgust unutterable . . "On Thursday evening , " says one account , " the village of St . Eiistache presented a hcart-rer . ding appearance ; the whole , of the lower portion being one sheetoi lurid flame . It is supposed that about fifty persorjs have been burnt , ami nothing now is left of them but stone walls , or solitary chimnies . The , stench from the burning of the bodies was very offensive . There were found twenty-ei ght corpses in the churchyard and in the Nun ' s garden , and from thirty to forty individuals were , killed , in the brush , wood , in attempting to retreat , " &c .
One ' s ? blood absolutely curdles in reading these details , yet such are the scenes to which the Whig Government invites us to contribute with our blood and money ! And this for no better purpose than to preserve a colony which we have no interest in oppressing , merely that that colony may be a perennial source of plunder to the monsters wbo have given us the JSew Poor Law , and who are ready to treat us and our ¦ ¦ families ' as they have
treated the inhabitants of St . Eustache , the moment we attempt to vindicate the rights of freemen . For what , after all , is the crime of the Canadians j » The crime or crimes are exactly these , as they appear set forth in a proclamation from the rebel force now encamped at Kavy Island , under the brave patriot William Lyon M'Kenzie . —Englishmen ! read the list of these crimes and blush that you are not criminals !
Crime No . 1 . —The-rebels demand—" perpetual peace founded on a .. . Government of equal rights to all , secured by a written Constitution , sanctioned by yourselves ( all the Canadian people ) in a Convention to-be called as early as circumstahces will perxnit . ""^—What a monstrous crime ! Crime , No , 2 , —The rebels demand— " Civil and religious liberty in its fullest extent ; that in all laws made , or to be made , every person bound alike , neither shall any tenure , . estate , charter , birth , or place , confer any exemption from the ordinary | course of legal proceedings and responsibilities whereunto others are subjected . " --What a hori rible crime ! Crime * No . 3 . —the rebels demand— " The
abolition of hereditary honours of the laws of entail and primogeniture , and of hosts of pensioners , whodevour our substance" ( they might have added the substance of Englishmen also ; but even as it stands )—What a shocking crime 1 Crime ,. / No . 4 . —The rebels demand— " A legislature composed of a Senate and House of Assembly choseh by the people" — by the people , inind , for there lies the crime , and what a monstrous one it is to be sure !
Crime , No . 4 . —The rebels demand— " An executive to be composed of a Governor , and other officers elected by the public voice d —mark the words public voice , —for therein lies the gist of the unpardonabl e crime ! Crime , No .. 5 .-The rebels demand— " A judiciary- , chosea by the Governor and Senate , and composed of the most learned , honourable , and rust-worthy of our citizens , and that the laws be
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rendered cheap and expcditiotu ^^ chB ^ and eX ^ peoitiouslaws i ; .- ( Jood heaven ^! in > nat t « ne 8 do we live ?^ -Such rebellious ^ assurance is enoug h to makeOldEldon ' s corpseti ^ uscHateVto ^ gireus ' one parting admonition more , before the « Siiapf Old England ' s ; glory be forever setl '/ ' Whit lover < ic justice-what friend of humanity could snrvivetEe fatal infliction of cheap and expeditious Jaies ? ¦ Resides these capital criinesthe rebel proclamatioa reveals . >„ . ,. . . .,.. ,, . .
a multitude of ininprb ^ ^ pxemplary rulers would doubtless content themselves with punishments less severe / than ; the burning of whole towns and the massacre of tieir inhabitants These ofierices are-the demand , ^ -the rebellious ' lawless , audacious ¦ demand of free / trial by Jury --the free election of all Sheriff ^ and other executive Officers bythe people at lar ^ e- ^ erfeet Uberty of the press-. the Tote by Ballot , —free aii peaceful townshi p elecdons- ^ freedom of trade , education to
every citizen of the republic ,: at the republic ' s expense frugality ahdeconomy in alllocaladministrations ,- ^ the free election by all the people of their Jdagis ^ trates , Justices , Court of Request ; Commissioners ^ &c ,, and " . nomantobecompeUed to give military service unless it be his choice . " : ^ / Such , Men pf England , are the horrible ofiences charged against the Canadian people ; by your Whig and : Tory- Government , and for which you are invited to punish them by the butchery of their sons , the burning of their wives and children irt their homes , and the ; desolation of whole villages and towns . —But more of this in nay next . : ' ' ; -Yours , . 5 cc ..: ; . ; . ; - . /¦ . ;;/ - '/¦ , " : : 4- -. ¦ : . ' ¦ . ¦ ¦' . ' / C ^ ROiKTEEiiEi /
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: ..- ; ' REAIi ' ' tJNION . ; : H .- ; - ; ; - :: ; ^ . . Nothing can be more essential than that provinces ruled by the same government , should be ; governed by the same laws . The fact of glaring discrepant cieshaving ; long existed , in the administration of the laws , as respects England and Irelahdj has led to heart burnings , disorders , and distdrbances , which are equally injurious ^ to both countriea . ; But , as jf the times of difierence had passed away , it now appears that a real union is henceforth to be established , between England , Ireland , and Scotland ^
This has been the darling object of Mr . O'C 6 \ . nell ' s long life of agitation ; and we say hot too much of that great man when we give him credit , for having accomplished his end , his aim , hi » wish But instead of raising Irish liberty to the standard of English freedom , Whig-likej this demon has now successfully reduced England to the same state of degradation to which Ireland , by his macnlnations , has been levelled . In England , at 4 ie present ' moment , the battle of the Canadian white slave ; owners is being fought in the House pf Coinmbng .
whileO'CdNXELLin Ireland ^ and the Jury Ljiyr in Scotland ^ are fighting the battle of capital against labour at home . Heuec , then , is a holy union- — aye , and a substantial one too , about to be established ; a Union which will make the prison a refuge for the destitute , instead of being a terror to the guilty ; a Union which / vill make poverty a crime , and a good character , rather an aggravatiba than a palliation of an offence ; a Union by which
the decrees of man will set aside the ordinances of his maker ; a Union b y which industry will be handed over an article in which the trafficker maj speculate , as in any other commodity ; a Union which if combined , will establish a Despotism iii Uiia country , and justify a ^ recourse to arms , ; for the : decision of the then—one only : question , namel y , whether it be preferable to die freemen , or die slave ? . Of 107 Members , on Tuesday night , six only Were found to vote for Mr . Wakley ' s motion—a mere
motion of course—relative to . the case / of the Cottcri Spinners . Is this representation ? or will the unrepresented people be satisfied with this system ' of legislation ? Yes mayhap the insinuation , riot the assurance , of Lord John RussElx—that themen may not leave England jfy- one week , Will satisfy the working people of- this country . ' We are consequently met by the platform liberality of those Radical supporter * of a Whig Government '
while we miss them from the House of Commons ; wherever a question of importance to the labourer is brought forward . The ^ revenues of the Church ^ - ^ -thu pay of the Army—the Civil List-the ISavy — the Corn Laws -- . the ; ' Pension : ' 3 List / with the wbqle tribe of abuses , are but so many pimples compared ; to the griiat sore : occasioned by the unprotected ; sUite of labour ; but , jugglerlike , they place before our . eves all matters of
importance to the alread y too rich ^ and ask for further appropriation of others ' . property to them-Kx ' lves , while labour , which produces all , is consigned as a prey to the few . Protect labour liy representation in the House pf Commons , ; arid then will the temporalities of the / Churih —^ the amount and pay of . both ; Army and N avy—the pensioners—the prohibition of f > od —and all other matters of policy , be regulated by the actual necessity of the state , instead of by the interest and honour of a faction . It is to be hopd that the people of London , the long slumbering people of the capital , willnow take the lead . A full
meeting of the LondonWorkingmcn ' s Association was held on Tuesday evening , lor the purpose of discussing Mr . Hatitwell ' s motion , relating to the Cotton Spinners . Mr . Hau / twell proposetl a petition for the appointmentof a Committee ( -to enquire into the subject of Associutionsjor the Glasgow Association . ^ r- . 9 ' P ° P opposed it , aud recommended the presentation of a petition praying ; that Duncan M'Neil and Patrick ^ Robinsox ; Esqrs ; Counsel for the prisoners , be heard at the bar ot" the
Hpuse of Commons . This gave ^ rise to a very anV mated diseussion ^ the several speakersji expressing their approval of Mr . O'CoNNORV planj which vre ' are ef opinion will be acted upon , and backed , it ' will be j or rather , preceded , by the petitioni from tte ; great Radical Association , at their ' meetiDg on ' Wednesday , Feargus O'CoN ^ oiiin the ' ehair . "We ; may yet hope that another ? . trial ¦ wilt irestpre ourfriends to their homes and their families ... .. The mea . are at Woolwich , and Mr . O'Connob is strainiD §| every " nerve to arouse the Londoners on tneirbehalti
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NEV ^ SRAPEit GIRCXJLATUM , : ; We ^ love tc 1 find ourselves in ^^ -the company of those whose cheerful ; counteriances shew ; , ^ t they are pleased , and whose bland exprefwionV prove their satisfaction , provided , that no ; cause can be shewn why we'should not be pleased and satisfied as w « lk Hence , therefore , we have been much gratified bj the self-complacent style of gratulation in which our contemporaries of the Leeds la and Out-Tory Press have amused their readers With reference to the return of ^ ^ JSTewspapers Stamps , just published J > J \ order of the House of Commons .
Either by accident or design , ths Northern Star and Leeds General Advertiser , is not included ia that retnrn . / This is not a very material circumstance , because . the returns rare only to the 30 tt of November , 1837 , at v ^ g ^ p ^ od onl y tw » numbers of the j ^ or // ier ? iS ^ fi ^ ad pee ^ So , little importance did we ' atjach t 6 the matter ,
k : iowj n g that our circulatisas <>! fas already accurately known , by the public ^ from ; our ' town weekly ati " iipunceraentSj that we passed oVer the returns last week without notice . ¦ Seeing however that our neighbour , of tibe OutrTory School / has ; : introduce ^ anptice of some - " Northern Star" in Scotland , in terms so / equivocal that they might be applied ; tp u » by the mere cursory reader , ( though , of courscj our
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