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warning—Our strength and your weakness soon , soon shall be The elorious bright son of Freedom is dawning ; Oganise ! ( fcganise ! Saxon and Celt ! Xek yes , thejust God of Right is proclaunmgifl England—all Europe—the whole earth shall SgC ' 31 at bayonets , and bludgeons , and Specials dis-Old Iceland-brave Erin—your sons shall be free
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O TSTORIC PAGES FROM THE *§§ £ & KEVOLUTION _ OF E & RRUAEY 18 ^ 8- By Loo ts Blaiw . London : Triune Office , Weffington-street , Strand . Sohe weeks ago , to noticed No . 1 of this Sanslation of the Pages $ Historic de la Becojnfyn de Fmien ™ ™ , Proceed * ° not , ce fin saceeding numb ers so fcas wehave n > ^ Tfaose Sour fiiends \ Ao ware readers of the « Star , " m the years immediately preceding fce Revolution , mnstremember thesdiscussionB between the National and the . Ke / orae-Hlisenssions which , were so ably commented on by rSendthen located in Pans , now a refugee in this co untry , fiom the banks of the Khine . On this subject Leuis Blanc writes as .
fbl-JftWS * —* v " - - ' - >' - IHE SATIOSAI . 15 D MB BETOBHE . .. ... * . i TTndertie sTroerintendenceof M . MsSrast , alite-^ « rv man of showy talents tat op influence , the ¦ JGrf & aoZ carefully avoided Socialism . Its whole " , Politics might be summoned up jn a president , a ; S nde chamber , and Universal SuflVaee , instead of a ' wn ? two houses , and the electoral censas ; But ' the rHational , partly from ignorance and narfly from fear , stood aloof from those great questions at once the glory and enigma of the ^ eteentii cen-? nry the complete suppression- of hired labour , andI the abolition of usury ( the privilege of capital , thelast to he destroyed ) , the establishment of a -ngrfect system of universal solidarity on the ruins Jtroietanan
of competition , and the annihilation or - ism and want ; such are the questions that thepresent age must solve or perish . - - ' - ¦ ' _ - It was different with the Reform ? , edited . with jsmeh vigour and conciseness by Ferdinand Flocon , vho was assisted by Bibeyrolles , a powerful writer , gifted with a sort of unpolished profuseness of style that occasionally glowed with the warmth of a southern climate .. The Reforms represented in its politics the opinions of a committee of . directors , composed of the following citizens : —R _ Arago , Deputy ; E . Beaune ; Dnpoty ; Etienne Arago ; Felix Avril ; Ferdinand Floeon ; Guinard ; Joly , Deputy ; Iedru Eoliin ; A . Lemasson ; Ch . Lessere : Louis Blanc ; Pascal Daprat ; Recurt ; T .
Schoelcher ; and Vallier . TWthout gomg to the vrhole extent of Socialism , the majority of this committee adopted its principles . [ As is proved by a programme , drawn up by Louis Blanc , and given in the work . ] , The dissensions of the Actional and the Jteforme , though at first kept out of view , and softened from mutual respect , increased in bitterness until the banquet agitation roused party feeling to a state of forious excitement . The National , seeing that popular opinion was on the side of the Reform , in its desire to engage the support of the middle class , did not hesitate to confound the dynastic opposition iriih the Republican party , while the Reforme maintained a haughty , distant , and even threatening ittitnde towards everything that was not
tboiraghly democratic . Hence arose between these two journals those vehement disputations that sometimes amounted to personal invective , and compelled the writer to place bis pen under the protection of his sword . During these proceedings the revolution broke oat . So doubt the Reforme party night have made themselves sole masters of the movement , for they bad on their side the feuhourgs , the invigorating jbrce of pure democratic principles , and all the men of original minds , together with the hold and enternrisinff . But we never can know all that might
have been accomplished until the events are passed . In February , 1848 , a French Republic was rather the effect of the force of circumstances than of pnblic opinion ; it was imposed upon us rather as an historical necessity than as the will of a majority ; was it prudent , then , for those who equally desired the destruction of the throne to be disunitedm the face of their common enemy ? Besides , Has Actional had arast number of supporters in file provinces whom it would be neither just nor prudent to reject as enemies , and change their support into hostility in the midst of so many dangers : and this opinion prevailed .
The Provisional Government was formed , but the two sections could not work together . On Louis Blanc and Elocon first meeting their colleagues , "S ymptoms of uneasiness passed like a cloud over the countenances of several ; for those who were secretly engaged to the Begencjinew that we brought with , us the Republic . " Division at once ensued—the moderates making an ATTEMPT TO SIBASGIS THE HEPDBI 1 C AT US BffiTH .
The new government was constituted . Its first act was a proclamation containing the following words ;— "The Provisional -Government , in expressing their approval of the Republic , only wait the ratification of the people , who will he immediately consulted . " This proclamation-7-hy some considered too bold , by others too timid—had given rise in the council to stormy debates , and brought oat , clearly and distinctly , the two opposite principles that from that time continued to agitate the government .
Since my exile in London , I have learned that after this proclamation was sent to the Jiomteur , certain members of the majority had resolved to withdraw it—that , having had a secret consultation , they made choice of M . Bixio to carry this bold stroke into effect—that , in consequence , II . Birio went to the Mniteur , hot the project failed either from the refusal of the ifentteur , or that fears of the consequences caused it to be dropped . Though I have this from an excellent source , I give it with reserve , and will not warrant it , as I have engaged to assert nothing in this book that I cannot prove from my own experience . At any rate , the attempt would have been dangerous . There were four of us in the Provisional Government that oust have been sent to "Vincennes—And then the people ?
The people demanded the " Organisation of Labour , ' and "Ministry of Progress "—a demand which was violently opposed by Lafflartine , and the rest of the Moderate majorit y . Ultimately , the conflicting sections agreed on a compromise , and decreed the formation of the celebrated
LCXEMBOrnO COMMISSION . A mechanic ,. perfectly calm aud collected , vrith a harsh expression of features , advanced , holding ^ paper , aud read the petition for the creation of ' a iniiiistry of labour . I was unable to reply conscientiously , without betraying my colleagues—so XL de Lamartine replied . unite he spoke , doubt and anxiety were manifest in the countenances of the people ' s delegates ; and looking at me as if they read their own thoughts in Oy face , they withdrew in silence . Idrew up thefollowing decree , published next day in the Ibniteur , with the signatures of all the members of the Provisional Government : —
" Considering that a revolution which was made b y the people should be made for them ; " That it is time to put an end to the long and unjust sufferings of the working class ; . " That the question of labour is one of the highest importance ; " That there is none higher , or more worthy the attention of a Republican Government ; " Thatit is especially the duty of France to study diligently , and resolve a problem that now occupies the attention of all the industrial classes of Europe ; " That * without the least delay , we must see how to guarantee to the people the legitimate fruits of their labour ; . "TheProvisional Government of the Republic decrees :
'A permanent committee , which shall be called Utenmumt Committee for the Working Class , ' win be immediatel y appointed with the specialobject ofconsidenngthese interests . in order to show what importance the Provis i onal Oovernment attaches to the solution of this great problem , it nominates one of its members , jL loins Blanc , President of the ' Government wmmittee for the Working Class ; * and another
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of its members , M . Albert , owner , its Vioe-Pre sident . ... , " Workingmen will be mrited to ' fbrnrpart of the Committee . " The Committee will sit at the palace of the Luxembourg . " ,,. „ .. . ' ¦ ' Basthe . seea been sown ? Yes . " Is not Socialism , that was scarcely heard of belbre February , the allimportant , all-prevailing topic of the age ? Ask France-ask Europe ? What matter , then , if the work has . survived him , that the individual should have been basely calumniated and proscribed ? The enemies of good owed him at least this honour ! * The hypocrisy of the majority , ; in calling into existence the Luxembourg commission , is made strikingly clear in the following passage : —
- TREACHERY I Instead of granting 'the ministry of labour and progress demanded by the people , they proposed to me tbe presidency of a mere committee of inquiry mthout a budget or any administrative resources , it was to deprive me of the means of applying to practice the principles , which they intended afterwards to declare impracticable ! And when perceiving the snare I gave in my resignation , they implored me to withdraw this resignation , which was certain to excite Paris to revolt , in order to use my concessions against me , and deprive me of the confidence of the people by laying on me a burden under which they hoped 1 should be crushed ! The real question , in fact , was to keep
the public streets quiet without soldiers , to treat with hunger , and that without a franc ! Albert , whom they also , doubtless , hoped to compromise , by offering him the vice-presidency , joined me in my opposition ; and if we yielded at last , it was , as I before said , for fear of the troubles which might have been caused by our obstinate refusal . As to the rest , unfortunately for the defenders of old society , even supposing they had deprived us ot tbe hope of sharing the labours of the harvest , the power of sowing the seed remained to us . That was the rock on which their false wisdom split ; in that they were caught in their own snare . To attempt the application of a true principle requires conditions that we were refused , but to ensure the future application of it requires only freedom of
speech . The Luxembourg tribune is silent , Albert is in prison , and I in exile . "Victories of Pyrrhus ! for the work of peaceful organisation gees on . The numerous associations now in operation in Paris are sufficient evidence of the unconquerable zeal of the Luxembourg delegates , a great and noble family that will never perish . The present may be snatched from us , but the future ! We must postpone Louis Blanc ' s complete refutation of the calumny by which his name has been linked with the unfortunate Ateliers Nationaux and the bloody days of June . In tbe meantime , we again recommend this work to all who take an interest in the grand struggle for Republican institutions and the emancipation of labour .
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Reynolds ' s Political Instructor . Past VI . London : Dicks , Wellington-street , Strand . This Part concludes the Poliftcol Instructor We extract the following memoir of
WILLIAM COPFAT . William Cuffay , loved by his own order , who knew him and appreciated his virtues , ridiculed and denounced by a press that knew him not , and had no sympathy with his class , and banished by a government that feared him , has achieved a celebrity that fully entitles him to a place in our Portrait Gallery . Be was born in the year 1788 , on board a merchant ship , homeward bound from the Island of St . Kitts , and is consequently sixtytwo years of age . Cradled on the vast Atlantic , he became by birth a citizen of the world , a character that , in after life , he well maintained . His father was a slave , born in the Island of St . Kitts ; his grandfather was an African , dragged
from his native valleys in the prime of his manhood . On arriving in England , himself and his parents became free , and during his services in the cause of Democracy , he , the stern man , has often shed genuine tears of gratitude for this boon , and declared that the sacrifice of his life and his liberty if needed , was due to the complete emancipation of that nation which had inscribed his name upon the list of freemen , and this burst of generous feeling has been , as events have proved , no idle boast , nor has it fallen without producing its effect upon the hearts of bis fellow toilers . Soon after his arrrival in England , his father procured a berth as cook on board a man-of-war , and Cuffav spent the years of his childhood with
his mother at Chatham ; though of a very delicate constitution , he took great delight in all manly exercises . As he advanced toward manhood , he entered the ranks of the proletarians as a journeyman tailor , and was reckoned a superior workman . He was thrice married , but has left no issue : bis only child , a boy , died in his youth . Scrupulously neat in his person , he carried a love of order and regularity even to excess in all his transactions , whether social or political , this characteristic procured him much esteem and adapted him to fill offices which men of greater talents sought for in vain ; during his whole career , he occupied an active post in the ranks of his own trade , and was never found wanting in any of the
requisites essential to the maintenance of a character for sterling and unflinching integrity . In a letter , written by one who has known him upwards of forty years , he says , " Cuffay was a good spirit in a little deformed case . I have known some thousands in the trade , and I never knew a man I would sooner confide in : and I believe this to be the feeling of thousands in the business to this day . It was always bis great delight to take young men by the hand and instruct them , not only in tbe trade , but mentally . " He disapproved of the Trades' Union movement ; in 1834 , and was nearly the last of his society in joining the lodge ; hut ultimately he gave way , and struck with the general body , remaining out till the last , thereby
losing a shop where he had worked for many years ; since which time he has had but very partial employ . He early saw through the deception of the Reform Bill ; and from 1839 , when the struggle for the Charter commenced , untilhis banishment , dedicated his whole energies as a worker to the task of enfranchising the millions ; in 1840 he was elected as a delegate from Westminster to the Metropolitan Delegate Council , an office whichhe ably discharged during the long and energetic existence of that body in 1843 , when the Chartist Executive , with the exception of Morgan Williams , were arrested ; he was elected by acclamation , together with Thomas Martin Wheeler , John George Drew , jind James Knight , to supply that vacancy . In 1845 he
was appointed one of the auditors of the National Land Company , which office he held until his arrest : he was a member of nearly every Convention which was called into existence during these exciting times , and fulfilled his duties with honour to himself and satisfaction to his constituents . Elected as one of the delegates for Westminster to the National Convention and Assembly of 1848 , he allowed his enthusiasm to overcome his usual cooljudgment , and was singled out by the press for ridicule and vituperation ; he bore it nnfibchingly , he even seemed to glory in it . As early as 1842 he had been especially singled out by the limes as a leader of the opposition in London to the Anti-Corn Law League , which facetiously denominated the Chartists as the " Black Man and his Party . " Entrapped by the
infernal spy-system into an almost involuntary attendance at the so-called insurrectionary meetings in the autumn of 1848 , he fell a victim , but he shrunk not : flight was open to him , but he refused to avail himselfof it , and during his confinement , both prior and after his sentence , his spirits maintained their usual equilibrium . Notwithstanding the government punishment of transportation for his natural life , it has been intimated that on reaching his destination he will receive a ticket of leave giving him his freedom in the colony . We trust this is a fact ; but whatever may be his after fate , whilst integrity in the midst of poverty , whilst honour in the midst of temptation are admired and venerated , so long will the name of William Cuffay , a scion of Africa's oppressed race , be preserved from oblivion .
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Close of DRUBr-iAwe Theatre . — The season terminated at this theatre on Saturday night after the performance of -The Beggar ' Opera , Family Jars , and the spectacle of The Hemps Ring . Mr . Anderson delivered an address , in which , after stating that he had been seriously injured in his resources , he proceeded to say : —•* The great difficulty of converting this theatre into a temple of the legitimate drama after the various uses to which it has been devoted—the opposition I have encountered in the shape of three foreign theatres—the positive coolness of the public press , without one cheering word of encouragement—all these have combined to bring about what , iu one sense , may be called my partial failure Andersen to
. [ Mr . appeared be very much affected at this stage of his address , and made a pause of several moments . ] A man placed at the head of such au establishment necessarily has a great many enemies as well as friends ; but I am happy to say that the kindness of my friends has to some extent counterbalenced the malignity of my enemies . ( Cheers . ) I realty feel totally inadequate to express my views on this occasion . Your kindness , my friends , has been very great , notwithstanding all these discouraging circumstances ; and though 1 am at present beaten , I am not by any means discouraged . At Christmas next I shall renew the battle of Illegitimacy of the national drama , when I hope once more to be favoured with your cheering approbation . I beg , in connexion with my grateful com-
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pany , to tender you our warmest thanks for the kindness you have extended to as , and I now hid you 1 most respectfully farewell . " Mr . Anderson then retired amidst loud applause from all parts . of the house . ^ / h A
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MEETING OF PROTECTIONIST DELEGATES . On Monday morning at an early hour the delegates deputed by . the various agricultural societies throughout the united kingdom to confer with the acting committee of the National Association assembled at the the offices of the Association , South Sea-house . Some preliminary business having been disposed of , the following address was read and unanimously adopted : — The Acting Gommittee ' of the National Association foi the Protection of Industry and Capital throughout the British empire to the gentlemen sow in London , deputed by the agriculturists in all parts of the united kingdom to . confer with the Association on the present critical and alarm , ing position of the agricultural and other important interests of the country .
Gentlemen , —The unprecedented and unequivocal demonstration exhibited by the assemblage in the metropolis of so many hundred individuals of your high respectability , position , and influence , delegated by countless thousands throughout the length and breadth of the land to express their deep conviction of the ruinous impolicy of the system of free imports and the imminent danger of longer continuance in a course which is rapidly displacing and degrading labour and exhausting and destroying capital , can scarcely fail to produce a powerful effect on the public raind , and may not be without its influence even on an infatuated parliament and a weak and obstinate Ministry . It will at least be obvious , that the inconvenience and expense attending your absence from your homes and your local duties would only be encountered under the deepest sense of the overwhelming urgency of the
occasion . . We are anxious that the benefit to be derived to the great cause of protection by this meeting should not be restricted to a , mere demonstration of opinion and of power . We believe that the intercommunication for which this Conference has afforded opportunity cannot fail to be productive of the best general results . But in order that your individual zeal and energy may , when you return into your respective counties and localities , he directed to practical measures , under the guidance of the great principles of combined and disciplined action for the attainment of one common end , we venture respectfully to offer for your consideration and adoption some practical suggestions which we believe you will admit to he of the highest and most pressing importance .
From the first formation of the association it has been the desire of its committee to abstain from officiously interfering with the most perfect freedom of sentiment as to the particular mode in which relief may be best sought from the disaster and ruin brought on all the productive classes of the nation by the rash and cruel system of miscalled free trade . But you are aware that we have always en . deavoured to direct opinion in favour of the principle of Protection , and to embody action in the effort to force a dissolution of Parliament as the indispensable means for obtaining effectual relief of any description . In our conviction of tbe propriety of this course we are strengthened and confirmed by all that has recently occurred , and in this opinion we think , after the experience of thepresent session , you will coincide .
And now , distressing as it is to perceive the indifference of our representatives to the wrongs and complaints of a suffering people , we are cheered by the unmistakeable evidence continually afforded that the Ministry totters to its fall , and by the prospect that the people will ere long be enabled to choose representatives deserving and possessing their confidence . A dissolution of Parliament cannot now be remote , and may occur much earlier than is generally imagined . If Protection is to triumph , Protectionists must be prepared for the struggle a dissolution will bring . The two great points on which preparation is indispensable to success are—close and untiring attention to tbe registration of electors , and a timely selection of fit and proper candidates .
For the efficient performance of the first of these requisites we earnestly recommend that on your return to your respective counties ' you should first , without delay , complete the organisation of your districts , arranging , if possible , for tbe establishment of a regular central society in each county or division , with district committees in the principal market towns , as suggested in the resolutions of the organisation committee of this association on the 11 th of February last . Let each committee , then , obtain lists of the registered electors in every parish within tbe district , together with lists of persons claiming to be placed on the register , and those to whose continuance thereon notice of objection has
been given . Let them , also ; carefully ascertain whether there be any individuals of Sound Protectionist principles not on' the register on whose behalf claims for insertion may be made . or any persons of free trade principles on the lisj j & whose cont *| ueance upon it objection may be takes , and oa wjbm tbe necessary notices ought to be served . . f The information obtained on these Several paints should be transmitted by the district committees to the central society of the county or division ; it will then be necessary for that central society to appoint
an active and discreet professional agent , to arrange all the proceedings in legal form , and to attend personally the course of the revising barrister , to promote the claims and objections of which notice may have been given . Lists of the registered electors of counties may be obtained from the clerks of the peace for 6 ? ., and the expense of all requisite proceedings , which has usually - been greatly exaggerated , will be found , as compared with the benefits that may be reasonably anticipated , to be really trifling .
But the other point to which we have alluded is scarcely second in importance . . When a dissolution takes place the general election will , without doubt / immediately follow ; and if individuals , possessing every qualification for the oflice of the representatives , are then first called on to come forward as candidates , in necessary doubt as to the chances of success the more prudent will shrink from encountering the certainty of expense for an object of uncertain attainment , while those of the highest and best feelings will not expose themselves
to the probability of ( what they would consider ) the humiliation of defeat . Nor without previous concert can it be expected that the support of an extensive and scattered body of voters can be concentrated in favour of any individual hastily brought forward , and probably in opposition to the previous views and wishes of many whose assistance is of tbe highest importance . ' Hence it may occur , as it has frequently done , that , througi the principles of the constituency are the same , apathy or division is exhibited , and the election is lost . To obviate these evils we propose to you : —
That as soon as possible after your return to your respective localities a meeting should be convened by each central society at the most convenient place within the county or division , which should be aU tended by the chairman and deputy . cbairmah of all committees within the same , and to which should be invited all such leading individuals favourable to Protection as may be considered likely to take interest in an election and to influence its results . At this meeting some fit and proper person or persons ,
whether the sitting member or members or . otherwise , in whose favour it may be supposed the support of the electors might be publicly united , should be agreed on . Application should then be made to such individual to allow himself to be announced as a candidate at the earliest opportunity , provided such a requisition should be presented to him as would afford areasonable assurance of success ; and on his " consent , subject to such ; condition , a requisition to the following effect should be drawn up , aud
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copies sent to each district committee , for them to obtain signatures within their respective districts :-divbiotr- ' ^^ ISPS i'SBfeS ^ « etow oiMcoxmty or ^ Xfl & tHfcL" * / 3--1 < % * fi tW'lUiat reliaffce in fftoSSW ? 8 " -tfir principle * of Just tJrotec ¦ mSft of *»! tefcapUal and labour , hereby Suaffi ^^^^ Sffififete ^ "P ^ ntation of thi ( L . couoty or division SS oTof , r ^ i ^^ ion or . otherwise , a JvratofficS ^ erem ; Pfe ^ our «« lves , 'in thB event pi your consent , to use our heat exM-timm- tk-etumm
jour mum at the least possible expense . — .- & ?? ^» i » ' ?* . t ! 'i € tpneal- lto the constituencies , a er i •? -, he «» actively worked , you will be en . "" J *?' .. *** ¥ » , ataest with ; certainty , the . pro babilttiesjofsuccessjand we . are fully persuaded , that , while it will have a powerful effect in influenc ¦ ? i ! Sra ? v ? loa J e . cla 88 « men to stand forward as candidates , , t will , n aany instances ' avert a contest , oy snowing , beforehand to our opponents its inutility ; and , even in cases where the appeal
may prove that the . supporters of our cause are a mino . nty , the attempt will have been valuable ; for having afforded proof that a contest would be unfavourable to our views , 0 ur friends will be spared the anxiety and . expense of an useless struggle . Each requisitioaist will in every case be a sure voter ; and the efforts may be continued with constantly increasing advantage till the moment of actum shall amve . for which , when thus assured , you will be thoroughly prepared . ; ¦ -.:.- ¦ . 6 ¦
We would only in conclusion add that , though we have applied our suggestions nominally to the county representatives , a similar plan is equally applicable to boroughs . . ' ...... On behalf of the acting committee , George Frederick Young , Chairman . South Sea-house , London , May 6 . ¦¦ " - " '• . Owing to the large numbers in attendance , the meeting adjourned to the great room at the Loudon Tavern , where the business of the day proceeded .
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TO THE . EDITOR OP THE TIMES . Sia , T-To my surprise , I observe my name among the list of delegatea . said to be on the platform at the meeting of the " National Association for the Protection of Industry and Capital , " held yesterday at the Crown and Anchor . I beg to inform you that the nearest I was to the platform was the other extremity of the Hall ; and let me add , that I am in ' no way connected with the "Association ' * calling tho meeting , and merely attended as a spectator . I am sure you will correct a mistake for which your reporter may not be responsible . I am , dear sir , yours , & o ., Samuel M . Ktdd . 31 , Winchester-street , PentonviJle , May 8 th , 1860 .
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THE NOTTINGHAM GLOVE MAKERS . TO THE FRIENDS OF LABOUR'S RIGHTS . ' A great proportion of the population of Notting hamshire , Derbyshire , and Leicestershire , are engaged in the manufacture of shirts , drawers , hoso , gloves , & c , and are known as framework-knitters . It is generally known that these people have been subject to seasons of great depression , and the infliction of serious and almost innumerable impositions of such magnitude that it was next to impossible for the workmen to subdue them ; but seeing a favourable opportunity about eighteen months ago , the various branches came to a determination to unite for the purpose of bettering their
condition . Amongst the foremost were the glovemakers , who , with great expense , and still greater exertions , extended their union wherever they found gloves making ; they effected a regulation of prices , and things , have gone on prosperously , the system operating beneficially for ail honest parties connected with the business . But there are a certain class of men in connexion with it , called middle-men , who . have created , within the last few weeks , a confusion unprecedented in the annals of the trade . It is the duty of these persons to bring material from the manufacturer and deliver it to the workman , and when worked up to take it back , for which they receive from Is . 3 d . to Is . 6 d . per frame , and there are some of them holding as many
as ninety frames ; but if we take the number at sixty , and the profit at Is . 3 d ., we find that these middle-men would receive £ 3 15 s . per ' week from the earnings of the poor workmen , whose average earnings , when employed , is 9 s . 9 d . per week , according to a printed statement just issued by the middle-men . But perhaps it may be advisable to show the way in which deductions are made from the workmen ' s wages : we will suppose them to be making what are called No . 60 thread gloves , which are 2 s . 8 d . per dozen pairs , the warehouse price ; of these a man would make six dozens per week , which would amount to 16 s . ; from this he would have to pay for stitching , 4 s . ; winding , 6 d . ; frame
rent and middle-men ' s profit , 2 s . 6 d . ; framestanding , needles , fire , candle , & c , would amount to nearly Is . more , which makes 8 s . ; and this deducted from the first price flCs . ) , leaves 83 . clear for the workman ' at the end of tbe week ; while the middle-man ( or , as he is called in some parts of England , the huckster of work , } would receive for a less amount of labour £ 3 15 s . If there is any loss by material in this branch it falls upon the workman , as all he receives is weighed to him , and he must return the same weight , or pay for it , although waste in the workmanship is unavoidable . Again , the workman must pay his rent and charges even if he does no work , and there are instances of recent occurrence where they have been paid for
the time men were ill in bed ; for instance , —one man was ill three weeks , and on resuming work , he had 9 s . deducted from his earnings to pay rent and charges for the time he had been sick ; another was ill nino weeks , and though the owner of tho frame did not claim the rent , the middle-man took 17 s . as his charges for doing nothing 2 regardless of the destitute condition of the workman ' s family : many such cases could be mentioned . But the avarice of these middle-men is not yet satisfied , and they arc united to . impose still greater charges upon the workmen , and also to break our union . But the men are not willing to submit to such iniquitous proceedings , and , in consequence , there are now at least 1 , 700 glove makers out of work , the greater
part of them haying been forced out b y the middlemen , because they were anxious to assist those who first struck work to resist the payment of such enormous charges ; the workmen have no other resource , as did they work , the charges would be deducted whether they were willing or not ; and now some portion who have been forced out by the middle-men , are told they will be allowed to resume work , providing they will agree not to assist their suffering brethren ; but they scorn to go to work OH such degrading terms , and knowing they have justice on their side , are content to wait the issue , not doubting that truth will out at last , and those who have misrepresented their case , and dono them wrong , will bo confounded . The middle-men have
talked of settling the matter by arbitration , and the men would gladly do soon just principles :. Before any hands were out they offered an unconditional arbitration ; this , the middle-men would not agree to , but would arbitrate on one point , and on others be silent , and only this on condition that the wovk : men would rescind some of their resolutions ; butj of course , they would not do so , and their only hope is to starve them into compliance , and to effect this they would descend to the most despicable acts , either to prevent the men from gaining any other employment , or from obtaining assistance in any way . We are therefore induced to appeal to all who would assist in this desperate struggle , —it is lor tne
very life of the union , —it is lor the protection of prices , —it is for tho means of elevating ourselves to our proper state in society , —it is to save ourselves from being trampled upon , and brought into a more degraded position than we have ever before been . Fellow working-mon , — brother unionists , —labour ' s foris , —will you help 11 s ? We must win , —we dare not lose this struggle , if wo do all hope ia gone . We are determined to struggle peacefully through , —will you not make our passage a little smoother ? If we go down , all around us must follow , as we aro the strongest and most firmly united . All favours or assistance directed to the General Secretary , Samuel Blackwell , Bulwell , Nottinghamshire , will be duly acknowledged .
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BRITISH COLLEGE OP HEALTH , New-road , London . TO THE FINANCIAL & SOCIAL REFORMERS THROUGHOUT GREAT BRITAIN . Fellow-Countryuen , —Prove , as most easily you can , how the doctors for ages cheated the people on the question oi their , health , and all the reforms that you demand must follow , and thai , too , in quick succession ' . The dishonesty of the medical body can be most easily established . We are , Fellow-Countrymen , Yours in the cause 01 Salutary Reforms , . Tub Mrhbrks oi the British Coll ^ qs April 11 th , 1850 . of Health .
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, Socuii Warfare . —We read in the Patne a few days since : — " The following is ah act of spirit and political courage , which we cannot but applaud . The proprietors of tWMagazins de Yillesde Franco employ eighty shopmen ; seventy-eight of them who had voted for the Socialist candidate have received their dismissal by the following letter : —' . Paris , April 29 . —Sir , —The electoral question has become in our eyes a struggle , the result of which . will bo either the salvation or the loss of society . Any employe who , by his vote contributes to the ruin of the country in general and of trade in particular , is henceforth hostile to us , and , consequently ,., we cannot retain him . \ Such , is the motivo which , has determined us to inform you that from this moment you cease to form part of our establish ^^ enli . '' '¦¦ '
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• An AMBKiCANNoTiOif oF Ghosts .- " ! wish I was a ghost , blamed ^ if I don ' t , " said one of the B'hdys . theother night , as . he . sat soWoquisinu in the cold . " - " They goes whenever . they , please , toll free ' They don ' t owe nobody rnothing ,. " and that ' s a comfort . Whoever heard tell of a man who bad abill against a ghost ?—nobody ,: They , never has tobuy ¦ Hats , and victuals , andliquor : nor has to saw . wood and run arranfs , as ' -Idb :. Their- skirts , never gets dirty , nor their trousers , out at the . knees ,, as I eyerKeerdtellori . ! Ghosts is the ' only independent people I knows on : I . really-wish I was one , blame'me if I don ' t . . * ' '
. ; The Tbbtotalmr Odtwitted . —The late Dr . Channing was one day paying toll , when he perceived a notice of gin , " tobacco , rum , & c , on aboard , which bore a strong resemblance to a gravestone . ; 'II am . glad to see , " said the doctor to the girl ! who received the toll , " . thatyou have been burying these things . " " And if he had . " said the girl , " 1 don't doubt you would have - gone chief mourner . " Truth . —Truth , whether in or out : of fashion , is the measure of knowledge , and the business of the understanding ; whatsoever is besides that , however authorised by consent , or recommended by rarity , is nothing but ignorance , or something worse . Bulls . —A bull—which must by no means be past over in the recapitulation of the family of wit and
humour—a bull , is exactly the counterpart of a witicisra : for a wit discovers real relations that are not apparent , bulls admit apparent relations that are not real . The pleasure arising from bulls proceeds from our surprise at suddenly discovering two things to he dissimilar iu which a resemblance might have been suspected * The same doctrine will apply to witand bulls in action . Practical wit discovers connexion or relation between actions , in which duller understandings discover none ; arid practical bulla originate from ah apparent relation between two actions which more correct understandlnga immediately perceive to have none at all . In the late rebellion in Ireland , the rebels , who had conceived a high degree of indication arainsr . some
great banker , passed a resolution that they would burn bis notes ; which they accordingly did , with great assiduity ; forgetting ; '" that in burring his notes they were destroying his debts , and that for every note which went into the flames ^ a correspondent value . went into the banker ' s pocket . A gentleman , in speaking of a nobleman's wife , of great rank and fortune , lamented very much that she had no children . A medical gentleman who was present observed , that to have no children was a great misfortune , but he thought he had remarked it was hereditary in some , families . Take any instance of this branch of the ridiculous , and you will always find an apparent relation of ideas leading to a complete inconsistency . —Sidney Smith .
Why is an unwelcome visitor like a shady tree ? We are glad when heleaves . , Why is a beggar unlike a baker ?—Because one needs his bread before he raises it , and the other raises it before ho kneads it . Tub PnBSBsr State op ! the Drama according to Mr . Russell ,, one of the speakers at the late Shaks-Sere festival is evidenced by a bill which he saw at lerby the ' other day , bearing " Ten years of a transport ' s life , " " The felon mother , " " Horrible murders , " " Blue fire , " To finish with the dismal swamp . " 4 s the same gentleman entered a town in Derbyshire , where he was announced to read "Lear , ' ? and "As you like it , " one of the inhabitants said to ^ another , " Shakespere ' s coming
today . " . ' . ' Hast thee seen him ? " was the rejoinder . " What is he like ? " , "Why , " replied sharp eye , " a man in a blue coat with a book under his arm . " Wo have it on the authority of a venerable lady , who formerly kept a boarding school at Stratford , that Shakespere was very little thought of till Leamington became a watering place . Tom DiBDitf had a cottage near Box-hill , to which , after his theatrical labours , he was delighted to retire . One stormy night , after Mr . and Mrs . Dibdin had gone to bed some time , Mrs . D ., being kept awake by the violence of the weather , aroused her husband , exclaiming , " Tom , Tom , get up !" "What for ? " said he . " Don't you hear how very bad the wind is ? " "Is it' " replied Dibdin , half
asleep , though he could not help punning : "Put a peppermint lozenge out of the window , my dear , it is the best thing in the world for the wind . " A common-couscilman ' s lady , paying her daughter a visit at school , and inquiring what progress she had made in her education , the governess answered , " Pretty good , madam , miss is very attentive ; if she wants any thing , it is capacity ; but for that deficiency you know you must not blame her . " "No , madam , " replied tho mother , " but I blame you for not having mentioned it before . Her father , thank God , can afford his daughter a capacity ; and I beg she may have one immediately , cost what it may . " " Bor , wht don't you go to school ?"— " Bekase , sir , daddy ' s afraid if I learns everything now , I shan't have anything to learn when I comes to go to the 'cademy . " Nobody likes to meddle with a woman whose
disposition contains the essence of lightening , vitrei , cream of tartar , and hartshorn ; who manufactures words by the mile , and measures their meaning in a thimble . Alexander tub Great , seeing Diogenes looking attentively at a large collection of human bones piled one upon another , asked the philosopher what be was looking for ? " I am searching , " said Diogenes , " for the bones of your father , but I cannot distinguish them from those of his slaves . " Mu . Euerson is reported to have perpetrated the following in one of his' New York lectures . Speaking of the improvements of the age , he said— " Gravitation is made to pull to some purpose , and the sea , no longer allowed to welter hi lazy magnificence , is used for the objects of industry , and made to pay for its salt . " "
. Thr IoserPosbd . —In a jolly company , each one was to ask a question ; if it was answered , ho paid a forfeit ; or if he could not answer it himself , he paid a forfeit . Pat's question was— " How the little avound-squirrel digs his hole without showing any dirt about the entrance ? " When they all gave up , Pat said , " Sure , do you see , he begins at the other end of the hole . " One of the rest exclaimed , " But how does he get there ? " " Ah J" said Pat , " that ' s your question—can you answer it yourself ?" The following question is said to have created tremendous excitement before the . Hardscrable Debating Institution : "What is the difference between there being conscience enough in all women , and women en ough in all conscience ? " After three weeks' discussion , the president decided " there was a difference , but wherein it consisted he was quite uncertain . "
An Isobniotjs Suicide . —Sir- "William Hankford had been a well conducted man , but he was of a molancholy temperament ; and he became tired of life , notwithstanding the high position which he occupied and the respect in which he was held . He wished to " shuffle off this mortal coil , " but he was afraid to commit suicide in any vulgar way , at the time when a verdict of felo de se always followed such an act , and the body of the supposed delinquent was buried in a cross road , with a stake thrust through it . Ho at last resorted to this novel expedient , by which he
hoped not only that the forfeiture of his goods would be saved , but that his . family would escape the anguish and the shame arising , from the belief that he had fallen by his own hand . Several of his deer having been stolen , he gave strict orders to his keeper to shoot any person he met within or near the park at night who would not stand when challenged , He then in the dark night threw himself in the keeper's way , arid refused to stand when challenged , was shot dead on the spot . —Campbell ' s Chief Justices . of England . .... . .
National Education . —I have ever observed it to have been tho office of a wiso patriot , among the greatest affairs of the state , to take care of the commonwealth of learning . For schools , thoy are . the seminaries of state ; and nothing is worthier the study of a statesman , than that part of the republic which we call the . advancement of letters . —Ben Jonsoh , An awkward man attempting to carve a goose , dropped it upon the floor . " There now , " exclaimed the wife , " we ' ve lost our dinner . " " Oh no , my dear , " answered ho , "it ' s safe enough ; I've got my foot on it . " '<
Rapidity of Electricity . —Professor Wheatstone has come to the conclusion that electricity travels quicker than light . One hundred and . ninety-two thousand miles m a second is the velocity of light ; but the electricity which passes through our . wire will travel two hundred and eighty-eight thousand miles in a second . Through a wire like this , it would go round the earth twelve times in a second , or six times while a man takes a single step . A man passes four feet in a second ; a race-horse forty ; ahare eighty-eight ; the strongest winds eighty-two ; sound 1 , 038 ; a twenty-four pounder from the cannons mouth 1 , 300 ; but here we get 288 , 000 miles in the
same period of timo . This power we cannot merely excite , but give its strength , and cause it to pass through bodies at a most extraordinary rate , and detect all its varied phenomena , in all the forms of apparatusboforeus . We can take account of its smallest portion ; can estimate the amount , and strength of a certain quantity , and dispose of it here and there with a wonderful exactness . It is . neithcr too swift to be guided , nor too subtle to escape , but is delivered over into our hands , together with the grosser power of nature , for our comfort , advancement , and elovation . "I ' m sitting on the style , Mary , " as tho lover said when ho seated . himself on a bonnet of the latest Paris fashion . .
Mesmeric Infmjekce . —We have received from a correspondent the following veiiy extraordinary circumstances respecting the arrival . at Peterhead , on the 3 rd instant , of the Hamilton Ross , whaler , early in the season , beyond any former -precedent . & ne has made the voyage out and in , m . two montns : ana three days , being the quickest ever made , and Onmjs 153 tuhs ' ofiWubber . This remarkable event was dis - ; ' - : ' ;" , ; . ' \ : i ^ r ' .: *^? ''¦ - " : ' /^ ' ^ ' ¦;;¦ ' ;; - ' ¦
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tinctly and positively announced bya boy under mesmeric influence in Peterhead . He stated lately , in the presence of a large audience , that toe Hamilton Ross would be the first vessel to arrive , on the 5 th of May , with 14 , 000 seals > bout ISO . tuns ) .. . The boy . was asked " what fie " saw oir board the * Hamilton Ross at the time he was speaking , and replied , that he saw the captain and doctor in the cabin . hanging over the mate , who had got / his hand ; hurt , a circumstance whichprovis 1 to ' - 'have , been ' true at the exact date mentioned . . : Atthesame time the boy stated that Sir John Franklin was quite well , but looking thin , and would return safe Our correspondent adds , that the above mentioned circumstances have thrown the inhabitants of Peterhead into a state of great excitement . - Morning Chronicle , . ' .. ' . .
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ON THE PRETENTION ,, QTJ 5 & AND General character of SYPHILUSv STBICTUHES , Affections of the PROSTRATE GLANP , ; VENEREAL and SCORBUTIC ERUPTIONS of the face and bodyi Mercurial excitement , & c , followed by a mild , successful and expeditious mode of treatment . -Thirty-first edition , Illustrated by Twenty-Six Anatomical Engravings OS Steel . New and improved Edition , enlarged to 196 pages , just published , price 2 s . 6 'd ; or by post , direct from thl Establishment , 3 s . fid . in postage stamps . "THE SILENT FRIEND , " a Medical Work on Venereal and Syphilitic Diseases , Secondary Spmptoms , Gonorrhoea . die , with a PRESCRIPTION FOR THEIR PRETENTION ] physical exhaustion , and decay of the frame , from the effects of solitary indulgence and the Injurious consequences oi the abuse of Mercury ; with Observations on the obligations
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AMONG- THE MANY DISCOVERIES XI . that characterise the present age , none have contributed so much to the comfort and case of the community , nor conferred such a boon upon suffering humanity , as tho important discoverv of Biais ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills , the efficacy of which has been tested by the approval and recommendation of many of the greatest men of our dav . They are effective for gout and rheumatism mall its various forms , inchuVui ;? sciatica , lumbago , pains > n tho i head and face , frequently treated as toothache , < 6 c . liioy require neither- confinement nor attention of any Hind , and invariably prevent the disease attackingthe ^ stomach , brain , or other ' vital part : m testimony of which Mr . Blake Kingscliffe , Nor thamptonshire , writes- r 'Twelve vears ago I became afflicted with rheumatic cout I procured , the Vest advice possible , \> wt without deriving benefit ; and the doctors i-ccommendcd me to go to the Stamford Infirmary , where I continued twelve weeks , and loft it without obtaining any benefit , and all my hope
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 11, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_11051850/page/3/
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