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Trades Unions. We Pxiblish, In "Open Cou...
argn & tir 4 £ h £ ofiglt dfepUtatioiui witfi iihelir ent pffiy ^ B ^ ati ^ Sus " process | j ^ jjenBraffj u & - siji 2 £ erif $ D the Bataafab & iau ofiiiflQtexs an ^ men 01 a some occasions ife had not succeeded ^ and upon pyeeisely gupfc occasions , remarks Mr . IE ^ jakot Saf ^ ar , [ the inftuence of a 3 Mbtmal of ; Conciliatioii would have been benefisiaU As to strikes , the Glassmakexs' So- ? cieigr had long ceased to advise or to support tbem . They have habitually found the . emntbyei ; willing to accept the decision of a competent arbitration . ! raie National Association of United : Trades in Xondon has certainly been regarded , in all
$ art & of the couiitrv , as the organ and centre of * the uaovemerit , ibl its new form . It has worked in unison with the Parliamentary Cbmmittee , and deserves all praise for its exertions in a cause which has now , "we are well' assured ; the sympathy of a large class of employers , and of the entire body of intelligent working men throughout the three kingdoms . Early in March last Mr . J . Pbottdfoot , one of the Glasgow delegates who gave evidence before Mr . Mackotson' s Committee , wrote to the London Society , in behalf of the members of a number of
associated trades , for information as to the objects of the inquiry , and the extent to which Mr . Ma CKurygy proposed to carry the interference of Parliament , proposing also the cooperation of the Glasgow trades . Meetings were then held in Glasgow ; the representatives of twelve trades declared the investigation to be one that bore directly and strongly on the general interests of labour , and offered
to defray their full share of tale expenditure necessary to send witnesses to Iiondbn . Ultimately , two delegates were sent representing the United Masons , Bakers , Confectioners , Tinsmiths , Joiners , Sawyers , Coopers , Cotton-Spinners , Miners , labourers , & c , of Cjrlasgpwv , forming an aggregate of more than a hundred thousand working men . I ^ either the London . Association nor the tScottish Committee appear to have shrunk from the cost or the trouble of the undertaking :. We hope that no sentiment of jealousy wiU' deter the Central Association in this metropolis from , inviting the affiliation of the Unions throughout the country . That such a combination is necessary for the protection of the vast and common interests of the working classes is rendered more obvious daily . Here is a specimen of the kind of patronage bestowed by employers upon their workmen in Scotland : — " Notice to the Tradesmen in our r & pective Yards . "We , the undersigned shipbuilders in Dumbarton , judging from experience , here and elsewhere , that Trades ' Unions have only led to annoyances and distrust between employers and employed , and feeling that -we have always done justly by our men , and been on good terms with them , without the intervention of men from other places , often prompting to evil from selfish motives , have resolved ; in onder to protect ourselves and those of our men . who have no desire to oonneet themselves with Trades' Unions , that on and after this day , the 3 rd of January , 1856 , no tradesman in any of the branches in our yards belonging to a Trades Union will bo employed hy , «•; . All tradesmen not belonging to a Union , or those willing to fiign a paper that they have ceased connexion with such ,, directly or indirectly , will have employment at the-highest rate of w-agea paid in Clyde . Any tradesman taking employment from us , and representing himgelf as not belonging to a Union , or that he has ceased connexion with such , while he still continues to be a mamher or . in connexion with such Union , -will subject himself to a penalty of 10 a ., payable to his employers .
This resolution only extends to putting down what we ttwjeeive to be an evil ; alike injurious to roasters and * MK , and : doss not extend to reducing or regulating wagfea , hours ^ if work , or in any other way to interfere with £ he , « yqtem hitherto practised in Dumbarton . We have no wish' that a single person should leave our employment , but all' accepting work will be understood aa agmctag to the ftbtov * regulations . " Adornsaju > M * Miijuan jam Soar ; , AY . b ) £ 4 x ] Mbb DKmrr . Wm . Denny an » BwwsiKBfl . Akohibavd Djemnt" ** l > tan *« ntqn , 9 tdL of January , 1686 . "
3 STe cfott & fc J & tcwiB & LD J & 4 . cstii < i « Ajr and ^•• Sby / ' ABCH 3 CBA 3 JP AnBf aiTO 3 B | t ^ and 'W ^ rx-HX 4 M Daransrr and ? " Bbotbcebs /* are magirifieent prjnees of the iUl ^ dte ; but what is the right they d $ im of prohibopbing the association , of their working people ^ when that association does not amount to conspiracy P They themselves combine , as their united signatures prove ; why , then , are their tradesmen to be intimidated , and their workmen me *
naced in this insolent and unworthy style ? "We believe that a systematic organization of the Trades Unions would be of immeasurable advantage to the working classes . Further , when the Glasgow trades insist on the necessity of an adequate representation in the proposed Industrial Courts , do they not discern the necessity , also , of a full and fair representation in Parliament ?
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THE SULTRY HOUSE . The House of Commons will have nothing to do with political reform , or , indeed , with anything serious , on Tuesday evenings . Only an ecceatric member like IVTajor E-eed considers political reform a fit subject for parliamentary discussion . That gentleman had a motion on the paper on Tuesday evening
for a royal commission to inquire into the system of open voting , and the limitation of the franchise . It may be very true that the idea of a royal commission in connexion with such a subject is ridiculous , but had Major Reed , or any less interesting legislator , asked for a parliamentary committee , the result would nave been the same . The House will
not toucli reform in any shape . It is considered a dead question , and it is a dead question , because the nation chooses that it shall be such . The ballot debate of this session was a farce . IVTajor Hjteu ' s attempt to get iip a political debate was even more farcical . It was a warm evening . There were plenty of amusements going on . The House had been wearied by the discussion of an Indian topic . Why , then , should a " bore" be allowed to move a resolution
which might draw on a debate r So a good deal of wrestling took place at the door ; honourable gentlemen were pulled by their coat-tails into the lobby ; the members inside were convulsed with laughter ; the members outside were not allowed to go in ; and , after an exhibition of frivolity , lasting several minutes , a successful " count" took place , and the popular House adjourned . Honourable members prefer , these summer evenings , to recreate themselves elsewhere .
Subscriptions For The Sttffettkrs From T...
SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THE STTFFETtKRS FROM THE FRENCH INUNDATIONS . The exiles resident in Guernsey have opened a subscription for the benefit of the sufferers from the late inundations . We append the first list of subscribers —names that are honoured in France : — Franca . Victor Hugo 100 Charles Hugo 5 Francois Victor Efugo 5 Theophile GueYin & Kesleru 5
Sound Dues.—The Committee On The Sound D...
Sound Dues . —The committee on the Sound Duea levied by Denmark sat on Tuesday . Mr . Arnott , merchant and shipowner of Liverpool , and a member of the Chamber of Commerce , spoke against tho duos as an injury to the increasing trade with tho Baltic , more especially to tho ealt trade . As far as he had been , able to ascertain , the payments by Great Britain to Denmark for the Sound Duos , might bo estimated at 100 , 000 £ , to 130 , 000 J . aunually , and there was no reason to believe there was any decline in the Baltic trade from England .
Mr . Allhuseni merchant , & c ., at Newcastle , sot down the total charge oa the shipping interest of this country at 200 , 000 ? ., instead of the actual sum paid to tho Danish Government of 75 , 000 ? . This arose fjrom tho loss of time at Elsinore , and tho expenses arising out of it . Mr ... Higgine , salt manufacturer and exporter , Mr . John Ormaton , Bliipowner at Newcastle , and Mr- Miohoel Havelock , member of tho Newcastle Chamber of Com * merco , ngrecd with the other witnesses as to tho evil ' effects of the dnes . The committee adjourned to Friday .
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES . ( To the Editor of the Lender . ) London , 26 th of June , 1 & 56 . Sib , —The last number of your journal contains a letter signed •< William M . Campbell , " purporting to be a contradiction to some remarks made by yourself on the 14 th , in an article headed , " A Workingclass Defeat , " wherein you state that it was by the London Society that the delegates from Glasgowwere brought to give their testimony before Mr . Mackinnon ' s committee . Before referring to the other points in the letter , I beg to state that , during the sitting of Mr . Mackinnon ' s committee , I received several communications from Glasgow , urging the necessity of delegates being called from that city to give evidence . The select committee had previously agreed to close their labours , so far as the reception of evidence was concerned , on the ground that they had reaeived sufficient- I published a letter through the press announcing that fact ; and in the course of a day or two I received another letter from Glasgow , urging very strongly the necessity of persons being examined , and requesting me to represent those views to Mr . Mackinnon , and stating that at the same time the trades were willing to pay the delegates' expenses . I represented their case to that gentleman , and strongly urged upon him the necessity of complying with their request . Mr . Mackinnon then instructed me to-send for them . I did
so on the same day . Whether they have been paid by the Glasgow trades , I cannot say ; but this I do know , that the " select committee" paid them their expenses from Glasgow to London and back again , and one guinea each per day for expenses , making a total of more than 22 / . As respects the other part of the letter , I find , on reference to the Glasgow Sentinel of the 10 th of May , that " the question of enrolling all the miners' names as a National Association was discussed and agreed to . " In the same paper it states that "it was unanimously agreed that the minera in the districts of Coatbridge and Airdrie should join the National Trades Association . " On the 17 th , it was moved , " That the men of Ayrshire particularly attend to the works in the west , to have them enrolled into the Association . "
On the 24 th , Mr . W . B . Campbell ia introduced as the " Secretary of the United Trades' Committee . " In the same paper it was reported at a general meeting in Glasgow : " Old Cumnock . —The men here are all on strike . They number about seven hundred in all . We believe that Lugar and Muirkirk are now joining the National Association . " Upon these reports leading articles in newspapers have been framed , which have mixed up the two
associations as one . It is on this account that the committee of this Association complained , first , privately to the editor of the Glasgow Sentinel , requesting him to induce the Glasgow Association to change their name , —still ,, however , the same name is kept before the public , —and then we publicly complained . Wo should bo happy to see a general organization of trades in Scotland for the same or similar objects to our own , for it is much needed , and will be raoro so , if they intend to havo another geueral strike o
the miners . ' , The only advice I shall now offer is , that they had , better try to obtain an arbitration committeo of masters and men before their next strike takes place ; otherwise I feel confidont it will end as disastrously as the last one . . I beg to offer you the papers upon this case MM perusal , if you think necessary . I am , sir , your obodient servant , 2 G 9 , Strand . Thomas Wiwmbsl ^
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The Ckystai . r alack . —Wo are glad , y JJ advertisement in tho daily papers , that tho ^ " > Palace it ) open to shilling visitors on this day ( aatur ( ii » y / - The working men will thus be nble to avail tliein «> " ? of their weekly half-holiday to vleit the beautiful cotlection of works of art oxhibitod oa that » vtlcu 11 *" upland . Wo truat tho new arrangement ia to l > o p manont . Tho second horticultural fete of tho »«» s <» was held at tho-Palaca on Wednesday .
to boob Tim Akt Exhibition at Mancubstkh . — The site of the building for this provincial exhibition has been determined on ; and the design of Mr . Young , who u now building the Art Museum at Brompton , naa won accepted . ...... ,.., „„
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Leader (1850-1860), June 28, 1856, page 14, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_28061856/page/14/
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