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aia ^ Wii ^ M ^ dtotatiopa em , ploye ^ aikfftfcis too ^ ss- ' generally rel&lfeefe t % e nsHm ^ tion ofxaasters anifmep . Q ifcJBPIse PCQwipiD * ifCEft ^ ot succeeded ,, and « BP » B » ec iseljj :-suoli occasions , remarks Mr . Wmk * im SafABT ^ 'tKa influence of a Th-H \ t ^ pir ( lQncUia ^ H wouia Have been bene - ficial . ' , A : s . to strides * the Grlassmakers ? Sociei % . Endlong ceased to advise or to- support tljejcft , tEhey have Habitually found the emnK > 2 ^ r " willing to . accegt tUe decisioij of a
Qqnxgetent arbitration .. TSe . ^ rational jisspcdation : of XTnited'Trades i& iJondoxL has certainly been regarded , in all garj ; a of tlie . countrv , as the organ and centre of ^ th ^ movement ,, in its new form . It has Worked j ^ L unison -with the Parliamentary Committee and deserves all praise for its exer . fciana in a cause which has now , we are weE 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 . Pboxtdeoot , one of the Glasgow delegates who , ? gave evidence before Mr . MacKinnon ' s Committee , wrote to the Iiondon 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 . Mackinnon 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 fte one that bore directly and strongly on the general interests of labour , and offered to . defray , their full , share of the expenditure
necessary to send witnesses to Iionddn . Ultimately , two delegates-were sent representing the . United Masons , Bakers , ConfeetiQnersj ^ CtnsmitKsy Joiners , Sawyers , Coopers , Cotton-Spinners ,. Miners , Xabourers , &c , of Glasgow-, forming- an aggregate of more than a hundred thousand working men . Neither the Xtondon . Association nor the Scottish ( Committee appear to have shrunk from the cost or the trouble of the undertaking .
"We hop , e that no sentiment of jealousy will' deter the . Central Association in this metropolis , from inviting the affiliation of the Unions throughout the country . That such a combination is neeessary 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 employera upon their workmen in Scotland : —
" ixottce . £ « the Tradesmen in our respective 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 order to protect ourselves and those of our uten .- who Iiare- no desire to connect themselves with Trades' Unions , that on and after this day , the 3 rd , of January , 1856 , ' no . tradesman in any of the branches in
oqryardff belonging to a Trades Union will be employed Wjrtw . > All'tradesmen not belonging to a Union , or those "wiBing'tOBigna paper that they have ceased connexion witb Bw * h ,. directly or in&reotly , will hav <* . employment at thfrbigfreat rate of wages paid in Clyde . Any tradesman taking employment from us and representing himsetfasnot lelongmg-to a Union , or that * he has ceased connwrioir with such , while ho still continues to be « KMMnber on in connexion with such Unions will subject hinself to » penalty of XOs ., payable to . his employers . TJHa resolution only extends to putting down what we to bte
cojicrtv ^ j an evil , ' aliko injurious to masters and many awifrdtoes-not extend to reducing or regulating wages , bmm « t \ work , op in any othorway to interfere with . the syirtonx .. hitherto , practised in Dumbarton . Wo have no wish tbj * t a Binglo person should loavo . our employment , but all ' accepting -work 1 will bo understood as ftgrcnteg to- the aborwTegolatlonB . ' •' ¦ ¦ . " AoKmtmMm M ^ Mtm ^ ht'Amp Sow . ' A i , mx *> m » n tDoHsrr . , Wm . Denuy and Buothebs ; AncirinAUD Dknnt .. "fW «* hrt 6 n , 8 rd' of January , 185 « . "
] 3 So- dSSrafcfr AjtOHiBAi-i > TrfACMTT / r / A y and i ^ fiHoKr ;* ' A ^ ohibaIidAtubxaiojcbb , and'Wii .-fj ^ iAMrlJiareryand' " EfeoTHBBs , ** are magnifl-* cent princes . of the Clj ^ de ; Tjutvwnart is the IrigHirthey . claim of prohibiting the associaition . of their , working people , when that asso-; ciation . does not amount to conspiracy . ? They themselves combine , as . their united signatures prove ; why , then ; are their tradesmen to be intimidated ; and their workmen menaced in this insolent and unworthy style ? I 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 eccentric member like Major Reed 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 have been the same . The House will
not touch 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 . Major Reed ' s attempt to get up 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 ? 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 .
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The Akt Exhibition at Manciikhtick .- — The site of the building for thia provincial exhibition hits been determined on ; and the dosign of Mr . Young , who is now building tiro Art Museum af Brompton , has dooh accepted . Tim Crystal PAi ^ . om . ~ -Wo aro glad to sec , by an advertisement in the daily paporu , that the ^ ' 7 ' Palace is open to shilling visitors on this day ( Saturday ; . Th « working men will thus be ablft to avnil tliemHelvo » of their weekly half-holiday to visit the beautifu l 001-leotiou of works of . art . exhibited on that .. Sy . i »«» u »" upland . Wo trust the new arrangement is to >> " I > ° mnnent . The second horticultural fete of , tl » e sc »»«« was hold at the Palace on Wedncadny .
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S U BS C RI P TIONS F OR THE S U FF E RERS PROMTHB 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 : — Francs . Victor Hugo 100 Charles Hugo 5 Francois Victor Hugo 5 Thdophile Guerin 6 Kealen G ¦
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; Sound Duks . ^— The committee on the Sound Dues levied by Denmark sat on Tuesday . Mr . Arnott , merchant and shipowner of Li verpool , and a member of the Chamber of Commerce spoke against tho duos as an injury to the increasing trade with the Baltic , more especially to tho salt trade . As far as . he had bocn able to ascertain , the payments- by Great Britain to- Denmark for tho Sound Dues , might bo estimated at 100 , OOOJ , to 180 , 000 ? . annually , and there was no reason to believe there was any decline In the Baltic trade from England . Mr . AllhuBony merchant , &q ., at Newcastle , sot down tho total charge on tho shipping interest of this country at 200 , 000 / ., instead of tho actual aura paid to tho Danish Government of 75 , 0007 . This arose from tlio loss of time at TSlainoro , and tho expenses arising out of iti Mr . Hlggins , Halt manufacturer and exporter , MV . John Ormston , shipowner at Newcastle ^ and Mr ; . Michael Havelook , mambor of the Newcastle Chamber of Com * mcrco , agreed with the other witnesses as to the evil effects of the dues . The committee adjourned to Friday .
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TJaere is no learned man but . -vvi ] l confess he H « . fx , much profited by reading controversies , his sensed awakened ; and hoaoudgnaentsliajrpened . if then it be profitable for him to read , wtiy should it not' least , be tolerable for his adversary to write T -Milton
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NATIONiili ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES . ( To the Editor of-the Leader . ") ¦ - - London 25 th of June , 1856 . Sir , —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 Glasgow w-ere 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 received 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 tiieletter , 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 miners-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 tb , Mr . W . B . Campbell is ; 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 . Wo 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 tho Glasgow Association to change their name , —still , rhowever , the samo name is kept before the public , —and then we publicly complained . We should be happy to see a general organization of trades in Scotland for the samo or similar objects to our own , for it is much needed , and will be more so , if they intend to have another general strike o
tho miners . . The only advice I shall now offer is , that they had better try to obtain an arbitration committee- ot masters and men before their next strike takes place ; otherwise I feel confident it will end as disastrously as tho last one . f I beg to otter you tho papers upon this case lor perusal , if you think necessary . I am , sir , your obedient servant , 269 , Strand .. Thomas Wimwsb *
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Leader (1850-1860), June 28, 1856, page 614, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2147/page/14/
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