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SHIPPING NEWS. Deal, Jan. 10. —A Russian...
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THE N0ETHERN STAR. SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1845.
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Shipping News. Deal, Jan. 10. —A Russian...
SHIPPING NEWS . Deal , Jan . 10 . —A Russian ship from the north , coals laden , got on the Goodwin Sands this morning , Irat was assisted off b y a _Ramsgate boat , with loss ot anchor , and at five p . m . was riding in the Gull Stream . Nine p . m .: blue lig hts have been burning and guns firing in thc direction of the Goodwin Sands for some time past—it is supposed a ship is ashore . Several boats have gone to ascertain the cause , a _TesseL apparent !? ashore on the Bunt-head , is burning a tar barrel ; thc Gull Light has fired several guns and rockets , and the boats have gone to ner assistance .
Fatal Shipwreck . —Letters received in town , inform us of the total loss , in Carnarvon Bay , ot the ship William Turner , commanded by CaptamEvans , with all hands on board . The melancholy catastrophe occurred either during thc night oi the 10 th , or early on the morning ofthe 11 th instant . The wind was Mowing stromjlvfroni the south-west at the time . The "William Turner was 48 S tons burden per icister , and was laden with guano at the port of IcSiboefor Liverpool . Portions ofthe wreck and manifest were found onthe beach . —Liverpool Albion
Associated Trades Or Losdox.—At A Specia...
Associated Trades or Losdox . —At a special meeting of the above body , held at the Eell , Old Bailey , on Thursday evening , January the 16 th" , it was unanimously resolved , that a preliminary delegate meeting ofthe Trades of London , and its vicinity , be held previousto summoning the projected National Trades Conference . The above preliminary meeting will be held either onthe 4 th or 5 th of the ensuing month ; all communications respecting the same must be addressed to Mr T . Barratt , Secretary to the Associated London Trades , 30 , Greenfield-strcct , Commercial-road .
GEXEttAL MeETKG OF TUX _SMALLWAaE _WEAVEU 8 . —A general meeting of the silk , cotton , and woollen aniallware weavers was held in the Hall of Science , Campfield , to take into consideration the propriety of forming a society for thc mutual support of each branch . The meeting was well attended . Mr . Andrew Scholelield was unanimously called to the chair , who opened the business by stating the circuinstauees which liad led to the calling of this meeting , one of which was that a few of them had had an interview with one of the masters , who took the opportunity of tolling them that he was about to reduce their wages . They thought of asking for an advance , but not iiaviug an understanding amongst themselves , they had called that meeting . Mr . Charles Moors ,
in a sensible speech , moved the following resolution" That this meeting sees the necessity of forming a society of the silk and cotton smallware weavers of Manchester and its vicinity , in order to adopt means to secure a proper remuneration for their labour . " The resolution was seconded by Air . Smith in a neat speech . Mr . Jackson supported it . and when put to the vote it was carried unanimously . Mr . Saunders moved the second resolution . During his address Mr . James Leach entered thc room , and was received with rapturous applause . The resolution was" That in the opinion of this meeting former endeavours to establish a permanent price for labour by means of strikes have been ineffectual , and have entailed great loss of capital ; that instead thereof ,
capital ought to be applied to the rental of land , which will enable the labourer to get a comfortable living without competing with his fellow labourer , to the injury of employer and employed . " Mr . Saunders entered at length iuto the benefits of this p lan , and in a masterly manner proved the injury of strikes , showing by facts and figures that the money spent on strikes , if laid out on the laud , would not only make the society stronger , but tend at the same time to improve the mora ! and social condition of the members . Mr . Wright seconded the resolution , which was supported by Mr . James Leach , who entered into the merits ofthe resolution in his usual eloquent and convincing manner , lie said that statesmen had spent their time incudeavourbig to facilitate production , but
never _thought of distribution . Why , Nature taught thorn how to produce ; and it was for them to bond their minds to thc proper distribution of that which their labour produced . He refuted the fallacy that England was getting poorer ; and said that some time ago the political economists said that England would become bankrupt for _waut of money , but the fact wss , that too much money was likely to bring the country to ruin . Money is valueless to those that have it , yet they who produced were starving for want of it . lie then referred to the present good trade , aud stated that , _to sure as panics had come before , so sure they would ec- ; so again . He referred to the years 1835 and jS 30 , when , in Lancashire , 109 new factories were buiit ; t ! : c consequence of which was , a glut
in the market , _bueh was their present position ; for at tins moment _fL-ere were 100 new factories in course of erection iu tin : same county . Mr . Leach retired amid much cheering . After a iricndly discussion , in which several gentlemen took part , an amendment was proposed to the following effect : — " That , instead of taking land , we commence with the first week ' s contribution to keep a co-operative shop . " On the amendment being put , there were three hands held up ; the motion was , therefore , carried with an overwhelming majority . Mr . Barret moved , and Mr . Ghadwick seconded : — " That , in order to carry out the foregoing objects , each member pay one penny per week subscription . " Mr . Edwards moved , and Mr . Pyatt seconded : — " That ihe name oi this societv be the
Snialhvare Weavers' Mutu . d Benefit Society . " The meeting then proceeded to elect a general secretary . Thc thanks of the meeting were given to the chairman , and the business terminated . Lancashire Moeks . —The next general delegate meeting of Lancashire Miners will be held on Monday , Jan . 27 , at the house of Mr . Thomas Horrocks , New Inn , Bacup ; chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in thc forenoon . A public meeting will also be held , which will be addressed by W . P . Roberts , Esq ., and other gentlemen . Thc levy for the fortnight is Is . 6 d . per member . Mixers' Meetin g is Yorkshire . —Mr . Septimus Davis has visited the following places : —Monday , the 6 th , _Ci'igglestone ; Tuesday , Lepton ; Friday , Elland ; Saturday , Halifax . Mr . ltavis will lecture at the following places : —Monday , the 20 th , Adwalton ; Tuesday , 21 st , Gildcrsomc ; Wednesday , 22 nd , Churwell ; Thursday , 23 rd , _Beeston ; Friday , 24 th , RothwelL
Mrsterior/S Death Of A Sphalfields Silk ...
_MrsTERior / s Death of a _Sphalfields Silk Maxukacidrer , —On Friday week an inquest was held at the City of Paris , Bishop Bonner _' s-fields , Rethnalgrecn , on the body of Mr . Wm . May , aged 44 , Bilkmanufacturer , of King-street , Old Ford-lane . The evidence condensed showed that deceased had been missing since the 9 th of last December , and his body was not found until Thursday night last , when it was discovered in the Regent' s Canal , between Bonner-Iiall Bridge and the new union workhouse . When deceased was seen last alive , he had in his possession several sovereigns ; when found but one . The body was found a mile distant from his house , and in an opposite direction , and his hat and handker chief more than a mile from the canal , and some
bills belonging to Mm at a quarter of a mile from his home . He usually carried a snuff-box and spectacles in his pockets , but they were not found m them after death . Mr . J . Salter , a sUk-manuiacturer , who parted with deceased at the Job ' s Castle , Nortonfolgate , on the nig ht of thc 9 th ult ., at eleven o ' clock , left him in good spirits and of sound intellect , and was of opinion that his death was caused by some unfair means or other . Ma Storey , surgeon , of the Mile-end-road , who had examined the body , found thc tongue protruding , several cuts on the forehead , on the right eyebrow , and beneath the eye ; several of thc upper teeth were forced from their sockets , _andwerefoundlooscin themouth , and there were cuts inside each lin . The left arm was fractured , and
so were several of thc ribs . The witness thought , both from external and internal appearances , that deceased had been immersed in the water during life , hut that the severest ofthe injuries described had been caused after death , probably by thc bottoms of the barges . He considered it rather a case of suicide than of death from violence on the part of others . It having been proved that the deceased was a sober , sensible man , in prosperous circumstances , thc foreman and jury intimated that they could not come to a conscientious conclusion without further evidence , and were of opinion that , by due diligence , some of an important character may be yet discovered . They proposed the adjournment of ihe inquest for a week . Adjourned accordingly . Adjodbsed Coroser _' s Ixquest . —On Friday night Mr Higgs resumed , " atthe Star and Garter , Great Peter-street , Westminster , the adjourned mquiry concerning the death of Mary Cotton , alias Brown , the effects of in
• who , it was alleged , had died from - juries received atthe hands of a man named _Larman with whom she cohabited . Ihe evidence taken at the two preceding inquiries went to show that the deceasedhadresided for a fortnight at Ao . 22 , Peterstreet . On Sundav morning , about two o ' clock , the man Harman came liome drunk , and threatened to " serve out" thc deceased for not opening the door sooner . Shortlv after that , a strange " wheezing " noise was heard , as if caused by the deceased being so closely pressed _s » s to be unable to speak . This was accompanied hy a humping upon the floor , which lasted nearly half ' an hour , at the expiration of which tune Harman , who had since been given into the custody of thc police , called out and said his wife was taken very ill . Upon one of the lodgers going into her apartment , she was found lying on the floor , with her hair scattered over her shoulders , aud quite speechless . Mr . Hanlcv , a surgeon , was sent for , but deceased had died " before he had time to reach the
house . Thatgentlemanstated that , upon examining the body , he found the right side injured , apparently Lv a fall , or from being pushed , ller bra in was congested , which was thc immediate cause of death . Ihe j nry returned a verdict of Manslaughter against Isaac Harman , and the coroner made out bis warrant for Ms committal to Newgate .
Elevation Op Sin Chauixs Metcalve To Inn...
Elevation op Sin _Chauixs _Metcalve to inn Peera ge . —Wc have authority to state that the Queen has been graciously pleased to confer a peerage on Sir Charles Metcalfe , by the title ot Baioa Metcalfe of Fern-hill . —Morning Herald , Thursday .
Chambers' Philosophy Refuted. Just P Rib...
CHAMBERS' PHILOSOPHY REFUTED . Just p riblished Price Fourpence ( forming a Pamphlet of 56 pages demy 8 vo ., in a stiff wrapper ) , AFT _/ _IiL and COMPLETE REFUTATION ofthe _PHILOSOPHY contained in a TRACT " recently published by the MESSRS . CHAMBERS , of Edinburgh , entitled the " Employer and Employed . " This valuable little work contains the most complete defence ofthe demands of the Working Classes for their fair share of the enormous wealth created by Machinery , as well as a justification of Trades Unions . The numerous appeals that have been made to Mr . O'Connor from nearly every part of the kingdom for the publication , in pamphlet form , of those Dialogues that hare recently appeared is the Star , have determined him to gratify what appears to be tho almost unanimous wish ofthe Labouring Classes .
Heywood , 58 , Oldham-street , Manchester ; Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , London ; Guest , Bull-street , Birmingham ; at the _Abrtftern Star Office , 340 , Strand , London ; and may be had of all Booksellers and News Agents in Town and Country . All News Agents in Lancashire and Yorkshire will save carriage by ordering of Mr . neywood , from whom they will receive the Pamphlet upon the same terms as if _suppUed from the Northern Star Office .
The N0ethern Star. Saturday, January 18, 1845.
THE _N 0 ETHERN STAR . SATURDAY , JANUARY 18 , 1845 .
O'Connell And The Pope. There Has Been F...
O'CONNELL AND THE POPE . There has been for some time , as it now appears , a secret conspiracy existing between the See of Rome and a portion of the Catholic hierarchy of Ireland , aided and assisted by English ministerial agency , having for its object the full , complete , and entire annihilation of civil liberty in Ireland , to be made palatable by the sweetness of a blissful eternity as the people ' s share—and a more comfortable present as the portion of their spiritual advisers : that is , as in all bargains made on behalf of the poor , they are to receive the promised "inward and spiritual grace , " while their zealous " martyred" advocates are obliged to put up with the mere " outward and visible sign . " It appears that as early as the 12 th of March , 1839 , this now full-blown conspiracy was in the bud : and
although not cognizant of the fact , we augured treachery from nnpropitious omens presented in the conduct of Archbishop Mcrbat and a portion of the Catholic hierarchy with respect to the Repeal agitation of 1310 . When-we ventured to predict an evil future from the ill omens then observable in the following terms , wc were met with torrents of the most unmeasured abuse . So long ago as the period we speak of , the Northern Star said ; " However a portion of the Catholic hierarchy may now appear to give countenance to a helpless infant , not yet threatening in feature , size , or forni , nevertheless when Hie j ) Cpular breath lias swelled Repeal to a monster , then Ike hierarchy of ihe Catholic Church , like Hie hierarchy of all other churches , iviU be found purchasing temporal advantages for Hicmsclves at the expense of the national ivill . " -
For this expression of opinion wc were denounced in most unmeasured terms . Orators inveighed against us ; pamphlets teemed with the most foulmouthed slander ; and the sentinels of the Catholic Church held us up as " ruffians , " who had dared to cast suspicion upon the Catholic hierarchy of Ireland . We think , however , that we may now turn to the conductors ofthe Irish Repeal press , and ask , if one prediction makes a " ruffian , " how many does it take to make a " prophet ? " We predicted before the event , and were " ruffians : " Mr . O'Coxxell predicts after thc event , and is a " prophet . "
The present absorbing controversy , which Ave limit to Mr . O'Coxxell on the one side , and Pope Gregory XVI . on the other , has already assumed an importance compared with which all other considerations , even the Repeal itself , merge into utter insignificance . Wc pass over the amusing quantity of newspaper speculation that has been hazarded on the subject , and come at once to a consideration ofthe case as it really stands between the disputants . And to aid us in tliis , we shall take the conditions upon which Pope Adriax , an Englishman , was graciously pleased
to bestow the Irish nation upon _Ilinnv the Second , another Englishman ; and wc shall contrast those terms with the duties assigned by Pope Gregory XVI . to the Roman Catholic priesthood of Ireland in his recent rescript . In 1841 , when defending the Repeal agitation against the assaults ofthe English press , we published at length the Bull of Pope _Adrian , which constituted the earliest title of thc Crown of England to the Kingdom of Ireland ; and we reprint the following extract from that precious document , the better to serve our present purpose . Here it is : —
We , therefore , with that grace and glad acceptance suited to your pious and laudable design , and favourably ussenting to our petition , do hold it good and acceptable , that , for _extending the borders of the church , restraining the progress of vice , for the correction of manners , the planting of virtue , and the increase of religion , you enter this island , and execute therein whatever shall pertain to the honour of God , and the welfare ofthe land ; and that the people of the land receive you honourably , and reverence you as their lord ; and so forth .
Now , if Adman had a right to sell , and if Hakky had a right to buy , and the people were satisfied to be sold , all succeeding Popes became trustees for the Irish people ; and it was their duty to see that the conditions in the grant were strictly performed by thc grantee and his sucessors : that is , that " vice was restrained , '' " manners were corrected , " " virtue was planted , " and " religion increased . " Those were thc sacred conditions under which the English Prince claimed the allegiance of the Irish
people;and each of his royal successors , down to the present day , having violated every one of the stipulated conditions , by encouraging the progress of vice , and having neglected the several other injunctions , we contend that if Mr . O'Connell can show that the Repeal ofthe Union would have a stronger tendency to " restrain the progress of vice , to correct manners , implant virtue , and increase religion , " his title to the faithful following , if not to the allegiance , ofthe Irish people , is superior to the title of the British
Crown . Let us now see whether or not the injunctions contained in the rescript of his Holiness Pope Gre or XVI . may be considered a faithful discharge of his duty to thc Irish people , as the successor of Pope Adiuau . His Holiness says : — This , moreover , is the cause why the Sacred Congregation hastens again to write to you about this important matter , at the desire of our most holy Lord . You very well know , most gracious prelate , what is thc ecclesiastical duty and its character , and how much it behoves , and how important it is for the safety of religiou , that those who
are devoted to sacred tilings , ministers of thc King of Peace , and stewards of the mysteries of God , but especially placed over the spiritual direction ofthe faithful , should in no respect involve themselves in secular concerns ; should assiduously cherish among the people quietness , tranquiUity , and peace , -which is the bond of Christianity ; should constantly , hy example and word , impress that subjection is due to the temporal power in those things which relate to civil affairs , and exhibiting exemplary prudence and moderation of mind , preaching Christ and him crucified only ; should most cautiously avoid whatsoever might even slightly excite , rouse , and draw aside from the mildness ofthe law of the Gospel the flock committed to them .
The letter of Mr . O ' Connell to the Rev . Dr . Cantwell , the Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath , is so conclusive , so complete , and so unanswerable , as to the dangerous tendency of the Pope ' s interference in temporal matters , that we should pass over the above without comment , was it not for the dangerous result that must inevitably follow an observance of the tyrannical doctrine of his Holiness . He says , " impress that subjection is due to the temporal power in those things which relate to civil affairs . " Monstrous !!! and incredible , if coming from any other portion of the globe , except that press-dark spot , held blindfold and trammelled hy the Austrian despot . Was his Holiness not aware that to the
unequal civil power possessed by the English minister , the Irish peop le trace all their wrongs , and her priests the degradation of that religion which his Holiness is bound to increase , and which he can only effect through the instrumentality of civil power ? Docs thc consp iracy of the British Cabinet , the intritrue of a piebald English Catholic , the apostacy of an Irish archbishop , and the subserviency of a few Irish Catholic prelates , constitute a combination of civil authority , to whose injunctions the Catholic priesthood of Ireland are enjoined to tender that " subjection due to thc temporal power in those things which relate to civil affairs ? " for if so , Ireland has indeed become a nation of serfs , and in vain have her priesthood struggled to preserve those lights of
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which Popes , prelates , and ministers , would fain have robbed them . When we have seen Mr . O'Conneli , engaged in any struggle in which honesty is not only his best , but his only safe policy , we have never shrunk from the task , for such indeed it is , of defending him . He is now engaged in a great and most important struggle : and great as is the importance that we attach to an independent native legislature for Ireland , yet is even that matter of perfect insignificance when compared with the result of the present issue . Let us , firstly , consider that branch of the _subjects—and ,
secondly , whether or no Mr . O'Connell can , —not consistently but possibly . . —abandon the field of controversy until the battle is fairly fought . Having exhausted all the arts of seduction , intimidation , and finesse ; having attempted to manifest an Impartial bearing towards Catholic Ireland in the appointment of some of her degenerate Catholic sons to places of trust and emolument ; having strained the law , violated the constitution , and defrauded the nation of thesacred right of trial by jury ; having garrisoned a whole country with an armed soldiery ,
and blocked her ports with war-ships ; having m turn coaxed and threatened , bullied and crouched ; and all appliances having failed to seduce the Catholic people of Ireland from their allegiance to their country , their priests , and theircause—thc dastardly andpolluting policy of the British Minister— "Divide , and Conquer , " is now resorted to , as the means of perpetuating misrule aud upholding British sway . And at length the spiritual arm of the Catholic Church is to be raised against thc temporal power and civil rights of the Catholic people .
Well indeed may it be said that Ireland has never been conquered but by her own sons , and never can be released from bondage but by her own exertions . Treating Mn . O'Coxxbll as a man and as a politician , with whose policy we havo seldom agreed , wc now come to the consideration of the second question —whether or no he must fight the present battle fairly to its close . If , then , Mr . O'Connell is sincere in his demand for a Repeal of thc Union , honesty is not oidy his best , but only policy ; because the triumph of the Pope ' s spiritual power over his temporal influence would give the death-blow to the question . If , on the other hand , thc agitation is relied on as a source of profit , tho priesthood heing the agency of communication
between him and the people , will , if polluted by the see of Rome , abstain from farther interference in the " fiscal" department . And , however the Liberal press of Ireland may thunder and declaim , denounce and exhort , Mr . O'Connell well knows that those millions upon whom he mainly depends in the south and west , in Minister and Connaughi , are not readers of newspapers , but hearers of their priests ; that from " oral tradition , " and not from printed papers , they learn their duty , and by its influence are induced to contribute their means ; that , however powerful the press may be , there is a power behind thc press more active and greater than the press itself : and that power is found on the altar of every Catholic chapel .
The address of condolence , from fifty Catholic priests , to Archbishop Murray , might , were we not aware of thc devotion and patriotism of the whole body , stagger our confidence in this fruitful source of agitation : but cognizant as we are of thc integrity and indomitable courage ofthe Irish priesthood generally ; and , aware of the increasing intelligence by wliich thc Irish mind is now guided , even in the south and west , we rely on the united exertions of the shepherds and their flocks , as a means of resistance to thc prowling wolves that would devour them .
We may hold with the Times as to the difficulty of reconciling tho evidence of Mr . O'Coxsbll , before the Parliamentary Committees in 1827 , with his recently published objections to any alliance between the State and the Catholic Church of Ireland . The Times , however , appears to forget that the Charitable Bequests Bill is but the section of a question , while the Emancipation Act was promised , and intended to be , a whole question ; that , although wrung from the fears of the British Minister , tho principle of emancipation has been violated in every subsequent
Act , and that Mr . O'Connell was , in the first instance , stating what might then have been effected by just policy , and is now referring to what may be anticipated from a further strengthening of tho hands ofthe deceiver . When Mr . O'Connell spoke of the " golden link" by which the Catholic people and their priesthood might be bound to the English Crown , we presume that ho meant a link mutually binding and mutually attaching one to the other , and not a kind of " slip-knot , " a " NOOSE , " encircling the head of the Pope , while the Minister held the other end and pulled it at pleasure .
We have thought it necessary to deal rather at length with this subject , because it is one which must vitally affect the interests of every man living under the government of the British Crown . We have already had a fearful foretaste of the influence of one State Church ; and God preserve us from the double infliction ! The minister hears the old hen left without a brood , " clucking" ominously ; and in her disconsolate singleness he would give her a helpmate to aid her in her pilgrimage . Tho press would not only tolerate , but encourage , State Church , dema gogues who preach orthodox temporal doctrines ,
while it inculcates spiritual submission to thc nopolitics doctrine of his Holiness the Pope . Li the outset of the recent hot Repeal agitation we _doclared that one of three sacrifices must be the resulteither that the priests must be sacrificed , O'Connell must be sacrificed , or the Union must be sacrificed . Upon Mr . O'Conmell ' s own conduct depends the fate of each . I f he beats " tho Pope , the Devil , and the Pretender , " which we sincerely trust he may , the Union must be sacrificed ; if the priests-relax in the agitation of Repeal , they are fated ; and if he swerves even a hair ' s-breadth from his present position , His doom is sealed . We
have strong reasons for believing that the mind of Ireland will be found too powerful for the conspiracy ofthe English Minister , the intrigue ofthe Austrian despot , the apostacy of tho piebald English Catholic , and the subserviency of tho Irish Ministerial prelates . However , come what may _^_ and especially at tho present ominous mom _|*« for the Church of England , when the crisis is " rapidly coming upon her—we look on the present straggle as the most portentous , important , and astounding , since the day that the adulterous Harry turned us all to Protestants , that he might confer our estates on those who sanctioned his lewdness and murders .
The Projected Trades' Conference. No Tim...
THE PROJECTED TRADES' CONFERENCE . NO TIME FOR DELAY ! Whatever steps the Trades themselves may take , or even if they take none at all , it is matter of certainty that the question of Trades' Combinations will come before Parliament at its next , assembling ; and from the manner in which Labour questions have been dealt with b y that august " collective " body , —especially since the Reform , when elective power was conferred on tho middle and the trading classes , and the "house " thus made to represent the scattered worldly-wisdom of the Profitocracy , —there needs not much of the spirit of divination to augur what will be the result . There is . no possibility of mistaking the " _si"ns of the times . " Trades' Unions are to be . . assailed . Whatever'the mode for the accomplishment of the
object aimed at may be , it is as apparent as tho sun at noon-day that the suppression of Trades ' Combinations is intended and will be tried for . There are all the indications of such intention . The press , which has always to prepare the public mind for the reception of measures of opprcs sion and tyranny , has had its que ; and is excrl cising its vocation most lustily . " _Raw-hcad-andbloody-bones" stories of the " evil'' and " pernicious" effects of Trades' Combinations are bandied about in right good will ; and the fears ofthe property-men and the cupidity of employers are beiiv played on , to get _tltetn "up to the mark , " that due j and convincing influence may be brought to I bear on thc "free and independent" members of
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Parliament . , There is an established mode in England , by which the passing of all measures detrimental to , and assaults on , public liberty , is secured . The attentive observer , when he sees the machinery of the press , the pulpit , and the platform put in requisition to " write" and " talk down" any question or party of the day , cannot be mistaken in inferring the intention on the part of " our rulers" to interfere with " the strong arm of the law , " if
sufficient support from the middle and trading classes can be evolved , or tho opposition of the party attacked paralysed . That machinery is at work now against the Trades i It was not for nothing that Earl FrrzwrLUAU made his speech at the Cutlers ' dinner in Sheffield . He did not attack and denounce Trades' Combinations without object . It vras not for nothing that ' the Messrs . Chambers have published their infamous farrago of cruel , hard , pinch-gut " philosophy , " as a
blind to tho insidious blow they were aiming at Trades' Unions . It is not for nothing that thc daily and weekly press arc pressing on the attention of their readers and supporters , the "higher and mid dle class , " tho distraction caused to employers and the ruin inflicted on trade through thc insane conduct of the workera , in demanding unreasonable wages , and in attempting to resist tyrannical " regulations . " It is not for nothing that the Manchester Guardian has been for weeks " writing down" the Colliers' Union ; representing the men as a band of conspirators combined for the purpose of raising the
price of coal ; and anon making it appear that the Unionists themselves aro subjected to the sway of a " tyrannical oligarchy , " because they have placed the conduct of their affairs in the hands of an executive body chosen by themselves . It is not for nothing , all this . It is not without meaning—without object—without aim—without end ! It has an end : and that end the Trades will speedily find , to their bitter cost , if they arc not alive to what is enacting around them—if they arc not warned by what is passing under their eyes—and if they are not duly prepared to resist the assault when it comes . lie
is a bad general who remains quietly encamped , and holds _liimself not in readiness for the fight , when , he knows that he has an active and energetic enemy in his immediate vicinity ; and if he suffers himself to be surprised , and his entire army taken captive under such circumstances , his character will not stand very high for cither bravery or vigilance . Thc Trades arc in a similar position . They have an active and implacable foe in the field : a foe not over brave , it is truebut as full of finesse , and cunning , and low-trick , as an esfir is full of meat . That foe is " circumventinfr "
the whole position of the Trades . It is stealthily drawing around and around , in the intention of entirely surrounding the " combined" camp , and ot thus making them surrender at discretion . And all the while this is going on , the Trades' Army is inactive ' . Thc sentinels sleep on their posts ; the " staff" are dreaming in fancied security , and have no plan of operations determined on—indeed , seem as if they deemed it not needful to operate at all ; thc subalterns and the soldiers arc thus necessarily at rest—their arms piled away , and the whole camp is anything but a scene of union , of discipline , or of readiness .
Is it not time that the alarm was sounded ? Is it not time that tho Trades awoke to a sense of thc danger that threatens them ? Is it not time that they had scouts out , and other means taken , to see what it is that the enemy is about ? Is it not time that they endeavoured to ascertain the nature of-the movement too-unmistakeably determined on ? At all events , is it not time that the men buckled on their armour to prevent their camp from being overrun , without even a show of resistance ?
Metaphor apart , it is time that the Trades were up and doing . If they remain much longer in their present apathetic state , they will be overwhelmed . If thc spirit and power of resistance which they possess be not soon evoked , they will find that their own torpidity has been their undoing . Men generally , when awaking to a sense of danger which they did not apprehend , confusedly exclaim , " What are wc to do ? " No doubt such a feeling
will prompta similar query in the case of the Trades . To that query wo , respond—take counsel togetheu . Before entering on a campaign , or before engaging in battle , a council of war is holdcn , at which the different generals attend , determine on a plan of operations , _andjjthen each performs his part with his section of the grand army , to make the plan successful . Just so in this case . The Trades want a council of war . If they would be united to bo successful ,
—AND TO BE SUCCESSFUL THEY MUST Btt USITED , — such council of war they must have . The leaders must confer together . They must have a defined plan of operations . They must know what it is they have to do , and have a settled mode of doing it . If not , all will be disunion—all confusion—all effort worse than useless , because energy thrown away . But it is not alone to meet the schemes and designs ofthe great enemy , Capital , that the Trades require a Conference ; though that alone would form ground sufficient to justify one being held . Indeed , if for that object alone , a Conference woidd be
indispensable . But there are other , and higher grounds still . The one we have first put , is the low one of mere existence . It is true that that their very existence is threatened ; that the end and aim of Capital is to compass the entire destruction of all working-men ' s combinations . It is also true that to defeat such intention and avert such danger is the first duty of the parties so jeopardised . But then comes the question—to exist for what ? What is life worth , without object ? The mere existence of Trades ' Unions is not worth a row of pins : it would not be worth lifting a finger for , of itself . It is because
Trades' Unions are of use , that their existence becomes valuable and necessary . But of use for what ? To _pkotect Labour from the unceasing , never-ending encroachments of Capital ; to stand the labourer in stead of that legislative protection which ought to be accorded , but which Capital withholds . And then conies the question of the best means of accomplishing such protection at the least expense and with the greatest certainty . Though Trades' Unions havo been formed for that purpose ; though they have had that end as their constant aim , still it is but too tme that they _haye not fully accomplished the object—they have " not
fully protected the labourer . In spite of the numerous struggles in which tho Trades have been engaged , and to the aid of which all the machinery of combination has been directed , yet have the wages of labour been reduced , and still reduced ; and the utmost that has been hitherto done by " Union " has been to throw obstacles in the way of Capital , without defeating its purpose . Still the fact , that they could , on their then tack , interpose such obstacles , — prolonging the fight , and in some degree putting off tho evil , —proves that Labour Combinations possess a power for good , and induces the inquiry whether the cause of failure was not more in the means used , than in thc institution itself . To conduct such i _? i-
quiry with effect and advantage , a Conference is needed . To the solution of the question mooted must be brought wisdom and experience : net the wisdom nor the experience of one man , nor one trade ; nor twenty men , nor twenty trades ; but the " combined " experience of all trades . It is a question deeply affecting all trades : not one trade more than another . Hitherto all have been on one foundation . Hitherto the means used by one and all have been the same . The partial failure , therefore , has been as general as the means ; and it interests all to discover
a means that will ensure success . This can be best indeed can only , be done by bringing united _expert ence and observation to bear . A Conference of delegates , composed of the long-headed men of each _trade-tbe men who have had their eyes and their cor * open during the time they have been labouring for their order , and who have jotted down their observations , noting the causes that led to success and the causes that superinduced foUure : tiiescarc tliGmi of men that ought to conduct such an inquiry because they are the sort of men that can alono get to the bottom of the subject . They can
The Projected Trades' Conference. No Tim...
dive below the surface . They will not be satisfied with mere superficialities , but willprobe , and examine , and satisfy then-own minds . Get a Conference together of such men as these , to tell their experience ; to utter their suggestions ; to detail their plana ; and out of their " combined" wisdom would be formed a plan for the future conduct of Trades' Unions which could not fail to accomplish the desired end . We say a plan that could not fail j for , thero are principles applicable to such combinations , which oould not but ensure success . It is only the means of ap-_ _... .. m rm Ml _ -j . _L . .. i : » C _» l
plication that are needed . To fight tho battle that Labour has to fight with Capital , Labour must use thc weapons of Capital . Whenever this is done , the day is Labour ' s own : for though Labour without Capital , is powerless when opposed to Capital , yet Labour with Capital is all-powerful : for then the two powers are combined . Labour , therefore , has to acquire Capital—capital for itself . It has to apply that Capital s j that it shall not be lost . It has to learn how to make it re-productive—how to make it yield increase ; and this , too , for tha benefit of Labour ' s self . This is what Labour has to do and tJie moment this is done , that moment is Labour
free ! Then how to do this , is the question . That question can be best solved by a Conference of Trades ' Deputies , who can bring their minds and knowledge to cause these simple princip les to bear on the somewhat comp licated machinery ofthe different Trades . It is a good omen to see the manner in which Mr . Duncomhe ' s letter to Mr . _Dnunv of Sheffield , has been received by many ofthe Trades . Tho Associated Trades' of London have " pronounced" in favour of thc course there recommended . They have done wisely : and it will be well if the example they have so promptly set be as promptly followed . If it be _^ tho cause of Labour is safe : if it be not , it receives a blow when Parliament meets that will send it reeling
and staggering to thc earth . The time named by Mr . Duxcomde is the best that could be fixed on for the holding of such Conference . Tho intentions of the Minister—the home Minister — he who has sueh a care for tho homes of the producers as to seek to make them dens of slaves ; the intentions of this fit successor to Canning and _Sidmouth , —or rather the mode in which he purposes to accomplish his iiitention , thcsubjugationofLabour , —willbcthcnknown ; and thc Conference could then bring to bear the whole machinery of the United Trades to defeat his measure and his purpose . With a Conference iu
London at that time , anything could be done . Meetings , sueh as were never held before , could be had ; deputations to the Prime Minister , and to every other member of thc Cabinet ; deputations to thc individual members of both Houses ; petitions , remonstrances , and all the artillery of popular agitation could be brought energetically and effectively to bear ; and both Minister and people read a lesson which neither will be thc worse for learning . Without such machinery ; without a rallying point ; without such
a concentration of power as a body of delegates representing the entire Trades of the country would be : without this , it is to be feared that all efforts to defeat the settled purpose of thc Minister or Capital would be futile , because isolated—without force—without union—not directed to the one point _, but divided ill efforts . There is every reason , then , on every ground that can be thought of , why the Trades—the whole Trades—should immediately determine to have sueh Conference , and prepare for its due _holdins .
Talk not of the expense ! More has gone in one week on a single Strike—which has failed after many , very many weeks , than the whole Conference f rom first to last would cost . Tho first cost to the body of workers would bo a mere flea-bite ; while the saving that would result from the properly-directed labours of such a body would in one year amount to as much as would employ thousands of present-competitors mi farms of their own , relieving the manufacturing
labourmarket of some ol its " surplus , and calling into existence a new and valuable market for the products of thc operative manufacturers' labour . Talk not of cost then : the present system of effort is indeed most costly : and every week lost now in applying thc new principles of action which experience has evolved is a dead loss to the Trades , compared to which the cost of the Conference would bo but a mere bagatelle . Let no one therefore boggle at "the cost . "
With thc Trades the question must now rest . Tliey have to say not only whether they will seek to improve their action in accordance with the advanced knowledge of the times , but also whether they will suffer themselves to be extinguished without effort or not . And what they do , they must do quickly . Time presses . If they are wise , they will at it at once : if they are resolved not to awaken out of their sleep , they sleep the sleep of death . '
So Ueamw Aitfj Erottegpontreitt *
So _Ueamw aitfj _erotTegpontreitt _*
The Beeb Trade,—An Effort Is Just Now Ma...
The Beeb Trade , —An effort is just now making by the beer retailers to have the trade of dispensing fermented and distilled liquors thrown open , and tho restrictions under wliich the beer-sellers labour removed . They arc petitioning Parliament to that end ; and making other efforts to secure their object . As might be expected , the " regular" publicans , on the other hand , are up in arms against such a proposition ; and have lately held a conference of delegates or deputies from all parts of England to devise schemes to protect what they call their " vested rights : " t . e . the exclusive privilege of dealing in certain articles , and thc right to keep their shops open for a longer period for the sale
of other articles than their brother tradesmen , whose houses are closed by law at a comparatively early period of the night . And thus there is about to be a pretty severe " battle of the barrel . " It would be well if those who are the customers to both these descriptions of gentry would take a lesson from them , and "combine , " and "agitate , " and "confer , " and " petition" for the right to obtain and keep the means of purchasing the commodities which those " _retaners " are so anxious to supply them with . Were they to do so , they would be considered far moro " respectable " than they now arc , and more deference paid to them , even by those who seek for the exclusive privilege of easing them of their earnings .
James Timing and Friends , _Brighton , They really must excuse us . We cannot make the Star into a perpetual " begging-box" for every individual act of oppression or individual grievance that may arise , more especially when such act does not at all affect or concern the Chartist body . Were wc to do so , the paper would soon become nothing else . In the case they seek to make public , as ono calling for the pecuniary _uid of the Chartists , there is nothing that we can gather from their address that would at aU justify us in inserting such appeal . In the first place , the party is not even known to us by name . We have uo recollection of his having taken a prominent or active part in the movement : not that even tfwt would justify an appeal to the pockets of the Chartist body in a case which merely concerned the individual : but when , as in this case , the party is unknown , and the grievance purely individual , what
claims can there be on the pockets ofthe public % The party in question may be known to the friends at Brighton , and they may have reason to respect and honour him , because of their knowledge of his individual worth . K so , that is a reason why they should aid him to the fall extent of _tiwir power as maiviauals . Appeals , however , to the Chartist bod y for procuring aid can only . be justified when there exist strong public grounds for such appeals . In this case we can see wm ; and therefore must decline to insert the address . We had intended to have done this , without an _explanation-for we did not wish to damp the energies of the immediate friends of the party , involved ; but the Bending of the address a second time , with an expression of" surprise" that tho former one had not been i _« - ser ed _, leaves no other course than to explain the principle on which wc decline to give publicity to the
R \ _L ? " Gl ; ASC 0 _J—His second letter on Trades' Unions next week . _Wa shall be glafl tQ _^^ o « en us be pleases . An Anomaly or our Social SrsTElf . _ 0 ur Bradford Correspondent sends thc following , as the " state of trade in that town for the week . It is in itself so _^ _fn a 0 P M tUre ° f . ew 0 l ' ki " _ffof ft « P «» ent system , as for as the worker is concerned , that we present it Here as such . It is _multum inpano-nmch in little : — The worsted business in the spinning department is improving rapidl y . The whole of the mills are running full tunc . There are no stocks of _worstedyarn on hand , and the present desire to create a stock is attributed to an expected advance in the price of yarn . The piece market , on Monday last , exhibited more briskness than had been experienced for along time . The wages of the woohombcrs arc on Vie decline ; each week brings forth afresh reduction ; every other trade is similarly circumstanced . " When will the Trades devise and practice the means of producing for themselves ?
_« . C , Mabymsbone . —Wc really cannot aid him to the information he sucks . Robert Allan , _Edinbcrgh . —Some day we will use his favour . »
The Beeb Trade,—An Effort Is Just Now Ma...
Mi . Hood and Hib » _Bbowk ' s PEN 8 iosg .- _ On T _^ " Mb possible instructors" have during the last _wee _^ " _^ We b _« en making no little fuss concerning the lih ° _'* ' % _- _? fine feeling , < fcc , exhibited by Sir R . Peel _? S , $ _' Peel in bestowing pensions upon Mr . Hood t lm J" _^& of the " Song ofthe Shirt" and Mies _Feanc ' ej , n _^ MM the blind poetess of Ulster , whoso singular i _, _/ 0 _^ . ' fjls * history appeared iu this paper ( copied from _tliJ _" ' , W _$£ i nceum ) a few weeks since . Thc fact of the bestow f * ' ' ' Mkii pension on Mr . Hood we confeHs caused us son- 5 ' 'ill ?' stead of joy : sorrow that so talented , so trul _/* _"' ~ M _$ a man , should need help ; and that needing it ( tf , _* j * ' » ' WMi should come from such a quarter . The author of p _Sp _® "Song of the Shirt , " and tho other almost innui lle _^ % m eoiitributions to literature which have excited the , u ' pll and moved the sympathies of thousands , should ht- W _$ i different position to that of a recipient of a _beggaijv J ? _|§^ j a year from tho taxes of the country ; and , V ( j ! fi _jJjjJM not believe but thathe would have been , had Ius _Ca' 1 ' p _^ M tings been appreciated as they deserved to _bJT' _^ _W _$ those classes on whose patronage tho literary _% 8 M has to depend . In objecting to the source from wr _^ _18 _* S _Vi _TTnnn AND _MlBB BBOVrK ' S PeMMui _, a _^
Mr . Hood's pension wdl be drawn , wo make no nersr ' rv £ allusion to Sir » . Peel : he may have bean actuated ) « _% the best of motives in selecting Mr . Hood rather [ I _' IP ? any ono else ; rather than _uny one of that da _.- ' _^ * ' & M political and private profligates , male _and _fumukV ' Pjj many of whom take precedence of Mr . Hood on _T ' - ' _$ pension list . It is against the system itself We 1 ) rot 7 ' - J £ H —that of pensioning individuals at the cx pouse of _» l ' ' _$ W nation , the nation itself having neither voice nor ? _& S in the distribution of thc fund . Sure we are too , th t ' _i _^ l it must be galling to Mr . Hood ' s feelings to be _jlw 1 fj § j on a level with thc crew who mainly , alnioit _omi _^ i * _2 y | compose the list of State paupers : a crew of politic . * ? Si parasites , Parliamentary jobbers , court sycophant s Wat soul-selling literati , and body-prostituting harlots nh ' VM receive their pensions for " services performed" iu _Jgfi " Their hot youth , when Fum tfic _Z- ' _onrtft was Kin . f » ' _&& soul-selling literati , and body-prostituting harlots nh ' _$ W receive their pensions for " services performed" iu _Jgll " Their not youth , when Fum tfic _Z- ' _onrtft was King . " ' $ _fo
Such a position is altogether unworth y of so eiuellem a man as Mr . Hood . Nor can that gentleman bcim mindful that his _illOO is wrung from tho faruiint _" _, J the wretched shirt-makers , whose sufferings and _suiroihis pen has made known round the world . Their ni serable pennyworths of bread , tea , soap , candles Ac are all taxed and nibbled at , to make up his pension and tho pensions of those with' whom ho is _uowwihaj _. pily associated . We cannot suppose that his palm stipend will make any diftbrence in Mr . Hood ' s _earmi ' i advocacy of the cause of his suffering felloiv-creature . though such things have been before now , —Southm ' for instance , persecuting his own Wat Tyler , a _,, j Montgomery repudiating his Church and _irj _,-,,, _;^ Fan ; but the history of some of the liturarv ( pensioned ) predecessors will provoke suspicion and anxiety ; and on this ground too we deplore Air . Hood ' s annexation to the pension list . Much as we detest heartily as ive abhor thc "damnable doctrines" of iliSs _Mabtinead's " political economy , " we cannot withhold from that lady our warmest esteem for refusing the pension offered her by the late Whig Government , on the ground that the nation not heing universally repie . sented , the representatives of mere classes had no Such a position is altogether unworth y of so excellent a man as Mr . Hood . Nor can that gentleman hcim mindful that his illOO is wrung from tho _farthing J the wretched shirt-makers , whose sufferings and Sui ° w his pen has made known round the world . Their ni serable pennyworths of bread , tea , soap , candles Ac are all taxed and nibbled at , to make up his _pcnaioi and tho pensions of those with' whom ho is uowwiha _f . pily associated . We cannot suppose that his palm stipend will make any diftbrence in Mr . Hood ' s caiW advocacy of the cause of his suffering fisllow-creaturc ' though such things have been before now , —Southm ' for instance , persecuting his own Wat Tyler , a „ j Montgomery repudiating his Church and _irj _,-,,, _;^ Fan ; but the history of some of the _liturjirj ( pensioned ) predecessors will provoke suspicion and anxiety ; and on this ground too we deplore Air . Hood ' s annexation to the pension list . Much as we de test heartily as ive abhor thc "damnable doctrines" of iliSs _Mabtinead's " political economy , " we cannot withhold from that lady our warmest esteem for refusing the pension ofiered her by the late Whig Government , on thc ground that the nation not heing universally rem e . sented , the representatives of mere classes had m
_Sv _$ 5 -. _iM ! " \ _$ *§ !' - _^ " . ' _** $ _' *! f ' ' ' M _«^ _f ' _^ _ifc % t _& _% ' * WL * _^ M _j'l ' _j _S ' M 1 $ _^ P _r- _$ -iP < 'i * f --S _® _*? _£ { _£ \ _1 > W _Hbl ! ¦ _$# _& rightful authority to disburse its funds . The pen . _^ _' . _jSp sion to Miss Brown is open to the same condom- "J ? _aj nation , and on the same grounds as that to Mr . _5 , s $ fj Hood . The sum is contemptible , £ 20 ; but that " _~ _M makes no difference in the principle involved , r _^ c , _^ letter wliich the Premier addressed to iliss _Uro'vn _£ _s _® j apprising her of the grant was as follows : —• " Whitehall , "M Dec . 21 . Madam , —There is a fund applicable , as ia- _- _> _m cancies may occur , to thc grant of annual pensions of _'X m very limited amount ; which _usiige has placed at the - _rffo disposal of thc lady of the first Minister . Oi this fund - i _^ i there is a surplus of £ 20 per annum . Lady _IVi-I has i ' _§? heard of your honourable and sueccssfid exertions to "' -a * mitigate , by literary aecpiirements , the effect of the _^ di misfortune by which you have been visited—and should _" ' * - <
¦ the grant of tills pension for your life be acceptable to J ; _^ _SJ you , iAidy Peel ivill have great satisfaction in such an ' _^ fl appropriation of it . —I am , kc . ( signed ) 11 ought I _' kel . " * - _jF We leave to the Examiner the task of criticising the man- "' ' 3 ? ner and style of the above . Our able contemporary sa _\ s . & " Sir _ltobert Peel has to learn that none but _he-iinlliiivrs ¦ " _-- * _»&; and haberdashers talk of their ' ladies . ' SirHohart r' _^ f Peel , as a gentleman and a Prime Minister , needs not J _^ _llSr be ashamed of writing of his wife . He may rest mute B ? _^ 5 assured that the world will know that his who is A _fti _« _y lf ' lady without his studiously telling it so . Foreigners ' _^^ M . will ask what is the distinction between a gvm ! cm ; m ' j < { l _^ M lady and liis wile , whether they are _conrartiiilu terms , "v _' _^* 1 whether there are Ministers ' wives who arc notlailie > , _^^ fj _^ or whether there are ladies who are not wives , and « _hj _^ w _ftS
the equivocal word is preferred to the distinct one , awl _* WM _~ why the wife is treated as if-it were the loss honour- _^ _Jjft able . Formerly men used to have wives , not iadhs , _lyjjfc but in the announcements of births it has seemed timi jf 4 jP to Mr . Spruggins aud Air . _Whiggins to say that his huh _^ _ft has been delivered than his wife , the letter . sounding - _$ _*| P homely and low . But Sir ltobert Peel shuuld not lw 1 f || $ _fti led aivay by these examples . He is of iniportuuw _im _®' enough in the world to afford to mention his wile in 'j | i §| 5 plain , honest , homely old English . " We have seui _, _mmi with much disgust , that respectable publication , _MHW > the Allicnosutn , making a fool of itself in an- $ « li & i nonncing the above facts . Tho -Mcnccum calls on iMjm
its readers for " a hearty cheer for Lady 1 _'oel , " for hw |§ l $ | f " considcrato thoughtfulness , " " womanly syinpatln , " _jSp kj e * & c , in—mark this , peoplo of England!—making i _» sip grant of £ 20 per year to Miss Uuow . v ; not out of hu « _j-jpF own fortune , but out of your money . '—out of _tiio t . i . tis cp _~ wruug from you ! Magnificent liberality ! Dcautiiul _ijptf sympathy ! A cheer , by all means—a "hearty cheu jsw _^ & —for Lady Peel ! Once for all , let us disclaim mpfh _? unequivocally and strongly disclaim , any _otiw _TOgEg ) feelings towards Mr . Hood aud Miss Buown bus _Selfcr _leuungs lowarus jot . iiooo auu _auss ur . owN out 9 _§ _3 fof
those of tho sincurest esteem and admiration . Our iiram * present comments have been caused wholly by wlnt Jpl _^ j wc believed to be the duties imposed on us _hj _ffim patriotism , and our country ' s best interests . Some _wffit _* persons may ask , what would wo havo ? We _J _^ _W" ' answer—first , that the nation's rulers should he the _"iPjp nation's representatives - , the nation ' s revenue at the ' _| _vtk _£ disposal _^ of the voice of the- entire people . Then , if _S _?^ - the people willed pensions to tho truly noble of thur _^ _*& ' countrymen and countrywomen , well and good _* /¦ Secondly , we would have the whole people properly _^ n _£ _~* educated . Mark , we say properly ; then would the iM _"*
masses , equally with the " better orders , " know uuw ' / to appreciate thc beauties of literature ; and also , und « l W a just government , enjoying the full fruits of their _** _# ; labour , be able to purchase the works ofthe sous an I _** * _S daughters of genius , and thus give that support to suih ( ( " \ F men as Mr . Hood—support which the wealthy never * _^ V will givo to those who dare to pen the truth . Tins ' * % _k would prevent the necessity of pensioning those who e , _< | _j _* talents and labours should _mako _thenx the real princ * . ' JJ _* of the earth , the only rightful aristocrats , because " _Jf armed with nature ' s patent . _4 _rff
Mode of Dispensing Justice . —Wo have received th . j _*& following statement from " our own reporter , " as to th f _^ 1 manner in wliich two cases , involving thc liberties ot { , r , A four "free-born Englishmen , " wore disposed of . li ' tk ' / { statement is anything like correct , and the writer _avo _«» * » that it is so , the affair wants looking into . Thoug h uV * _^ J parties were " shirtless aud shoeless , " we apprehend tli t f _» _*/ £ _tJ t justice ought to have been satisfied that she was right ? * _^ _£ before she impounded their bodies "for two moutha j j ( _(^ Besides , ought not the four " shirtless and shoel «» f h _^ beings to have been informed wh y justice evinced suit ' _c _^ a solicitude for their welfare , as to give them shelter "I * - _^ two months ; " whether it was from commiseration _i t
at their forlorn condition , or in vengeance at thiir *' , daring to be destitute ! Ought they not also w , S , * have had an opportunity of learning who it was ui « ? , recommended them tothe kind care and keeping of He * _*• lord Mayor , and heard the reasons or grounds on nliiiii v & _^ such strong recommendations were based , as _tlio' _^ _rV > wliich led the unaccountable Mayor to act in so unn _\ _^ _\ countable a manner ? Besides , " should not thc par ti _# - _^ have been asked if they had _aiiy objection to urge agah _* _/» _^ the sort of" asylum" to which it was determined w _PfSllff "commit" them , or any reason to advance why tt f % « kind friends should not have thc " custody" of tbtffi M i for so long a period as "two months , " if c _ut iV * _fe at all ? lteall y it does altogether seem to bo a 41 ' > tl „< . business . Our correspondent does not say what tin V ;\ of the day it was , when justice was iu this tremend ! _, _^ hurry , as to dispose of two cases in two minutes . ' _ff _^ _^ wonder if it was anywhere near dinner-hour ? flt _" _^ _^ only the " shirtless and shoeless" that uo without tl _*&>)
ner !] We have heard of strange doings - _« - ' in die Ci " _^ t at times in connection with dinners and courts ' justice : and it may have been in this case that tt _^ ' symptoms of flatulency in the alderman Lord Majo r _% paunch remindedhim that both himself aud the " P _'Lf - > devils" before him " had not dined , " and that moti _>* f 1 of humanity caused him to send the "shirtless 8 ' _* S ? shoeless" to a place where they would for si t " u _" cl"JL _^ sure of a sort of " blow-out . " Or it may ba that tU _Jj * " committal" of the poor and unfriended " for 1 * 5 _^ ' months" was the speediest means of ridding himse 1 ' 1 _^ A _^ _, „ , » uu uiLiiji ueiweeu 111111 _«»» i
„ v .. -uaeu _fy { , » Oujh mutton ! Consider it as we may , it is , i , _tf _, * wo said before , a queer sort of a business : « ' _< f , that ought to he examined into ; and we hops l ' ° * V « t _> Lord Mayor Gibbs will be able to give a better «* ' _«"* A _< c __^ of his motives and actions in this case , titan he « c I h _^ his proceedings as churchwarden of WalbrooU . W _£ x _^ _£ l is the letter of " our reporter" : —I atteuuV'l _$ _w _* Mansion House Police Court on Saturday last , i » 'J ' \ " > capacity of reporter , and was much astonis hed at « ' * li _? . t mode in which the Lord Mayor dispensed justice ! " _'' Vr 4 . _^ cases came before the eoui't , " in which two _pevsows _* ' ft % concerned in each case . All the four , two young ' _^ - _\ _fy and two lads , were shirtless and shoeless . Wha t 1 * * _yts nature ofthe offences they were charged with was' _& tf not transpire . If there was any charge , it was , _^ _^ S *; fined to the police sheet . There was an entire absen _t _*« _*^ _H prosecutor , of evidence , and or defence . They _^ _; V \ ' committed to Bridewell for two mouths each- ] _*> £ whole "hearing" of the two eases did not occupy « _" > ' _tlllin _imrniiiinlg T ft .. 1 it ™ . _!„(¦ _.. _tr > Inv _tlllS ' * . " \ uiu v
_, , „ ...... _UUHUKA , X _IWI lb 111 _J _UUIJ IV » _. V I _-, - before you . RespectfuUy , your _IIepobteb . r r T . _Staktin _, Birmingham . —Go to an attorney , _amie- _^ _^ the party to be prosecuted in one of " otu- e » ur - , Westminster . " He is not " out of the limits" _« ' _* r " court . Mr . Clark shall havo tho portion of the ' N
relating to the subscription . J . H ., Coventry . —Yes . All " arrears of rent" _W demanded . The late Act relating to execution ; _^ _-. prevents tiie body from being seized , if the debt he « " " £ 20 . All thc " worldly goods" and posses sions ea » swept away just as before . W . B . JiinKOLD . —His favour is appreciated . _V v " try to use it next week ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 18, 1845, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_18011845/page/4/
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