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BALLOT February 5, 1848. - _ THE NORTHER...
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BALLOT. The following members, successfu...
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Harden Grange, Jan. 29, 1848. Sir.—I enc...
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Mr John West at Leeds . '—Kekbwal of the...
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BirEBiAL Legislation.—Mr O'Connor has re...
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"Union for the Million." The autocrats o...
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Ballot February 5, 1848. - _ The Norther...
February 5 , 1848 . - _ THE NORTHERN _gT AR - w - _^ - ' 5 >
Ballot. The Following Members, Successfu...
BALLOT . The following members , successful ia the late Ballot , were omitted from the list last week FOUSaQRES . Thomas Butterworth , Oldham Richard Hoole , Preston James Gamble , Hull William Willmore , Stoney Stratford Joseph _^ eedhara \ Manchester ' _WUliam Charlton / ( Family Ticket )
SEGEIBTS OF THE KATIOHiU , XJ _& KD _cowEFAirsr , FOB . THE WEEKS ENDING _JANUARY 27 AND _FEBHUART S _. -1 S 18 .
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R Petril , ditto 010 0 T Ciark ... J Sparrow , West S Boonham ... 0 5 0 minster _. „ 0 10 J Warren ... o 5 o Worksop , Land T Almond ... 0 5 0 Company ... 0 10 6 W H Nicholson 0 5 0 R James , _Bsngor 0 2 6 Mr Gill ... 0 5 0 Holbrook ... 0 14 9 J Murray ... 0 5 0 J _Mitchison ... 0 10 0 J Clark ... 0 5 0 WBiackfond 0 10 Kingsbridge Land _T . S . Broeke , Company ... 0 5 0 Dewsbury ... 0 10 0 G R Westminster 0 10 3 ardiffLand W Lister ... 0 10 Company ... 0 6 6 _Q Home ... 0 1 o Emmett Bugade , _GilliBg Land Ifertbjr ... 0 6 6 Company ... 0 5 6 J Mathers ... 0 1 6 W Croal ... 0 0 6 Few _Woolcombirs _, R Crom ... 0 0 6 Barnstaple 0 10 w Thatcher ... 0 06 Shoreditch ... 0 16 Mr Anonens , Ched-Eccles ... 0 12 0 dington ... 0 5 0 City and Finsbury 0 9 2 Rochdale ... 10 0 K > ni ! worth Land RGK ... 0 3 0 _Compauy ... 0 3 0 Y X 0 10 Winchester , per AB 0 10 StinceBS ... 0 19 0 John Hutchinson 0 2 0 Brecon ... 0 5 6 _Stalybridga ... 15 0 Few poor Weavers 0 1 S Tonbridge Wells 0 7 0 Braintree Land NeWCaStle _. On _. Company ... 0 5 0 Tjne ... 0 13 7 Few friea « . s , Pershore ... 0 12 0 Paddock ... 0 10 0 Monckton _Dererill 0 14 0 Few friends , Bacup ... 1 10 0 Kendal ... 0 1 3 J C Ingram , Aber-Twelve Land mem * gavenny ... 0 2 6 hers . J & rrow 0 10 0 J Hancock , do 0 10 W Nisbett ... 0 0 G Mrs Hancock , do 0 1 0 Marylelone ... 0 12 5 H Morgan , do 0 0 6 Globe and Friends 0 13 0 GAnsty , do ... 0 0 6 Mr _LoDg ... 0 0 6 B Ingram , do 0 0 6 Cupar Fife ... 0 2 0 _CB-ans , Absr-RHaslop _, Ljnn 0 2 6 gavenay ... 0 0 6 128 14 2
Errata .--In the Nokthebj * Stab of Jannary . 8 : h , Finsbury should have been—Land , £ 1 Is . Gd . Ex-1 pense £ 1 103 . 61 . The Dunkirk money waa duly acknowledged on the loth to Devizes . The Yeovil money , £ 1 2 s ., ia _acknowledged in the list of this week . ' £ 5 3 s . for Land and 10 s . for Expense were acknowledged to Yeovil on the loth . The £ 1 3 s . for ExpenEe Fund , from Arbroath , appear in the list this week .
Harden Grange, Jan. 29, 1848. Sir.—I Enc...
Harden Grange , Jan . 29 , 1848 . Sir . —I enclose you a cheque for £ 2 towards the expense of defending Mr O'Connor ' s seat in Parliament . I need not inform you that I differ grea tly from Mr O'Connor in some of his political views ; but if » ver a seat in Parliament was obtained by fair and honourable means his was , and as the Reform Bill leprived the working classes of the power of electng moie than two hundred members , I should leeply regret to see a member deprived of his < _seat , n whom they have so much confidence . I am , Sir , ¦ Your obedient servant , \ V . B . ? ERRAND . Mr . Thomas Clark . '
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Mr John West at Leeds . '—Kekbwal of the _1-har . tist Agitation . —Mr West opened his mission in tne large room of the Bazaar on Sunday evening List , m a luminous and argumentative address , which was well received by an attentive audience . lie commenced by pointing out the necessity for renewed exertion on the part of the Chartist bud ; to procure a large number of _signatures to the Great National Petition , which was to be presented to the House of Commons in May next , and by expressing a hope that the people of Great Britain would render etacient _Bnpport to the champion of their rights , Feargus O'Connor , lie alluded to tbe efforts that were being made by ; the aristocracy to augment the army and . navy , and stated that no less than two thousand applications had been made at the Horse _( _juardsfjr _offleershipsin anticipation of the
muchdesired increase ; doubtless , this was the main Objeefc for whieh eo wueh outcry had been made concerning our national defences ; but the working classes had nothing tofighfc for—tbey had no property at stak 3 ; tbey had no property bat their labour , and for that there was no protection ; neither had they their rights as men , and , until their rights were conceded , their cry should still be : — 'No vote , no musket ! ' The Chartists would thus prove themselves to be the true Peace Society . He commented on the condition of Ireland , and the manufacturing districts of England , and dwelt oa the suffering . ' ' the people endured in both countries through want of the _common necessaries of life , whilst ' they were surrounded by abundance , he therefore thought th ©
proper way to pacify Ireland would be to give them food instead of Coercion . During the late session of Parliament , a committee had been appointed to enquire into the cause ef the present commercial distress ; this was the usual mode adopted by the Whigs to get over a difficulty . The commission was a farcethey would sit and hear all manner of contradicorv evidence , and would perhaps be _prepared to * repert ' in 1850 , when they would hold _different _opinionsas to the cause , but the working class would still have to sufter tnrougn the incompetency of the government ; let them therefore resign office , and aliowthe people to manage their own affairs , tor thev could not possibly be worse conducted ; than they -were at present He referred to the various _sooieties which existed for _sanatory reform , education , and other purposes which were commendable in _themselves , but if tbe Charter was establised , each man could amend those matters , as they wonld no longer be under the necessity of being crowded together in filthy collars . There
also existed a large body of men , who advocated the abolition of death punishments , they had a horror of human life being taken by ike bayonet , bullet , or halter , but none of them thought of abolishing the system of _taking life through ; _starvation , through which thouBsndshad perished of late , both in Ireland and England , and pointed to tho Charter as the remedy for those evils . Hegave aglewing description of the rapid strides which Chartist principles were making in the agricultural districts , and gave a oheering account of his tourin the west of _England London also waa up and _doiner , and he trusted that
the men of the north , ' would again put forth their energies as before , to establish the glorious _principles-of . the People ' s Charter , and concluded his eloquent and c _jnvineing address , by inviting any person to put any questions they tkought proper , but all fjeemed perfectly satisfied . —Mr George White then addressed the meeting . lie said that as the present time was peculiarly favourable for pushing forward Onartist principles , through the total want of confidence which the _peopled in -the Whig and Tory fa ' - tions ; and , as the Exeoutive Committee had resolved to renew the agitation with energy and vigour , he felt it his duty to take his place once more in the _Onartiht ranks . CbartiBm was as dear to him as
ever , and ho would cheerfully assist in swelling the numbers to the great National Petition , and called on all present to do their duty and set a good example to their fellow-countrymen , lie passed a high eulogmm on the ability and integrity ef ; Mr West , and concluded by proposing the thanks ofthe meetmi ? to hira , fop his viluable services to the people . The motion was carried unanimously . Mr West thanked the meeting for that mark of their con fid _^ nce , and expressed his pleasure at seeing Mr Giorge White and Mr James Leach a _^ _ain taking their _pos ition in the Chartist movement . On the motion of Mr West , thanka were voted to the chairman , and the meeting separated . —Mr West left Leeds for Newcastle-on-Tyne , on Monday morning
Halifax . —At the usual weekly meeting held last Sunday Mr Fieldingtook the chair , who , after reading the _article in the Star copied from Howitt ' s Jour nal , introduced to the meeting Mr Bawden , who spofce at great length on the * _fivffs of Cfass Legislation , ' and concluded b y calling on the people to unite and enrol their names as _members of the Chartist Association . On Monday evening the quarterly meeting oftho members took place when the secretary brought up the balance-sheet for the past quarter , which having been read was put to the meeting
and carried ; alter which a vote of thanks was passed to the members ofthe late council , and a new oneeliCted . Rich dale . —A public meeting was convened by placard in the Chartist Hall , Yorkshire-street , o n _Tuesday evening week , for the purpose of adopting the National Petition . At eight o ' clock the hall was crowded to excess . Mr Robert Gill , a workine ; man , was called to the chair , and briefly epened the proceedings . Mr Thomas _Livsey in an able speech moved the firet resolution : —
That this meeting is of opinion , that the awfully depressed and degrading position ofthe industrious classes of Great Britain and Ireland , is to be mainly , attributed to class legislation ; and , tbat tbe people of these _Esalma can never be permanently benefitted until tho whole male adult population are admitted within tbe pale of the constitution , by the enactment ofthe document , en . titled the People ' s Charter . And further , this meeting pledges itself never to relax its _excrtioHg until the _aforesaid document becomes Ihs law of thia land . Mr Doyle , an Irishman , and a member of the Confederates of Rochdale , seconded the resolution , which waa carried unanimously . Mr E . Mitchell moved the adoption of the petition , which was _se . _conded by Mr John Scowcroft _, ably supported by Mr James Leach , of Manchester , and carried unanimously . Mr Charle WalkBden moved , and Mr D . _Nutta'l seconded . —
That this maetlag pledge Itself to support Mr O'Connor in defending his seat for Nottingham . Carried unanimously . After a vote of thanks to the chairman , the meeting dissolved . Cirr asd _Fixsbvry Localities . _—National Char _, ter Association . —Good Intent , Back-hill , Hattongarden , January 30 th . —Mr AluTutt in the chair , The secretary read the reply received from the secretary ofthe British . Institution , stating that there were three rooms connected with tbat Institution ; the respective charges for which were fa ., 12 s ., and 26 i . ; and that in engaging the largest room , the Chartist body had paid no more than other parties . Mr Elijah Nobbs moved tbat an apology be sent by the secretary to the secretary of the Institution . Seconded by Mr Gover , and carried unanimously . Messrs Allnutt and Fennell gave in their repert from the Metropolitan Delegate Committee . Mr A . Fennell mored , and Mr _Livesay seconded , the following _addross to the French Democracy : —
IBE CHABTISTS OF THE _CITV OP LONDON TO IBB _DEM 00 BACY OF mNCE , Bbeth & en , . —Our object in addressing yon is to deprecate the revival of national animosities between the two countries , attempted to be excited by the gunpowder manifestoes of the Duke of Wellington and the gunpowder manufacturer , Mr Pigon ; the one anxious to ' revive the scenes of his youth ; the other toobtain an increased demand for his manufacture . We as Chartists and Democrats , turn a deaf ear te _theit cries ; we have , and we trust you have also , far nobler objects in view than _blojdsaedf . _war _, and slaughter . We wish to Inculcate the principles of universal brotherhood , and do not intend to be diverted from advocating peace and frater .
nity _, by the interested outcries of disappointed warriors . No , brethren of France 1 wa trust the day has long gone by , when a few who wish to _tyraunise over the many , can create an ill feeling between the two nation s . We are a ware that you , as well as ourselves , are living under a government based on force and fraud , but ia that any reason why we should quarrel with each Other ? No ! Although Guizot may be a _synonyme for falsehood , corruption , and treachery—though Thiers niaj be a _synoDyrae for _anti-English feeling and vloknce—thoug h Russell may be but another word for finality and classlegislation—the two couutries have interests in common with each other , and one cannot make any movemtnt for the regeneration of their country , without the good effects of tho movement being felt in the other .
Frenchmen I we respond with joy to the spirit elicited atth'i R _.-form banquets at Rouen , at Lyons , and other towns , where you raised the cry of liberty , equality , and fraternity . Oa the part of the Chartist cltizenB of London , we respond to you—we aBk of you as men and Democrats , to let all petty feelings ot _riralry die away between us ; if any rivalry is to be excited , let it be as to which shall be of the greatest service in regenerating Europe . Citizens \ we , like yon , are struggling for our rights ; we , like you , have been trodden under foot by a base and venal government ; and we , like you , are determined to obtain from thtm those _rigkts which , trusting to the disunion of Democrats , they have so long and bo unjustly withheld . _Welouk on this war cry , as brought forward for the purpose of estranging the people ofthe two countries and retarding those reforms we have striven for so long , but our mutual enemies are much mistaken , if they imagine that the cry of invasion and war will serve as a meunB to stranglo tho struggle for liberty .
Frenchmen ! a new _generation has sprang up since the days of Waterloo . Men who admire tho unsubdued spirit , and gallant bearing of the French Democracy , and Who are willing to atone for the follies of which their fathers were guilty , by _aidicg France , as far as in their power lies , to obtain their freedom . We , as well as _jourselves , protested against the infamous seizure of Cracow ; _against the maHy wrongs inflicted on unhappy Poland' against the liberticidal Interference of the Whig government in Portugal . We , as well as yourselves ,
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be _^ . , t _^ pe *> _ry in the great struggle Or tween the fang , aad tha p 8 ople . We see , as oar Im . | n 0 rta _ilyron saw , with prophetic eye , that « _Blood-Wlll oa spilt Uk 6 water , but the people will conguor in the IXX S l _H , ' raarch forB , ard brethren , under ono _thS _iS _* t . raac ° an < iEng 1 _^ united mil re generate . „ ' * the intrigues of kfaui y despots trouble us , No—we hope that ¦»« . « - France hath thrice too well been taught , Ihe moral lesson dearly bought , Safety sits not on a throne , With Capet or Napoleon ; But in equal rights and laws , Hearts and hands In one great cause , Freedom , such as God hath given u nto all beneath hia heaven , With their _bieath , and from their . birth , Though guilt would sweep Itfrom the earth , When Freedom ' s armed hosts assemble , Tyrants shall believe and tremble : Scorn they at this idle threat ?
. _^ Crimson tears shall follow yet , . _Beceive , then , Democrats of France the hand of " rait ' BU ° London-Libert y . _Equality , and _Fra-Supported b y Messrs Elijah . _NobbsandCater , Carried unanimously . Mr Cater moved that _theseoretarybe _rw * *? write t 0 the secretary of the Fraternal _democrats to request him to transmit it through the TiPm _^ o t- and _. 0 ther T _. chanHel 8 . _* chiefs of the uenvDoratic party in France and ihe Continent . ' Seoonded by Mr Gover . Carried unanimously . The meeting then adjourned to February 5 th . Mr Benlamin then delivered an excellent lecture on the 'National De _' _ences . * aDd « The Land and the Charter , ' _s a X . atlafaction ofa numerous audience , who testined Weir approval by giving him a vote of thanks . Alter which , the meeting separated . lOBQUAr— At our usual m- eting oa Monday , 31 st ult a subscription was opened for the defence of Mr U Connor * * seat . Us . 61 waa subscribed
. . GRKKNVficH .--To the , members of the National Lind Company , and the Chartists of the Greenwich district . —Friends , —Ourchampion isin danger—rally once more around the standard of freedom . Show to _your country and the world , that you are not unmindful of the benefits which you have derived from the services of F . O'Connor , E-q . Uia enemiea not 8 & tiBfied with abusing him _through the whole press of the country , have now petitioned against his legitimate return to _parliament . Come forward , then , and _assibt the laudable endeavours of the committee of yonr _district in _rendering him that pecuniary assistance which will enable him to fight his foes with their own weapons .
_Sutton-iw-Ashfield . — A meeting of the Old Guards _^ this place was held on Monday , Mr Joseph Alway in the chairr . A committee of eleven _wasappoiated , and the town divided into districts , to collect funds to assist in defraying the expenses of defending the seat of Mr O'Connor as member for Nottingham Hebdkn Bridge . —The democrats of this place held a social meeting on Saturday evening , the 29 th ult ., in commemoration ofthe birth of that illustrious patriot , Thomas Paine . The meeting was well attended . _Elias Hitchen was called on to preside , who opened the meeting by a few appropriate remarks . The fol _lowings songs and sentiments , _dsc _& c , were given : — Song : ' Birth , of Paine '—by the whole company . Toast : ' The People , the source of all power' —ably responded to by James Clayton of Midgley . Song . ' A
man ' s a man for a' that '—J . Smith . Recitation : ' _GUBtavusto his followers ' —F . Hartley . Toast : ' The Peo ple ' s Charter , and may it soon become the law of the land '—John Hartley . Song : 'Liberty ' s cause '—J . Smith . v Recitation : ' The Voice of Freedom *—by the Chairman . Toast : * Thomas Paine , the definer and defender of the rights of man—Hunt , Emmett , and all those who have struggled for the rights of the people '—respondent , John Smith . Recitation : ' ThePatriot ' -F . Hartley . Song : * The Wiltshire Boy '—J . Smith . Toast : 'T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., and all the Democratic members ofthe Ilouse of Commons '—re spondent , Fielden Hartley . Song : 'We'll Rally
around him '—by the whole company . Glee : ' Hail Noble O'Connor '—by J . Smith and E . Hitchen . Toast : ' Frost , Williams , and Jones , aad otherexiled patriots '—T . Greenwood . Song : ' Transportation of John Frost—J . Smith . Recitation : ' The despair of hunger '—Thomas Greenwood . Toast : 'TheDe « _mocrats of all nations '—by the Chairman . Recitation : ¦ The Standatd of Troth ' -F . Hartley . Toast : ' TheNosrHEKsStar , the _Ewburqh Wbbklt E . \ - prbbs , and all the Democratic _Press '—A . Crowther . Song : ' Loud roar _* d the __ People ' s Thunder ' - J . Smith . Toast : 'Our glorious Land Company , and Land and Labour Bank '—respondent , J . _Maryland . Song ; ' The Land—the Land tor me '—by James Smith . Song ; 'Base Oppressors '—by the whole
company . Manchester . —People ' s Institute , January 30 . — Mr Grocott , the chairman , commenc d the proceedings by reading Mr O'Connor ' s speech atBirmingham , and also his letter in the Stab ,, which was hailed with general applause . The chairman announced to the meeting that the members of the Land Company had thisday _votedtbesuraof £ 15 ., andaubsonbeu £ 2 . 10 s . more by mutual collection , in order to assist in de . fending Mr O'Connor's seat in parliament . Mr James teach , who waa received with vehement cheering , then commenced his discourse , by stating that the last time he was before them he was tried for what
was considered by some , inconsistency ; he was now , he supposed , oome to receive their verdict . His subject was the iallacy of Free Trade . He dissected the speeches of Gibson , Bright , and Company , delivered last week at Free Trade Hall , and it would be impossible to describe the sensation he produced . His address lasted nearly two hours , and concluded amidst loud and continued cheering . He said , he was satisfied with their verdict , and bygones , shonld . be by gones for the f utu re . A vote of thanks was given to Mr Leach and the chairman . _OLnnuRT . —A _distriot delegate meeting was held in the Christian Brethren ' s Chapel , Mr Weeks in the chair . The district was well represented , sixteen
delegates being present , and a spirit evinced which augurs well for the cause in this district . After the opinions expressed by the delegates upon the propriety of engaging a permanent lecturer for the district , the members _unanimously abandoned the project , and passed the following resolution : — 'That a distriot committee be chosen from the Birmingham friends , to draw out a local lecturers' plan , and that _Charto Goodwin be appointed district secretary , address , 19 , Darwin-street , Birmingham , ; Messrs _Wasnidge , Insull , Linney , Carvar _, FusseU , and Mantle , were appointedlocallecturers . The secretary was instructed to apply to the Executive for the services of Mr Kydd in the district .
Receipts op Central Reoisteation and Election Committee . — Ashton-under-Lyne , per W . _Woodroffe , 6 s . for Nottingham Election . —James Gbassbt Sec . ABBXXBI . T _flooits , 83 , _DEiN-STEEIT , ' SOHO . — Mr Thomas Clark delivered an highly instructive , excellent , and eloquent address , on ' Capital and Labour , ' proving _to | demonstration the supremacy of the latter , on Sunday evening last , January 30 th . He was listened to with breathless attention , and at the close loudly applauded , _TnoMAs _Paine ' _s Natal Dat , —A strong muster of the mon of Marylebone waB held at the George Washington , 1 * 1 , Praed . _street , _Edgeware-road , on Monday evening , January 31 st , to do honour to the memory of the immortal Thomas Paine . The place of meeting was _tastefully decorated with banners bearing appropriate
mottoes , and portraits of the man whose memory the compouy had met to were . Mr John Godwi n * a dieoiplo of Paine , of some thirty yearB standing , was called to tho chair . Mr Trebilcock doing tho honours of the vice-chair . During the evening tho following toasts were given , aud ably responded to : — « The Sovereignty ofthe People , ' ' The Unenfranchised Helots ,, known by the emblems of tbe Rose , Shamrock , and Thistle ;* Sicily , Italy , and Switzerland , and may the first Bhot fired against the liberties of those nations be the signal for the emancipation of Europe ; ' ' The immortal memory of Thomas Paine , ' ' The _Natlonhl Land Plan , the gem of the mind of Feargus 0 _'Cmnor , ' After the sentiment of' Thomas Paine , ' ilr Edmund Stallwood
delivered a short but pithy address , on the works of _'Thonns Paine , ' which was raptnrously applauded . Messrs Trebilcock , Munden , Tatterde _. 1 , Gaest , Stallwood , and others , contributed by thoir abilities to add much to the harmony of the evening ; and whilst past politicians w « re honoured , present politics were not forgotten . It was resolved , that the 'Emmott Brigade * ofthe National Charter Association , should have a joyful resurrection at the ' George Washington , ' on Monday evening nest , February 7 th , and continue ita existence as an auxiliary to the ' Marylebone lecality of the National Charter Association , ' until the Charter shall become ihe law of the land . A vote of thanka was given to the cba rman ; and to Mr Stallwood , for hia attendance , and the meeting was dissolved .
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BirEBiAL Legislation . —Mr O'Connor has received the _followine with the subjoined resolution * . —¦ Town Clerk ' s Office , Cork , 83 , South Mall , Jan . 3 rd , 1818 . —Sir ,- — The Council of this Borough havine directed me to forward to the members of both Houses of Parliament , a copy of a resolution adopted at an assembly of tho council , held on the 1 st inst ., I beg to send you at foot a copy ol such resolution . I have the honour to be , Sir , your very obedient servant , Alexanber M'Cartuy , Town Clerk . To Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., for Nottingham .
Resolved- 'That the acta of the English Parliament , during the late short Session , are sufficient proofs of the utter hopelessness of looking to it tor ( either Justice , or Good Government ; and that there ' is no prospect of happiness or prosperity for thia Country , until it is free of the baneful influence of foreign , hostile , and oppressive Legislation . ' Iron Moulders' Strike is Sov ' ia _SrAPPoansnmE . —The iron moulders held their adjourned meeting on Monday last , at the Fountain . Inn , Tipton . The large room was filled with moulders from the various shops on strike , every man present declared his determination not to submit to the slightest reduction . A woman died last week in the Bristol Infirmary from lockjaw , superinduced by a compound dislocation of the thumb , the result ofa fall caused by a piece of orange peel that was accidentally lying on thepavementi -s
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" Union for the Million . " The autocrats of the iron trade , { the coal _kinj ? _t and the cotton lords , nay , Ihe whole aristocracy of trade and commerce , are just now engaged in a combined crusade against labour . Long has the wind blown a steady _gale from this quarter , but now it blows a hurricane . If the men are but steady and firm the imperial despots of South Staffordshire must soon succumb . Their proceedings are so monstrous , so utterly uncalled for by any circumstance usually pointed out as a justification
of reductions , that nothing but a knowledge of the culpably disorganised condition of the men , could have led them to hazard the attempt—with the short supply of material on hand , and the heavy nature of their still unexecuted orders '—but the money , panic , the temporary ( and only temporary ) check to railway proceedings , for the construction of railways is an employment much too profitable to be for any long period interrupted in its progress . these fortuitous accidents were not to be suffered to pass without being turned to account ; anything like a resistance was scarcely dreamed ot ; and as one of the leading iron masters has admitted , if the men are obstinately bent upon resisting , iron
must go up , and then there ' s an end to even a pretence for this reduction . Itis curious to observe , that _although at the late meeting of the iron kings it was resolved that bar iron should be reduced to £ 8 . per ton , as the maximum , the last market shows it up already to £ 8 . 5 s ., with rising markets , in Scotland . They talk again ot the necessity of this reduction , to enable them to force a foreign trade , while the fact is , that at the prices ( confessedly too high ) of the last year , the export of iron has been greater in amount than any preceding year . But conceding for a moment that some slight redaction was exiled for , what is the character of the preseut offered one ? Is there any
proof that it presses with equal severity upon the profits of the master , as it does on the wages of the workmen ? Is it not just possible , that the whole loss is thrown upon chose least able to bear it : The probable amount of reduction from the profit of the employer has been stated by one who ought to be well acquainted with the facts , at five per cent , ; and under tbe circumstances in whieh this fact was given , there is no possible doubt that the highest figure was named . If this is the state of the case , although we are averse to the system of strikes , we should indeed be SGrry to find that the disorganised position of the South Staffordshire operatives should compel them to succumb to such
an enormous injustice . If the lords of the cotton districts are , in their threatened reduction , apparently less exacting , it ia because their unbounded avarice—so long , so perseveringly , and by such ingenious modes so constantly practised—has left a much narrower field for their operations . The ten hours bill is the terrible ogre , against which this move is directed , for no other conceivable cause can be seen to account for their surprising unanimity . The honourable member for Manchester , when so gallantly leading the forlorn hope against Mr Fielden ' s bill , protested he was alone influenced by considerations for the poor factory
operative ; as the only tendency of this bill would be to deprive them of one-sixth of their present scanty wages—forgetting at the time that when he was fighting under the shadow of the great Cobden , in his successful struggle against the corn monopoly , that his best , strongest , and constantly repeated argument was , If you want to make a thing dear , make it scarce . ' If this argument , as against the Corn Lords was sound , and we believe it was ; it is equally sound and true as against the Cotton Lords . We say to the cotton workers , if you want to make your labour dear , —( that is if you wish to enhance your wages , ) make it scarce . We believe in the truth of this axiom—and we believe that this
reduction is levelled at the Ten Hours' Bill—and we further believe that your wages must rise with that bill in operation ; if not immediately , certainly at no very remote period . But there is one contingency which will most materially affect the time , shortening or protracting the period when you may be in a condition to reap the benefits of that glorious _measure for whicii you struggled so nobly—so faithfully ; and that contingency is , whether you are prepared to take the only steps which can place you in a position , when the proper time arrives , to claim what you are justly entitled to—a fair day ' s wage for a fair day's work . Were you united , as you ought and might be , this reduction
had never been offered—were you united , as you ought and might be , this reduction , if now obtained , would yery soon and very easily be recovered . If , on some fine , bright "May morninj :, tbe factory operatives of all Lancashire were _Biniultaneoutly—man , woman , and child—to respectfully solicit il _. eir employers to restore to them what thoy now trc taking from them—nay , if they were to point oir the inconvenience and injustice , that wages in _Ashton should be fifteenper cent , higher than in Blackburnthat Stockport again was not paid so much as Manchester , and that proud Preston was humble enough to be contented with less than any other place in Lancashire—if they were to point out these discrepancies , and to submit a standard list for spinning , weaving , and all the other operations carried on . in
the manufactories " , pointing out the benefits which would follow to themselves , by all paying the same amount for their labour , and thus going into the same market upon equal terms , your masters could not find It in thair hearts to refuse a request so reasonable ,-so just , and so very much for their own convenience ; particularly , when ' such request was conveyed to them in the name of one united hardworking population , who were determined to have it . The manufactures of cotton , or of iron , or oi any other commodity , have the right , and they exercise it , of fixing the price at which they sell their commodity ; governed _ane * influenced only by those circumstances which their experience teaches them must not be overlooked in their calculations ; and this right they are able to act upon by the power and spirit of union .
J he same right pertains to the possessors of labour ; but theyjrora their ignorance of , or indifference to , this valuable principle , are robbed of their right , and place themselves at the mercy of those who buy their labour . Working men , be wise in time . Waste not your energies in these partial and ill-organised conflicts . You , surely , jbave tried them often enough to be convinced of their absolute inability to effect any real or permanent benefit to
you . To fight the battle of labour against the undue encroachments of capital , requires not so much money as unity of purpose and action . ' You may raise , as you have done before , your thousands oi pounds , and spend them in profitless strikes . But , form yourselves , as you never have yet done , iuto a mighty defensive league for the protection of your just rights , and you will then be in a condition to decide upon what terms , you will sell to any man your property—your labour .
The Central Committee have met as usual during the week . The correspondence has been unusually heavy from all parts of the country , and of move than an average gloomy character . There never perhaps have been , at any former period , such universal complaints from all quarters of prolonged and , in many cases , increasing distress . But still a most excellent feeling is manifested towards the Association , with deep expression of regret of inability to keep up their payments to the Association , and bespeaking the lenity of the Central Committee , so far as to free them from the penalties awarded by the laws for non-payment , according to their provisions . It is painful to the Committee to be compelled to refuse such applications , but they have no such power vested in them , and the operations of this Association cannot he carried on unless the
payments , small as they are in amount , are sent up punctually to the office . Merthyr Tybvil . —On Monday , January 31 st , Mr Humphries wailed upon Messrs Jones and Williams , nailmakers , in Merthyr _Tydvili , South Wales , on a case of reduction offered to the men , amounting to ten or twelve per cent . Tbe men had been working one week under protest , to afford the Central Committee full timefsr sending an agont to adjust the dispute by means of mediation . Accord- j ingly , Mr Humphries was appointed to wait upon the above named gentlemen , who complained of j
the English nail masters underselling them in the market , and to compete with them they were com . j pslled to reduce wages . Mr Humphries argued , that such a plea was untenable , inasmuch as no other masters in Merthyr had made such an at- ' tempt , and denounced the present reduction as un- j called for as unjust . The only terms that could be come to on the occasion were , that the reducticn ; on-one sort should be withdrawn , and that as soon as trade revived they would withdraw it on the , other class of nails . These term ' s were unanimously rejected ,, and as two gentlemen had kindly offered
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the gratuitous use of a sufficient nurabeP-of blocks and bellows , they agreed to commence working for the Association . This decision Mr "Humphries reported fo tbe masters , who promised to reconsider the matter , and give Mr Humphries an answer on Tuesdav morning . He accordingly waited upon Mr Jones , who desired the men to come to work , and that nothing further should be heard ofthe reauo tion , and no more trouble g iven to the Association on bis account . Mr Williams has agreed to give Up the trade altogether ; but as three men are all he employs , there will be little difficulty in the men even bettering their condition . Both of the employers treated Mr Humphries in the most respectful and gentlemanly manner , and we congratulate Mr Jones on the wise and prudent policy he has adopted in this unpleasant dispute .
To the men of Merthyr Tydvil we would say , ba firm to the union , and determine , like men , to units in one common bond of brotherhood , for mutual protection and assistance . Bally the . trades in that great mining district to a sense of duty , and to a practical and successful co-operation with your English , Scottish ) and Irish brethren , for the redemption of labour , and the attainment of a ' i _" air day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work . ' On Monday and Tuesday evenings , the 3 Isr of January and 1 st of Fehrnary , Mr Humphries addressed two well attended meetings at Merthyr Tydvil , on the principles and objects of the National Association . The members of the National Land
Company kindly , lent the use of their room for that purpose . Mr David Morgan was called to the chair , who addressed the meetings in Welch before and after the addresses . An excellent spirit was created , and at the close of the lecture , three cheers to our honourable president , and Mr Feargus O ' Connor , were proposed and carried by acclamation . Many appear determined to use their influence with their respective trades to induce them to join this -great movement . Success to their operations , and mav a strong body soon be formed in Merthyr Tydvil .
Mr Shackleton attended a meeting of the operatives of Eipponden , in theWorking Man ' s Institute , on the 27 th ult . to explain the objects of the United Trades' Association for the protection of industry , and the employment of labour . Mr Shackleton produced specimens of the goods manufactured by the persons under the protection of the Association . He also attended meetings at Cragvale , _Huddevsfield _, & c . Votes of thanks were passed to Mr Shackleton , and to the worthy president , T . S _* » Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., and the meeting separated highly gratified with the operations of the Central Committee , as related by Mr Shackleton .
New art Hill . —A . general meeting was held in the school room , which was addressed by Mr Claughan ; a fine spirit of confidence was manifested , and the brave men of Holytown appear fast recovering from the effects of their late struggle , and are fully determined , by perfecting their organisation , to place themselves in a better position to resist any future aggressions . Mr Taylor , of Holytown , has reported most cheeringl y of his exertions in the county of Lanark , and expressing the gratitude of the Miners to the-Masons' Society for their princely gift of £ 100 to the subscription got up by the Central Committee in their behalf . Altogether the prospects are of a very cheering descri p tion in this part of Scotland . Blackburn . —Mr Williamson attended two im
portant _meetings during the last week , at this great seat of cotton manufacture ; one composed of car d room operatives , the other a general committee meeting . Serious reductions of wages have beea offered at this and other towns in Lancashire , which formed a fit subject for discourse , and which Were dilated upon with much force and energy by Mr Williamson , in long and powerful addresses , highly satisfactory to the hearers under the circumstances ; they being , at the ' moment , under the threat of ten per cent , reduction in their wages .
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Kendal Shoemakers . —a strike of a few _daya'duration took place last week amongst this body of operatives , in consequence of a disgraceful attempt at a reduction of wages on the part of some of the employers . Two of the 'reductionists' are _Wesleyaa preachers , and another is a sanctimonious elder . ' A pretty Bet of rascals to preach Christianity . Thanks to the firmness of the men , and to the refusal of the principal employer in the town to jein the band of pirates , the _ntr-ika terminated to the satisfaction of the operatives . Lancashire Miners . — The General Delegate Meeting of Lancashire Miners will be held on Monday next , February 7 th , at Dean Church , near Bolton . Chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the _foU _B "
noon . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOETHEBN STAB . Respected Sir . —In the repert of the discussion between Messrs Berry and Lennegan in last Saturday's Star , Mr Lennegan is represented as having stated that the lecturing department of the Miners ' _Association _coBt upwards of £ 180 from September 6 th to the latter end of __ October . This statement is utterly without foundation , and I am surprised that Mr Lennegan should have so far forgot what is due to his own character , as a public man , thus wilfully to promulgate a direct falsehood . I remain , your 3 respectfully , William Grocott , General Secretary ofthe Miners' Association .
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_BuKlAL-PLACES IN EqTPT ASB IN IRELAND . —CaQ we wonder that the inhabitants of Egypt resemble in appearance the carcasses with whom they dwell ? Can we hesitate to account for the constant develope _d went of a pestilence , when we reflect that b y day and by night , for twelve _centuries , the soil on whicii Cairo stands , its crowded courts , and narrow streets ; haye been inundated by the filthy excretions of animals and of men ; that day and night , for centuries , the earth has been imbibing the putrid _aaniea from the bodies of thousands of animals , permitted to ro over its surface ; that day and night , for centuries it has been imbibing the fluid contents of imperfect _cloacse , and the poisonous exhalations of its halfburied inhabitants , until tbe sub-soil has become one vast _hot-bed of pestilential infection ' . Now , the
burialplaces in this kingdom have little to boast of over those of Egypt . There is this distinction , however , to be drawn . In the latter country , the system employed is at once recognised and permitted . In England , men pay * funeral dues , ' under the impression that their dead fulfil their destiny—return * ash . _63 to ashes , dust to dust . ' Whether they gain more by their purchase than a solemn plausibility , those who have heard these lectures or perused what I have written , can determine for themselves . The condition of the burial-places in Ireland seems to be even worse than those in other portions ofthe Unit 8 d Kingdom , although they are almost universally in a most disgusting and dangerous condition . In the neighbourhood of Castle Island and Ballylonford , 'in
the above country , from the imperfect covering thrown . over the recent dead , troops of dogs prey from day to day on tho bodies . Violent madness is the result , _* hich haa led these rabid animals , not only to attack one auother , bot the cattle in the fields , Methinks our boasted civilisation , expansive as it is , may clothe itself in sackcloth and ashesit should hide its head for very shame . That man , the image of his God , the heir of immortality , trampled upon during life , hideous in death , should again be made the victim of well deserved punishment to his survivors , is a fearful reflection for those who see in the bresent the foreboding of a more terrible Potcbe From Mr G . A . Walker ' s Fourth Leoture on the Metropolitan Grave- Fords .
Mwideb . by . a Yonso Lady . —Last week , an inquest was held at Widcombe-hill , Bath , upon the body of a newly-born female child , the offspring of Miss Julia Stickland , the daughter of Mr _Stickland , formerly landlord of the New inn , but now living re _« tired , in Church-street , in the neighbourhood . Last Monday morning week the body ofa child was found in the garden of the house , No . 8 , Church-streat , and from ita position and the situation of the adjoining houses it appeared pretty evident that tha child musthave been thrown from the window of No . 9 . Subsequently it was discovered that one ofthe Miss Stickiands was ill in bed , aud an _inquestboing called , tbe mother and one of the sisters of the suspected female were examined , and , their evidence being very contradictory , the inquest was adjourned for
a post mortem examination of the body of tbe infant . At the resumed inquest , medical evidence was given upon the npoearance of the child , in tho course ot which the two surgeons who made the post mortem examination , stated their belief that the _ child \ va 3 born alive , and also said the appearances indicated a violent death , as though occasioned by concussion . The mother of Miss Stickland alao admitted that her evidence on the previous occasion was given under feelings of strong excitement , and with a «« "f JJ » screen her child , and deposed that on her leturn from church on Sunday evening she louna _ner daughter Julia in her bedroom , . sitting _; on the bedofher
side very ill . Having po suspicion d _*« f < £ bein _» pregnant , she took no further notice of the circumsKe Next day , however , her suspicions . were aroused by the discovery of the body or the mtant , S " imon _ouestioning her daughter , she _admiti _j od tha shehadgiven birth to a female child , and also thnt she afterwards threw the body out-ot the windtttS _^ the child never breathed or moved ' A medioal certificate was produced by the legal adviser of the prisoner , stating her inability to attend the inquest . The _Csroner summed up the evidence , and the Jury , after nearly an hour ' s consultation , returned a verdict of * Wilful murder ' against the mother of the infant . .
, The Bristol _Jourhal apologises to its reafe 6 ' having represented a Christmas party as dining us * , i ' at _softer , ' instead of a * fat porhr , '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 5, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_05021848/page/5/
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