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Parliamentary Review. The Members Of Bot...
_ ¦ now placed ; but there are peculiarities about 1 Irish character , which rendered the late _Lordjjieutenant peculiarly fitted for the position he held . There is do people in the world essentially so _aristajjafic in their nature as the Irish . Their _attachment to the " ould families " is one of the most prominent traits in their character . This feeling _^ as gratified in the case of Lord Besborough , and they were further gratified by being ruled over— - even if in mimicry—hy an Irishman . His _succe-sor ( Lord Clarendon ) carries no sach prestige with bim to the minds of jm enthusiastic impulsive race . He js better known as belonging to the school of Free
Trade political economists , and as a clever foreign diplomatist , than anything else ; and we fear that these are not the .-Teat qualities most needed at this moment in Ireland . His Lordship is , however , a man of ability ; and one thing is certain , that the position he has accepted is proof of his courage . It will need all his talents and all his ener _^ es to breast the overwhelming flood of calamity which now rolls over the unhappy country , in which he he will wield a delegated Sovereignty ; and , unfortunately for hiiiiself . he will find little aid in the measures passed by the British Legislature , whatever he mav discover in its money .
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In desp ite of one of the most elaborate and energetic speeches which Lord Brougham ever delivered , the second reading of the Ten Hour __* Bill „ as car . n ' ed by a majority of nearly five to one . Onlv eleven Peers , in a House of sixty-four , -were found willing to range themselves on the side of the exponent of the laissez-faire principle- In truth , they _liegin to get generally ashamed of " this shabbiest of gospels that ever was preached , " as Carlyle pithily describe _, if . The " let-alone system " bas bronght Ireland to what it is . It is not faring very much better veil- ourselves ; and since the great Free Trade triumph of last , session , there seems to be a reaction
of the public mind . The opposite principle reached its culminating point with the repeal of the Corn Laws : since that it has declined . Legislators and peop le are willing to believe that there are more things , and important ones too , in heaven and earth than is dreamt of in the merely commercial philosophy of Adam Smith and his disciples . The speeches by which the measure was support .- ! in the House of Peers were worthy of the subject . The noble mover ( ihe Earl of Ellesmere ) proved his positions , by a mass of statistical evidence , in the most triumphant manner , and the speeches ofthe Bishops of London , Oxford , and St David ' s , were all of them
excellent The junior bishop , Or YVUb . rfo . ee , exhibited on the occasion aU those hi g h mental qualities , and that powerful aud heart-searching logic , which have so early in life won for him the distinguished position he now holds . We note especiall y the exertions of these prelates , because , while we axe ready to condemn them whenever their conduct militates against the intetests of the people , justice demands , when they aid them in obtaining more humane laws , and tbat protection for labour from the oppression of capital , for which the industrious classes have so long straggled , that we should record the fact ; and , by _testifrine gratitude for their help ,
induce them to identify themselves still more closely and thoroughly with the cause of the people , and to _syrajiatliise with those efforts of the downtrodden classes to raise themselves from the condition of mere machines , to achieve more leisure for domestic intercourse and intellectual improvement ; thus fitting themselves to become better _ch-zens and members of society , which constitute ihe most prominent traits of the age we live in . The Economists are bitterly mortified at their defeat The Morning _throuicle on Tuesday and "Wednesday contained two articles , into which the concentrated essence of an overflowing -bile was
condensed . To believe the scrilie whopenaed these diatribes , all ihe . erils of Pandora ' s box are to be let loose on this doomed land , in consequence of this violation ofthe canons of modern political economy . The former vaticinations of these prophets have heen so frequently falsified , tbat we can onl y wonder at the hardihood which prompts them again to occupy the Delphic chair . The Ten Hours' Bill will become the law of the land , and lay the foundation of a wiser , more humane , and more prosperous system of legislation than the present , which proceeds upon the principle that universal and undisguised selfishness is best calculated to promote the well-being of the community .
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The other great fig ht of the week has been upon the Bill for remodelling the constitution of tbe Poor Law Commission . The debate has , in fact , been one with a view to the hustings . Thespeeches have been eJectioneering speech-., with few exc-p _' _. ions . Of course in these exceptions we place first that of Mr Ferrand , whose earnest and determined hostility to the law , and the whole of its machinery , is past donbt and above suspicion .- Bat there are other members who are nut unwilling to make political capital out of this question whose sincerity in support ofthe great princip le for which Mr Ferrand contends we should deem of a very questionable character . As to the measure before the House , we are of opinion that if the law of 1844 is to be maintained at all , it
is an improvement . The Poor Law Minister will be bronght nnderdirectParliamentaiyresponsibili ty The actions of himself and colleagues will have to face tbe light of day , like those of every other Government department ; and there will he no chance of jugg ling and paltering with facts such as distinguished tbe now fallen Commission . But we are not satisfied with a mere change of the administratimjii thelaw ; thelaw itself requires to be amended , or rather abolished , in order that the country may ence more . ever t to sounder principles than any that ever emanated from the Malthusian workshop . So far as the present contest goes , we look upon it as a mere sham fi g ht , and the measure itself not worth the enormous quantity of words that have been spent npon it .
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After the steed is stolen the sfable-door is to he locked . The Chancellor of the Exchequer has come forward at the eleventh hour and moved for a hill , the object of which is to stop the passing of any more railway bills until the country works clear of its present difficulties , and fulfils its present engagements . " Better late than never ; " bnt it would have been well that this subject should have been legislated for long before this .
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The indications of the end of the Session multiply daily . "At this late period of the Session" is a sentence often in Ministerial mouths , and the rumour is that Parliament will be dissolved in the middle of next month , or , at all erenfs , not later than the first week in July . The time is coming , therefore , when the Chartist body shonld be prepared to take the field at the General Election . Other parties are destitute of a rallying-cry or a single great principle to contend for . There is , in fact , at present , scarcely any distinction between the occupants of the benches on opposite sides of the House . Peel and Russell virtually agree , and though Bentinck and Stanley may differ , yet that difference is , under the drcamstances , more abstract than
real or practical . Now is the time , therefore , for the Chartists , nnder their energetic and untiring leader , to take the field . The next General Election determines , in all probability , the character and complexion of Parliament for the next seven years . If Chartism lie not represented by more members than Mr Duncombe , the fault will mainly _re-t with the Chartists themselves . If it is—if there are only half-a-score of earnest and intelligent advocates ef the great principles of political equity sent to the next Parliament—it will not reach its dose withont witnessing a practical recognition of these principles . The battle of the League was fought in St Stephen ' s . The struggle for the Charter will never be crowned with victory until it bei transferred to the same arena .
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_JOE-ELE-NEOHS . j £ __* " As it is likely tliat some pages ofthe -Star of Satur-- * _T next -will be occupied with the reports of tht _preeeedings at 0 'Cc __ orv _ . e , and the Birmingham Trades * Conference , we must request our usual _COTeqandents to make their c _ mm __ nic * tl-n _ _asbrief as potable . Tbe _ScBscwrrioH Coi _« t _ ee for the defence of _Selsbj aad others , beg to sckno _wfedge the mowing sums '—_¦« . -- the Manchester aad Salford United _*»«"" _- Operative Baktw' Society , £ 5 ; from _* . ™ e tm-ktW Society of Rochdale . £ 110 * . ; B c d T Society of ditto , £ 3 ; Gr _ nder » ' 4 ato ditto , £ l ; S > onui ________ Chartist-, Is . ; Bo _^ rmakers . Society , £ 107 Ms . BU . Wx . He *** . Secretary .
P . S . — The BoUermakers have * farther ium to send . _AU-nb-e-FpttonB tor _theabove fan & ta be sent to Mr "Wm . Herd , 64 . _Dsle-st- * _.-, Jlanche-tef . H . _* _-Hrftr tothe prices at Smlthfidd-larlcet _J . AiXoTT . —Bectived toolate for this ire . tr . A"F _ iT _ __ DE-iociiT . '' - —Tbe next meeting of ihe _ . Meittj wiU take place OD Monday _cvenios , May _SUt ,
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Mr A- _Ri" * _" _* . Devon _wrt-Sei-d to Mr T . M . Wheeler ' 8 J , Deaa-street , Soho . .. _ The Ba ___ -t ro * xhb 0 'Co »„ o _\ _i _ i * Tea Teat To the Chartist _AfiKc . —Friends : _Whence above project was first thought of , we anticipated that a sum sufficient to purchase a _four-acre share in the Land _Company -breach of the victims , wonld be quickly realised but are sorry to say that np to this time we have noreceived sufficient to purchase a single three-acre share . These facts are a disgrace to the great bulk ot th _ Chartist body , who , whilst they justly clamour for a fair remuneration for thtir own labonr . leave those veterans who hate devoted a _life-tur-e to secure their rights , and those widows and orphans , who have become victims for their sakes , to pine in misery , want , and destitution ! Ask yourselves , should such things be ! How can we expect men of talent to fight the battle of right agaiust might—labour against
capitalwith no other prospect b . f . re them than a reception in the accursed Bastile fur themselves and families , as a reward for their useful services '" It is preposterous for ns to complain ofthe injustice we suffer , whilst we are unjust to those who have devoted their time , tal _* -nt , and attention to onr came . Have professing Chartist ? , like the generality of professing Christians , no end in view but their own pers _.-sal interest ! if not , they misunderstand the holy principles they profess . Practical Chartism is practical Christianity—torender assistance where it is required , but more especially where it is due . Are we not indebted to the victims for what thty have attempted to do for as , aad for the light and knowledge they have diffused amongst us ! If so , let us blot out the foul stain which our apathy and indifference has fastened upon os . A _good opportunity is non- offered to those who have it in their power to contribute a
trine towards placing tbeir victims in a comfortable pjsition , and to do which would be an honour to the Chartist body . We again implore all who have it in their power to aid us in this holy cause ! We well know that the depression nf trade , combined with tbe enormous price that food has attained , renders it utterly impos-iM-for badlypaid workmen tocontribute . d .- but we are confident thatexclusire of these , there are thousands who ( if willing ) conld readily . accomplUh the desired object , We have received but one subscription from Manchester , the great emporium of Chartism 1 From Liverpool , and from the greater numberof districts , uothiog at . aU . ' . ' To what is tbis criminal indifference attributable . Wu cannot refrain from blaming the leading men in most localitie *; they hare been earnestly entreated to place the project and its importance before their meetings , and we feel confident if
thty would comply with this desire , a great sum could yet be realized . We bop : they will give us their assistance , and proceed to the good work . Thomas Alho . _vd , Secretary . P . S . —Post-office Orders to-be made payable to Thomas Almond , trunk mak : r , Bilston ; and all letters addressed to Joseph Linney , nigh-street , Bilston , _CosTi-OAT-OS of Subscriptions for the T _. a-tray up to Tuesday , May the ISth : —J . Tweedy , Bridgewater , 6 snbscripiion- ; E . Burl . y , Manchester , 1 ; A . Elliott , Newcastle , 1 ; W . Daniels , Douglas , I ; J . Bell , St Helens . 4 ; J . Shaw , London , 2 ; J . Hunter , _Easingtonlane , 3 ; 3 . Liy , Carrington , 10 ; 3 . Wilson , _Wellingborough , 1 ; J . Patterson , Birmingham , 1 ; G . Sutcliffe , Todmorden , 2 . The subscribers are respectfully informed that tbe value ofthe tea-tray is £ 110 i . , and tbat one ofthe same quality and workmanship could
not be bought from the manufacturer for less . T-o _ t _ _s Almond , Secretary . Vitci- mcs . —By railway to _Birmingham , thence by railway to Gloucester , and _t-ten ten miles by coach . Visit to O'Cuhsobvilie . - On Monday next the Paddingtooians will leave the Coach Painters' Arms , Circusstreet , New-road , precisely ' at half-past six o ' clock in tbe morning . Oh reaching Paddington-green , the vans will make a temporary stand , for a few minutes ouly , to take np their friends in that locality . They will proceed to their destination by way uf Pinner , tbat being a muck nearer route . Notice . —We have received a Post-office Order Lorn Edinburgh , dated M _. y 13 . for the sum ef £ 1 8 .. 2 d . Who sent it ? Whatisitfr ? It is strange that some
of our frien is are so busy ia these slack times as not to have an opportunity of enclosing a single line with their remittances . Tbisistbefouitb . Eccsumist . —We cannot undertake to give the required instructions . If belonging to the Land or Charter _Association , no doubt the friends at the Land office will advise you on your arrival . You ma j easily walk from Euston-square station to the office , S 3 , Deanstreet , Soho . 3 . _Bttows , Preston . —Thanks for the kindly wishes and warm interest for the objects of the committee expressed in your letter . We bitterly deplore the misery to which iron-handed Capital has reduced the suffering people of _Preston . _Jorst Boxi ., Ship-street . —Send your money to London to the Land-office .
J . asd T . Beattie asd D . Laso . —Your communication has been received and shall be attended to . Opesshaw . —Your letter should have been sent where we have sent it , to Mr O'Connor . Mr J . ' _VmiEKs , Birmingham . — -Call at this office while in town .
LEGAL . NOTICE . —The immense number of . cases which I daily receive , particularly of prirate ones , many of them of gr . _* at importance and requiring much time and consi deration , compel me to request that no fresh private cases may be forwarded to me before tlie wrrn of Jose nest in order that I may get through those now on hand . Ernest Jones . James Wicks , Brighton . —If you will send me die copy of the will and other documents mentioned in your letter , I will attend to your case . _Geobge Habmsg . —A . may require a larger rent for his share ofthe property ; but , should B . refuse to . give it , he cannot turn B . out of possession except of his ( A . _) share by a partition . W ___ u ___ _Mooset . —I have written to Mr O'Bryen on the subjectof your letter .
H . C , \ _Tisbeach . —I suppose the brother and sisters were all legitimate . If so , the sisters were entitled to the real property , as coheirs to their late brother ; and to his personal property , as his only next of kin ; but they must administer to the personalty . J . IV ., Mottram .-I supi _* ose you did not take tbe sfcible and the other premises at separate _' rents , but at one entire rent for the whole . If so , your landlord cannot distrain , unless tiiere has been a fresh agreement respecting the rent ofthe premises which you still occupy ; but he can maintain action for use and occupation . _Jonsr Stasdish . —Tour landlord may distrain again , bnt not the necessary tools or implements of your trade . He will , however , ' it is to be hoped , deal leniently with
you , as well in consideration of tbe hardness of the times upon poor men , as of your haviug been so long his tenant C . Hubst . —Your son , I suppose , is under age , and the will , I presume , directs the interest to be paid to you during his minority . If so , you can recover the interest , but you must produce reasonable proof of your son being alive . 3 . K „ Duke-field . —I will mention about your papers . Chabxes Aixisson , Sheffield . —I do not clearly _understand your last communication . Was Mr Yates or Mrs Yates tlie mortgagee of the property 1 It appears they are both dead . It must be shown who is the personal representative ( executor or administrator ) of tbe
mortg gee . Jons Gib _ _s- —Get your friend George Ashwell to state your case plain l y and concisely . I cannot at all understand your letter . W . T ., Stourbridge . —Yourself and yonr brothers and sisters arc entitled to the legacy . C . S . G . JL—The legatees have a right to tlieir legacies , unless the executors can show that the assets of their father were not sufficient to pay his debts . Bobissos _Stae-ie . —If you will send me the particulars ofyourcaselshall ba better able to say whether you can be advised to comply with the demand for £ -10 . Richakd Pottage , Chappie Ardwich . —You must proceed against Rigg forthe money he has illegally obtained from you in the Small Debts' Court , and bring Mr Dean forward as your witness . A Seven Years' Subscbiber . —You had beat come to an _arranzeinent with the Loan Society .
T . D ., Woodhouse . —If the debtor has no other property thau tools , clothes , furniture , and such other things as are named in the Act , and they do not exceed the value of £ * > , they cannot be taken and sold . John Fox , llewsbury . —The action , I presume , was commenced before tlie Small Debts' Act came into operation , and the ' cause must be decided by tlie Court in whicli it was commenced ; hut if you obtain a verdict , you will not have to pay the defendant ' s costs . V . C . P ., Manchester . —Yes . _Blacebo-. v aso Sok , Manchester . —If you either can prove the order for the lathe and the delivery , or the promise to pay , you may recover the debt in the Small Debts'Cour t . I have written to Joseph Drabble ,
according to the address you gave , and the letter has been returned by the Post-office , Asimos . —If the will was made sape the passing of the late Wills * Act , two witnesses : are sufficient , even though it devises real property . The legacy to the witness is void . Thomas B __ _. n _ a , Redford , near Ltigh . —If yon will send me a copy of the will , aud show how you make out your claim under it , Iwill advise upon your case . A . Z . —Apply at tlie Registrar's Office . Joseph Court , Hulme . —Yes ; in case the deed founding the Institution authorises such call , bnt not otherwise . Where questions arise upon deed 9 , wills , or otber documents , a copy or extract should always accompany the
case . J . _S-, Lambeth . —No ; to your first question . If she had sufficient cause for leaving her husband , she may proceed against him in the Ecclesiastical Court for a separation and alimony ( maintenance money ) , or , should she become chargeable to the parish , in that case her husband may be called upon to support her . Levi Watsos , Bradford . —The heir-at-law , or supposed heir-at-law , may take possession of the property ; but , if it is in the holding of tenants , they may refuse to pay their rents to the supposed heir without an indemnity , till he either proves tbe death of a Simeon Peel , or till
such length of time has elapsed as to afford a fan * presumption of his death . - { . nxi am Gbasdisok . - Yon must inform me by whom the money was left , to whom it was _leit , and in what year . __ R . Y , Horbury , Yorkshire . —Yon have not sent a copy of the agreement , though in your letter you say you hare : you must send a copy . John _Hesdebsos , Windy Nook . —1 st , Yes . 2 nd , Notwitho __ t a warrant . Thelaw does not permit what is termed " an excessive distress" to be made , but as much may be taken as will be likely to satisfy tlie sum raised T _* itk __ sts . 3 rd , The Small Debts' Act does not alter the laiv in ecclesiastical matters .
JFi . _veat Blac & woov , Glasgow . — Apply to a Scotch lawyer . James _Cohhisjc , Edinburgh . — The Conference has no power to alter any of tbe rules contained in the deed , except in cafes specifically provided for by the deed . Qt p . Q . —It being 3 __ years sinceyour grandfather ' s death , " and your father and yourself having been out of possession during the w- _'o'e of that period , your right tothe property is clearly lo __ _"t unless you or yonr fetter ( or one of you ) have been -ne ' er some legal cbmbihty , as _m-____ tr , residence beyon _ l seas , etc Tell ine _wheai your father died , and if in _EnpM _* * and if he resided always in __ _*_ . _ n _ and was _ofsowJ mind * -I —moteJin an and always have been of . on * - " - _niw sod _rttidtnt in England .
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A S-RBET C _ A » TI 6 T . —If a pledge is . not redeemed within 'twelve months , _orithe ' time extended , it , ' the pledge becomes the property of the pawnbroker ; but iu your " case the pawnbroker ' s conduct would seem to have been very discreditable . J . C , Bristol . —Your case depends upon tbis—namely , whether John Trew conveyed the property to his mother absolutely , or only for her life ; and uuless either the conveyance itself can be seen , or a copy , or the draft of it , it must be quite imposssible to give an opinion on the case . If the name of the solicitor who prepared the ; deed is known , inquiries _respecting it should be made of him . When was the mortgage made b y John Trew's mother ; and is the name of the soliritor who pre _. _-ared it known ; and is John Trew __ mother dead , and when did she die .
An Old Chamis-. —You omitted to pay thc postage . AU letters not prepaid will not be attended to . A Yodno Chabtist . —If the legacies are charged by the will on the freehold , you must pay them . The _legacies do not affectyour right to vote . J . S ., Sowerby . —I think the church " must be considered as a parochial church . With respect to the churchrate , I infer from your letterthat the motion for the rate was negatived ; and if it was , the ratepayers , or any of them , may resist the _payment of the rate .
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RECEIPTS OP THE NATIONAL COOPERATIVE LAND COMPANY . PER MR O'CO-WOR . . SECTION No . 1 . 9 ___ ,- « . Westminster .. £ 012 0 Newport , ___ BS . L . B . .. 0 8 0 mouth .. £ 0 5 0 Whittiugtoii and Arbroath .. 0 9 3 Cat .. ., 0 16 ( j Wisbeach „ 0 17 Jobn Farrow .. - I 0 Birmingliam , Wigan .. 253 Goodwin .. 0 12 0 Ditto , No . 2 .. 0 5 0 Manchester .. 2 13 Dew-bury .. 0 18- Rochdale .. 0 2 0 _Nottiogliam .. 0 7 0 Thos . Moore ... 0 2 . 0 Shrewsbury .. 0 10 0 Ashton - under-New Badford .. 0 3 0 Lyne .. 17 0 Hull .. .. 0 2 6 Macclesfield .. 3 0 0 Great _Daivley .. 0 3 _ Derby .. 015 0 liirmirgham Cl _. ne , No . 1 .. O 10 0 ( Ship ) „ 0 10 Leicester , Astill 1 0 0 _ £ 16 17 6
SECTION Noi 2 . Edward Smith .. 010 0 Hull .. .. 0 6 0 Wra . Sliute .. 0 2 0 Chipping Norton 0 5 6 Jas . Hill .. 10 0 Birmingham Westminster .. 0 12 6 ( Ship ) .. 0 10 Stalybridge .. loo Stockton-on-Tees 016 Halifax .. 050 Arbroath _ , 0 U 0 Markiii-h .. 0 15 _U J . Stevenson , Whittington and ¦ Cullen .. 10 0 Cat . .. 10 6 Norwich .. 6 _ tl _Dockhsad . .. 17 4 Birmingham , John Fletcher .. 0 5 0 Goodnin ,. 0 8 6 Wigan .. 0 i 0 Manchester .. 1 15 6
Bridgewater , Kmghorn .. O 18 _. Tweedy « 019 6 Haworth .. 418 0 Liverpool .. 1 19 6 Chelmsford .. 13 6 Geo . Bishop .. 0 2 0 Rochdale .. 0 6 3 Dewsbury ' .. 2 2 2 C . Gwilliam .. 2 0 0 Northwich .. 112 6 Chepstow „ 011 6 Nottingham .. 5 6 0 Ashburton .. 0 3 6 St-fford _ , 0 16 Ashton „ 015 0 Shrewsbury , Torquay .. 13 0 Powell .. 0 8 0 Nuneaton ., 0 12 0 New Radford .. 0 1 6 Derby ... _.. Oil 0 Bilston . .. 2 0 0 Coloe . .. 0 10 Bath .. .. 513 0 Banbury ... 2 0 0 Lambeth ., 3 0 0 -i-i _- lO - 7
SECTION No . 3 . George Lever- Birmingham ed . e .. .. 0 2 6 ( Ship ) .. 6 3 8 Sandbach .. 1 15 0 Accrington .. * 18 8 Lynn , Buuton .. 2 0 0 Stockton-on-Tees 15 0 lt . H ... .. 0 2 4 W . Findlay .. 1 0 0 T . B ... .. o 10 0 Newport , Mon-Jas . Mealing .. 0 2 6 _moutli .. 19 6 1 . V . F . _l'ike _ . 0 5 0 _Wootton-under-Ebenezcr Scager 0 10 4 Edge .. 6 6 4 J . I-iropton .. 0 14 Arbroath .. 213 5 J . Gyles .. 0 5 0 Bury St Edmunds 0 19 0 J . Koyall .. 0 7 6 Wisbeach .. 14 7 J . Bonell .. 0 2 10 Norwich .. 17 2 Westminster .. 2 0 0 Birmingham , Richd . Smith .. 10 0 Goodwin .. 1 16 0
Stalybridge .. 9 0 0 Manchester .. 26 3 3 Halifax .. 3 2 0 Clitheroe .. 10 0 0 Mountain .. 0 16 Haworth .. 5 4 4 Whittington and Bolton .. 12 0 0 Cat .. .. 4 6 7 Chelmsford .. 2 2 8 J . Thornhill .. 0 6 0 Rochdale .. 1 11 8 William Wilson .. 0 16 Win . Lampard .. 4 10 _S Geo . Bon .. 0 0 6 Win . Fierce .. 0 3 0 Jas . Hill .. 0 10 0 Thos . Kyne .. 0 6 0 Geo . Brass .. 0 110 Bermondsey .. 0 2 5 Wigan .. 2 3 0 A . Blatchley .. 0 10 Bridgewater , Chepstow <• 0 4 0 Tweedy .. 0 7 0 Ashburt . n .. 3 l £ t _. Kenilworth .. 2 0 0 Holjtown .. 2 1 . 2 S . II . Calt .. 0 10 Swindon .. 7 4 0 T . R . E . _l'owelL . 0 2 4 Northwich .. 0 15 0 Oldham .. 5 0 0 Ashton -
under-W . SpnnghaVl .. 5 . 4 Lyne .. 19 5 8 Stourbridge m 4 15 6 Stow - on - -he-Liverpool .. 3 l 0 Wold .. 7 2 0 Rochester .. 7 lo 0 __ o . rm . rth .. 5 13 4 Dewsbury .. 12 16 0 Maccesnc'd .. 7 0 0 Wandsworth .. 0 13 7 Ragland .. 0 6 o Geo . Green .. 0 10 0 Tor _.-uay .. 2 IS 3 Xorthwich .. 0 13 4 Gainsborough .. 4 5 0 Nottingham .. 7 8 3 Doncaster .. 13 7 7 Wolverhampton 5 0 0 Leeds .. .. 5 0 0 Stafford .. 0 7 6 Nuneaton .. 0 16 Stalybridge .. 8 16 8 Derby .. 3 4 6 Red Marley ,. 1 11 2 Wm . Whitehead 10 0
Neiv Badford .. 2 7 5 Colne .. .. 0 IS 6 Bilston .. 8 0 0 Bradford .. 7 0 0 W . Birr . ]* , Leith 5 . 0 Bramhope .. 1 12 6 C Burns , Blytli .. 0 5 0 Bacup ., 5 0 0 J . Todd , ditto .. 6 5 0 Birmingham .. 0 10 0 Bath .. .. 26 18 0 Banbury .. 30 0 0 Hexham .. 0 10 6 Leicester , Astill .. 9 0 0 Hull .. .. G 11 6 Barnsley .. 5 0 0 Chipping Norton 0 7 4 Northampton .. 15 0 0 Northampton .. 5 0 0 Charles Bell .. 5 4 4 Great Dawle . v .. 2 2 0 Wm . Reid .. 0 7 6 Middlesborough 0 14 8 Thomas Harri-Stockport .. lo 0 0 son .. .. 10 0 Romford M . 00 Hammersmith ., o 10 0 £ 415 12 3
EXPENSE FDND . Jonah Bonell .. 0 2 0 Birmingham Halifax ,. 1 13 0 ( Ship ) .. 0 2 0 Bridgewat . r .. 0 16 Stockton-on-Tees 0 7 6 W . Springall .. 0 2 0 Newport , _Mon-Stourbridge .. 0 4 6 mouth » 0 8 6 Liverpool ., 01410 Wootton-under-Mossley ,. 0 2 0 Edge .. 0 7 0 W . Shaw .. 0 10 Norwich .. 0 7 0 Dewsbury .. 0 10 1 Astbui-ton .. 0 16 Geo . Green .. 0 2 0 Swindon .. 216 0 Northwich .. 0 16 Torquay _.. 0 7 5 Nottingham .. 1 11 9 Derby .. 020 Stalybridge _ . 13 4 Colue .. .. 0 19 Bath .. .. ( i 10 0 Coventry .. 10 0 l _ . x ' ia __ - ,. 013 o Birmingliam , Hull .. .. o 10 0 Fare ,, 0 5 0 Great Dawley .. 0 3 0 Chas . Bell .. 0 2 0 " £ 14 a 2
FOR THB BANS . Sums previousl y acknowledged 2 , 138 15 i For the Week ending tlie 20 lh May .. .. 221 7 1 £ 2 , 360 3 T . M . Wheel .., Financial Secretary .
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Leeds .--Frightful Colliery Explosion . —A terrific explosion of fire-damp occurred at a colliery belonging to Messrs Harding and Co ., New Ball , Beeston , about two mile , from Leeds , by which seven individuals have lost their lives , and another has received injuries from which he is not expected torecover . The explosion took place about nine o ' clock on Monday morning last . The miners in the course of their labours broke into an old pit , from which the confined and inftararaable gas issued , and thi . communicating with the lights used in the pit caused an almost instantaneous explosion . Six of the unfortunate persons who were at work in the pit were killed on the spot , and two others were jot out a'ive and conveyed to the Leeds Infirmary . One of them has since died . The names and ages are as follows : — George B . ll , 15 ; Aaron Bell , 20 ; George Oddie , 29 ; Wm . _Westermao , 12 ; Joseph _Longstaff , 55 , Charles Daek , U * , and John flail , 10 . Mr Blackburn ; coroner for the borough of Leeds , wiil hold aa inquest on the bodies .
A dealer in flour at Caen , named Palais , who is also a baker , has just been sentenedto a month ' s imprisonment and a fine of l _. OOOf ., for making a fictitious return of the price at which he had sold flour Lb the market , in order that the tarifi price oi bread might be raised . We learn , from Stockholm , that the King of Sweden has-jast appointed a commission charged to draw no a new tariff of customs , in which considerable -reduction , will be made and many prohibitionremoved .
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T _ iA __ ES . __ -. Cba __ k ot WiLrnL Mu _. deii ,-- Gilbert Macdonald , a ship joiner , was _ebarged with the wilful murder of hit wife Agnes , the particulars of which we stated in last week ' s Star , and against whom the coroner ' s jury had already returned a verdict of wilful mur . der , for having beat bis wife in a brutal manner on the afternoon of Saturday , the 8 th instant ; and jumped upon her . She died of a rupture of the Intestines fourteen hours afterward ! , and it was proved on the inquest tbat two ribs were fractured , and that she had also received other injuries sufficient to cause death . The surgeon had never seen a body more horribly bruised and mangled than that ofthe deceased . On Monday all tbe witnesses examined before the coroner repented their evidence , and the prisoner ' s son , a boy _tybt years of age , again deposed to his father ill-using his mother , aud jumping upon her . An additional witness , William
Taphn , a police constable , No . 234 K , was examined for the first time on Monday . He stated thatUacdonald had been twice in custody before for beating the deceased and that in 1839 she was in the hospital for three weeks , in consequence ef her husbtnd cutting ber head open with a candlestick . The deceased was addicted to drink _, ing , and had been very often in custody for drunkenness . The prisoner , on being called on for his dtfence _. held down his head and said nothing . Mr Ballantine said—11 1 shall commit you for wilful murder . " - _Thedepositiens were then formally taken , and in the afternoon they were read over tothe prisoner , who appeared to bo labouring under great mental excitement , He so _. b . _ loudly , and continually exclaimed , " The Lord have mercy ou me I" Ue kissed bis boy in a most affectionate manner , and was led from the dock in a state of mind bordering on distraction .
MARLBOROUGH-STREET . —A New Vebsion or "His-obic Fancies . "—Mr Clarkson , accompanied by Viscount Pollington _, tbe member for Poatefracr _, and several other gentlemen , applied for a peace warrant against the Hon . G . P , S , Smjthe _, member for the city of Canterbury , under the following circumstances : — Mr Clarkson said be was deputed by the noble viscount to make application to the magistrate for a peace warrant againsttbe hon . member for Cantei bury , for endeavouring to provoke the noble viscount to a breach of the peace , by inciting him to fight a duel . It appeared that on the previous evening the noble viscount was surprised at receiving a letter from Mr Smy the , whicli was couched in such strong terms as to cause him much alarm , _, The purport of the letter was , tbat the writer had received a communication from Lord Manners of the noble viscount ' s intention te take the chair at the ensuing Eton
dinner , which is to take place on Saturday next ,-and calling upon him , as a man ol honour , and tbe son-in-law of the Eur 1 of Orford , to forego that intention , on pain of being called upon by tbe honourable writer to give that satisfaction due from one g _. ntl _. man to another . He ( Mr Clarkson ) did not feel bound to make the letter public , but would call upon t _« noble viscount to _Bt . te upon oath that the above letter was written by the Honourable Mr Smjthe , ivitli the intention of provoking a breach of the peace . Viscount Pollington , on betug sworn , said that on the previous evening he received the letter produced by the learned gentleman , and _identified it as being in the handwriting of the Honourable Mr - " mythe . He believed it to have been written to provoke a duel . Mr Bingham said , on looking over the lettt-r he was led to b . lieve that a duel was intended , and to put _^ s top to tbe honourable member ' s warlike propensities he would grant the warrant .
On _. fotiday , the Hon . Mr _Smytne attended beforo Mr Bingham to put iu bail to keep the peace towards Viscount Pollington , M . P ., who had ou Saturday made , a diclaration to the effect , tbat in consequence of certain expressions in a letter written to bim by Mr Smjthe , he verily believed it was the intention ot Mr Smytbe to provoke him to a duel . Mr Bingham required two bail of £ 500 each , in addition lotbe defendant ' s own recogni * zance in £ 50-. Mr H . Baiilie ,. M . P ., and Mr B . Cochrane , M , P ., offered _themselves as bail , and were immediately accepted . Mr Smy the , who was accompanied by Lord John Manners and his bail , having executed tbe required formalities , then left the Court , .
SOUTHWARK . —Alleged Attempt at _Moedee . — James Morris , a young man , son ofa tradesman in Newin ton-causeway , was charged with having discharged a loaded pistol at Frances Mary Coleman Morris , his wife , with intent . to kill her . The complainant , a genteel looking young woman , stated she was married te the prisoner in March , 1846 , but was separated from him for some time , owing to his improper conduct , and since that time , had been living at home with her father , accountant and estate agent , at _Bridge-house-place . Or Friday last prisoner called on her , and said that he intended to give her a boa and shawl , asd begged that she would meet him the same evening , in erder that be might let her have them . She howerer refused to meet him alone , but intimated tbat sbe had no objection to be at the place of appointment with a female friend .
She was accordingly accompanied to Weyinoutb-strect by a Mrs Staples , a friend of the family . When they arrived at the place , the prisoner was waiting there tor them , and he led them through several obscure streets and lanes in the neighbourhood , until at length tbey came to arery unfrequented spot , when she , being imratieut , complained that he was leading them about to no purpose . Hesaid that they would get to the house where the boa and shawl | were immediately , and they stopped for a moment , aud while she stooped , the prisoner discharged a pistol at ber head . She heard the report , saw the flash , and a ' . se distinctly heard a whiz as ifa bullet or shot , she could not say which , passed near the side of her head . . At the same instant she ¦ creamed out , and-the prisoner ran one way and she another , until she reached a house , ' into wbich she ran
for protection . She added , that a warrant had been obtained against the prisoner a short time since for assaulting htr , aud that he did not appear to the process , nor bad she seen him for some time previously to the evening in question . In reply to Mr _Cottiughnm _, the complainant said she did not see the pistol , the act was done so instantaneously , but heard the click of the trigger , and the report at the moment the flash crossed her eyes . Her bonnet was not singed , aud she only suffered from tlje fright occasioned by such a circumstance . The prisoner had frequently quarrelled witb ber , and was of a very turbulent spirit , so much so , that he had been in custody , and held to bail for _ass _. ulting and threatening the life of his own mother , Mrs Ann Staples corroborated this evidence . Prisoner—This is all a cons piracy against me . I did not fire a pistol at
my wife , for , in fact , I bad no pistol to fire , Th re was no report or flush , or anything of tbe kind . If I bad fired a pistol I should have run away , but I remained near the spot , where my wife said she was shot at , and it is not likely if 1 had attempted tuch au act , that I should have stopped behind . Her father as well as herself bave a spite against me and all thoy want is to get rid of me by any means through law . Her father took out a warrant against me on purpose to have me locked up , and he was the cause of our separation . When my wife left me , she went under the protection of another man . She afterwards left the man , and I took her in again , and lately she went down t . Dudley to her grandmother ' s , and hid only recently come up from that place , when , by her father ' s interference , we again se . unrated , and I declare that the story about the _plst _. 1 is
all a fabrication . Mr Cottingham—Then do you deny being with your wife and Mrs Staples on the evening of Friday ? Prisoner—I was with them , your worship . I wrote a note to my wife to come for her shawl that was iu my possession , and she came with Mrs Staples for it , and sbe screamed out all in a moment , and ran away , saying that I had fired at ber . I did make a noise with my finger and thumb , and likely sbe might have supposed it was the click of a pistol , but it was no such thing ; it ' s all a plan to get rid of me , as my _. vife thinks then tbat she can do as she pleases . I again declare most solemnly that I had no pistol , and that it ' s all a base conspiracy to ruin me . Mr Ballantine now called forward the complainant , and asked her particular whether she could have been mistaken on the
occasionwhether tlie noise he described he made with his finger and thumb might have been mistaken by her for the noise of the trigger of a pistol ! Ther . plywas that she ( complainant ) could not have been _mlttnken on the point ; that she distinctly heard the report , as well as the neisemade by a bullet or shot passing near her bead . ' Mrs Staples was also re-called , and she still adhered to the inaccuracy of thc prisoner ' s statement ; that it was ridiculous for the _pruoner to assert that he had .. snapped hi- fingers , for she distinctly saw the flash , and heard the report of a pistol close to the complainant ' s bead . Mr Cottingham said he sbould remand the prisoner in order that inquiry should be forthwith made respecting the pistol used on the occasion , and also to procure the attendance of some other parties who heard the report ofthe weapon at tbe time it was fired off .
On re-examination , on the following day , other witnesses were examined—none of whom had heard the report of a pistol—and after additional evidence , Mr Cottingham said it was very extraordinary no person had come forward who had heard the report of a i _isto ! on the night in question , although several people were about at the time . Mr Cottingham , after commenting on the evidence at considerable _length , said , under all circumstances he should remand the prisoner in order to give further time to collect evidence . MARYLEBONE . —The Police Again * . —Two females , Martha Pateman and Sarah _Haynes , described as needlewomen , were charged with robbery , and an allegation or a serious nature was made against a _policeofficer . Harme _. r 101 S , gave evidence to the effect that , on Tuesday morning , about two o ' clock , be met the prisoners in Clarenceroad , Camden Town , and observing that tlicy had something under their shawls , asked tbem what it was . Their
replies were not satisfactory , and on pulling the said shawls open he found upon each of the prisoners two plants in pots , which Pateman stated that she bad been authorised by another censtablc to take from tbe window of a bouse . Tbey were then conveyed to the station and locked up . Mrs Ha . vey , L _. yborn-TOad , Camden Town , identified the four plants as being her property . Pateman had set forth that the constable who had told ber that she might bave the plants had been guilty of indecent behaviour towards her , and the officer Cooper , 278 S , who was doing duty on the beat , was accordingly sent for , when she immediately recognised him as the person by whom she had bee _ ill-treated . The whole of the evidence in support of the charge of robbery having been given , the prisoner ( Pateman ) was asked what she had to say , Pateman : ' 1 _' our _worship _, as I was going down the road , I met 276 ( pointing to Cooper * , He began pulling me about , aad turning on bis lamp showed me the plants , frbi . li h » laid J might take Away for what they were good
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for . - - He then forced tee ' Into a building , where he took very indecent liberties with me . Mr Rawlinson : Do you mean tbat he had connection with yoii there _f Pateman : Y « b , sir . Mr Rawlinson : Where was the other woman , Haynes _« Pateman : She was outside , sir j aad had done all she eould , to prevent him from taking me Into the house . As we were going away with the plants we met the other policeman , and I told him that 27 C had said I might have thera . Haynes said " The policuman gave us leave to have the flowers , and I saw bim drag ber into tbe building . » Cooper _averted that all that had beea stated by the prisoners was false . Mr Rawlinson committed both the prisoners for trial , and told Inspector Champneys that when it eame on , it would be advisable for Cooper to be present .
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, _i-, FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDUSTRY . " Union for the Mittion . The central committee of the above Association beg to inform their numerous friends that , in consequence of their having to proceed to Birmingham to meet the country portion of their body , they are not able to give any report . This paper will contain a lengthy report of the proceedings of the Annual Conference of our body in its next week ' s impression .
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TRADES ' MOVEMENTS . ii n 1 ' - * _" - - _^ _" ¦ _" _m' Operative Sowm for the Physical , Moral , and Mental Improvement of its Members . —The above society , whieh only dates its foundation from October last , already numbers more than threo hundred members , and is rapidly _progressiuif . The founders of the society seeing the demoralising influenc _. 3 , and the want of business habits engendered by meeting for trades purposes in _ta-erns , resolved to effect a change for the better . With this view they drew up an address—anil , to use the-words ofthe president , " got the trades own journal , the Northern Star , to publish it whole and entire . " They wero speedily enabled te take a portion ofthe Literary and Scientific Institution , Johnstreet , _Tottenliam-courfc-road , as offices , where tl-c committee meet for the transaction of business , every . Wednesday evening . The objects of the society
are—Firstly , —The thorough organisation ef their own body as a trade . Secondly , —To elevate themselves in the scale of society , mentally , morally , socially , and physically . . To which end they purpose establishing classes for mutual instruction in their own peculiar line of business , in order that they may become equally proficient with French or other artists in designing and ornamental painting . To have frequent lectures delivered on scientific subjects , interesting to the trade at large . To establish a library of particular and general books . To provide an asylum or provident college for their aged and infirm members .
They hope , at ' 'a * very early period , to be enabled either to lease or purchase an Operative Ilouse Painters Trades' Hall . As " all work and no p lay makes Jack a dull boy , '' they very wisely resolveto furnish forth some unexceptionable and most agreeable recreation for its members , the profits resulting from which to go in support of the wise and benevolent objects of the institution . Accordingly a festival took place in the hall of the Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , Tottenham-corn troad , on Monday evening , May 17 , designated by tbe French and somewhat aiistocratic title of a soiree musicale dansante , but was neither more nor less than a very agreeable concert , ball , and tea party . The platform was tastefully decorated with two monster vases , filled with fragrant flowers . The
Apollomcon Society lent their valuable aid on tbe occasion , and , aided by the choir of the institution very ably performed several ofthe most admired compositions of those great masters , Weber , Bishop , « -c , - Mr Jennings was the leader on the occasion , Miss Deither presided at the organ , and Mr Webb officiated as master of the ceremonies . The ball consisted ofthe most fashionable and popular dances of the day . In the course of the evening an excellent tea was supplied in Mr Davies ' s best style to not less than two hundred and fifty of the company , much io their satisfaction . Between the first and second parts ofthe concert ball , for song and dances followed alternately . The _president'delivered an appropriate address . The evening was spent in the greatest hilarity .
Ins _Annu-L Cosferesce of the Boor asd _Shoemarkrs was opened at Bury , Lancashire , on Monday , May 3 rd , when the followine delegates took their seats : —West-End Men ' s Men , Mr Warner ; City Men ' s Men , Mr M ' Carthy ; Sheffield , Mr Sullivan ; Stafford , Mr Ward ; Northampton , Mr Reams ; Leeds , Mr Stewart ; Leeds section , Mr Brook ; Birkenhead , Mr Wattleworth ; Belfast , Mr Ward ; Ashton , Mr Gudgeon ; Bury , Mr Ireland . Blackburn , Mr Cruise ; _Newcastle Mr Leeman ;' Carlisle , Mr _M'Vey . Mr _M'lntyi _. was allowed to take his seat ns a member of the Administrative Committee . Mr Daniel Sullivan was called to the cbair , nnd Mr Ireland to the vice-chair . Mr M' Intyre was elected as sub-secretary to the Conference . The Conference sat the whole ofthe week . The following is a brief account of the principal business transacted .
A very lengthened discussion took place on the propriety of raising an Available Fund . Several delegates argued that unless the association was based on the principles of property , their efforts to amend the condition of their fellow-shopniates would prove unavailing . It was finally resolved , on the motion of Mr Warner , a circular be issued to every section of the association , containing a resolution to be voted on by all its members proposing a regular contribution of 2 d . per week , the one-half to be appropriated to an available fund , the other half to pay the general expenses of the association . It was proposed by Mr Leeman that the expenses of the present Conference be paid by an equal levy on all the members to be inclosed in the circular . Carried , by the chairman giving his casting vote in favour of ths motion .
On Wednesday several delegates gave in their reports from their respective districts . Mr Gudgeon , from Ashton , explained tbat a reduction had taken place on a certain description of work some time ago . and tbe masters had given notice of another reduction . It was agreed that the subject should be taken into consideration when tbe Conference knew the result of the circular respecting the available fund . The case at Blackburn was ordered to lie over in like manner . On Thursday Mr Sullivan gave in a long report of the . various reductions that had taken place iu Sheffield . A report was sent in frora the Nottingham trades stating the reasons for not sending a
delegate ; and recommending Trienial Conferences instead of annual . The report of Mr Warner recommended the _^ appointment of a central committee in London to govern the affairs of the association . Mr M'Carthy also recommended a similar committee , and likewise recommended the appointment ofa lecturer to agitate the country . A report was read from Leicester recommending the raising of an Available Fund . The following members were ap * pointed as an Auditory Committee : —Mr .. earns , Mr M'Vey , Mr Ireland , Mr Ward of Sheffield , Mr Sullivan , and as a revising committee , —Mr Wattleworth , Mr M'lntyre , Mr Warner , Mr Ward of Belfast , Mr M'Carthy .
On Friday a letter was received here from the West End Women ' s Men , desiring a committee be appointed to investigate the reason fov theiv suspension . On Saturday afternoon the auditory committee reported they had fouud every item entered in the secretary ' s and treasurer ' s books . A vote of thanks was given to the treasurer . The Conference adjourned at half-past eight o ' clock . In thc course of the week the following delegates were appointed to visit the undermentioned towns;—Mr Leeman and Mr Stewart , Oldham ; Mr Ward of Stafford , and Mr M'lntyre , Roohdale and Heywood ; Mr KeaniB , Mr M'Carthy , and Mr Sullivan , Bolton ; Mr Brook and Mr Ireland , Hal * shaw Moor and Radcliff . Meetings were held in each of these places , and th . reports ofthe delegates were considered highly satisfactory .
Thk _LosnoN Mechanics' and Ikvkntorb' Sociktt , established under thc patronage ef T . S . Duncombe , Esq . M . P ., for the purpose of securing protection for the Inventions of Workine Men . —A public dinner of the members and friends of this society was held at White Conduit Ilouse , Pentonville _, on Monday evening , May the 17 th , at whieh about one hundred friends sat down . At 7 o ' elock T . S . Duncombe , Esq . accompanied by Charles Cochrane , Esq . entered thc room , loudly applauded . The honourable member for Finsbury was called to the chair , supported by Charles Cochrane , Esq . and S . C . Horry , htq ., _barristcr . _at-law . At the cross table we noticed J . Duncombe , Esq ., and many scientific and literary men who take an interest in mechanical and
scientific inventions . Ihe dinner was served up m Mr Rouse ' s usually excellent style . Immediately the cloth was cleared the chairman rese , greeted with renewed applause , and introduced Mr Campion to read the report , which setforth that tho society was now in a position to avail itself of public opinion and support ; it sprang into existence during the year 1845 , and was founded by the persevering exertions of Mr Vincent Price , and had proceeded with varying sue cess until 18 _ G , when it succeeded in obtaining the inestimable assistance support , and patronage of T . S ; Duncombe , Esq . M . P ., ( loud cheers , ) and in the month of July in that year , they ( the members ) had held an enthusiastic and densely-crowded meet . ing in the Literary and Scientific Institution , Leicester-square , over whioh the honourable member for Finsbury presided ; since which time they had succeeded in taking offices for the purposes of the society at 112 , High Uoiborn _, and Dra Magenniaand
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Reece Price , C . Shad well , Esq ., and other scientific * gentlemen , had given them their countenance and support . . The had also the pleasure to announce that S . C . Horry and — Warneford ,: _Esqrs _^ _ihare placed their legal services at the disposal of the _sooiety , gratuitously ( loud cheers ); and the' soeiety was now in a fair way to carry out the objects of the institution- the protection of the inventions of the working men ( much applause . ) The chairman again rose and said , it would have afforded him more pleasure to have seen a greater number present _. however , it was matter of surprise under the difficulties which the society had to encounter in its infancy , that it survived at all ( lieir , hear . ) He was sorry to say tbat his experience showed him , that societies
founded by and for the beneht ot tne wonting classes , were so frequently disturbed and broken up by _pettyjealousies , fends and internal discord ( hear , hear . ) He was happy to find this society had surmounted those difficulties , and was now in a fair way of success ( loud cheers . ) He frequently found that masters had snatched ideas from their workmen , and put their theory into practice , thereby realising immense ! fame and fortune ; and that , too , without benefiting the workman to the amount of a fraction ( hear , hear , ) and the law allowed this . Some would say , why not alter the law ? ' It was very easy to say so , much easier to say it than do it . The fact waB , Parliament represented Capital , and Labour had very little chance from its memb . rs , therefore the
working classes must look to an institution of this kind for protection for their inventions ( loud cheers . ) It afforded him great pleasure to give , " Success to the London Mechanics' and Inventors' Society , and health and happiness to its founder—Mr Vincent Price . " Given with _threetimes three . Mr Vincent Price returned thanks for the compliment . Mr C . S . Horry proposed the next sentiment : — "Freedom from all impost on Industry , " and delivered an excellent address , which was loudly cheered . " Our Friends in and out of Parliament" "Health of our Patron , " and other toasts , were subsequently honoured . The room was then cleared for dancing , .. Rd the conviviality of the evening was kept up till a la . ' p .
hmir-THE SCOTTISH WEAVERS AGAIN . The letter given below was received last week , but we could not then find room for it . The offer we made to Mr Steel of , Ayr , we repeat to Mr Cochrane , the party complained of in the following letter ; if he is therein misrepresented , our columns will be open for his reply .
TO IHK . EDl-OB OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sir ,-1 have ju-t read the letter of Robert Alexander , weaver , published in last week ' s Star , setting forth the wrongs inflicted on him by the manufacturer Steel , a name whicli ( by the way ) is very applicable to the hearts of a considerable portion of the order to which he belongs ; and while 1 would congratulate my fellow-workmen on tho privilege we enjoy of having at least one journal ever ready to espouse the cause of the oppressed , permit me , sir , to request you to give insertion to the _foliowinj ; : —In September , 18 i 5 , the net-shawl weavers ot Paisley , together with those of Barrhead , formed themselves into an association , with a view to maintain the iate 3 of payment they were then receiving for that description of work . Tbey accordingly drew up a table of
prices , which was agreed to by the manufacturers , and for a considerable time matters seemed to go on pretty favourably .. However , the grinding disposition , thc insatiable avarice of seme men , cannot be restrained , even by the most sacred moral obligation . About the latter end of August last , it was _whisicred that Thomas Cochrane , a manufacturer here , was paying some of his weavers at the rate of 25 per cent . less than the table price . A deputation waB appointed by the weavers to wait on him , with a view to ascertain whether such was the case or not ; when he answered in the affirmative , but attempted to justify himself , by saying certain weavers had offered to take the work from him at that reduced rate . He said he had no demand for the work at the time , and that it was merely out of sympathy for their
suffering condition that he was induced to give them the work , even on such conditions . Now , it is a notorious fact , that whilst he and another manufacturer in Barrhead were carrying on a rare trade for months , there was scarce a manufacturer in Paisley could afford to make a web , notwithstanding among the latter there were many old-established and very respectable houses , while it is only a year or two since the former left off weaving . About Christmas last the manufacturers of Paisley told their weavers that it was impossible for them to make work unless they ( the weavers ) would agree to a reduction , to enable them to competewih the manufacturers of Barrhead . Accordingly , a reduction of 25 per cent , was agreed to . But the sliding scale propensities of our Barrhead worthies had not even then reached
its depth , for three months had not elapsed before another reduction , not of 25 per cent _, but of 30 to 35 per cent , was sought , and , I blush to say , agreed to . Barrhead manufacturers especially have a very ingenious method of effecting their ob- * jcet of cheapening labour , of which I will give an instance . An intimate acquaintance of mine who had been working for Mr Cochrane , engaged with him to weave a fabric , for which he was to receive 7 dp _. r shawl , and to have two webs at that price ; however , after finishing thc first web and taking it into the warehouse , Mr Cochrane said , '' Well , I cannot give you another web , unless you are prepared to work it . at Gd . " " 0 , " _says the weaver , " you know I was _engaged for two , and to be paid 7 d per shawl for each . " Well , Iknow that , '' said this very liberal taskmaster , whose unbounded sympathy for pocr id . ' e ve _. _veis
( induces him to give them employment when he has * no earthly use for their work—he , kind soul ! in the depth of his generosity never contemplates for a moment the possibility that in the course of a few weeks he may be enabled to take the goods produced _, by those " paupers , " as he terms them , into the same market with the manufacturer , who has had to p 3 y from 25 to 30 per cent , more for weaving the samedescription of work ) , — " I knowyour engagement well enough , but I have engaged several weavers since at Gd , so you must either say that Gd shall bo the price of both webs , else you shan't have _anoiher web from me . " Such is merely a sketch ofthe doings of an individual or two , who , in the most unprincipled manner , have enriched themselves , by reducing the working man to starvation point , and-riven , the honourable manufacturers entirely out of the market .
The weavers of Barrhead , although they have higherto patiently submitted to repeated reductions , are now beginning to arouse themselves . Nearly the whole body , I understand , have agreed to become members of the National Trades' Union . This , at least , is a step in the right direction . On Tuesday evening last a scene of somewhat novel _character was witnessed here . A little after seven o ' clock an effigy , said to represent the party above referred to , wns paraded through the town , followed bythouands . After going the whole round ofthe town , it . was stationed directly in front of that gentleman ' s door , where it was burned to ashes , amidst a concourse of from 4 , 000 to 5 , 000 speo _tators .
In conclusion , I must state that on the following day Mr Cochrane was remarkably _courteous to a deputation of weavers who waited on him , and agreed to their terms without the least hesitation . I fear I have encroached too much on your valuable space , but as none of our local papers would condescend to insert a sentence of what I have related , I trust you will find space for it . I am , Sir , Yours respectfully , Barrhead , May 9 , 18 _ 7 . Duncan Robinson . Halifax —A deputation from Keighley has beea
visiting the various trade bodies in this town , with thc view of inducing them to join the National Association of United Trades . Some have agreed to unit * with thc National Association immediately . Lancashire Misers . —The next general delegate meeting of Lancashire miners will be held at the Gibraltar Tavern , Scholes , Wigan , on Monday , the 31 st of May . Chair to be taken at eleven . ' clock in thc _forenoan . Thero will also be a publie meeting and a procession ofthe miners in Wigan and the surrounding districts , in honour of W . P . Roberts , Esq . The meeting will be held on Amberwood common .
Austria, Bavaria, And Saxont. — " In All...
Austria , Bavaria , and Saxont . — " In all the Austrian po 3 . fs . ions , " says a German writer , "bigotry and eating form the base ofthe national character . The most degrading passions always surround despotism . A people reduc . d to slavery is necessarily vile . The Protestant circles are enlightened , industrious , ready to defend liberty . Germany may , therefore , be said to present two horizons—oneof darkness , the other of light . Nothing can be more striking than the difference which exists between Bavaria and Saxony . The natural advantages are equal , the results are not so . Saxony has eighteen great cities and 206 small towns ; Bavaria about forty in all . Among the small towns
of Saxony there are at least fifty richer than the moBt opulent of Bavaria . Saxony has a population of nearly 2 , 000 , 000 ; Bavaria , 1 , 180 , 000 . Saxony raises a revenue of 11 , 000 , 000 of _florini * . _Bavarii raises not more than 6 , 000 , 000 . In Bavaria the peop le are poor , idle , and ignorant . In Saxony they are industrious , aotive , and enlightened . Bavaria is remarkable for superstition , the congregation of Jesuits , 200 convents , and 5 , 000 priests . In Saxony Protestantism and toleration reign , with love of literature and civil liberty . Bavaria seems to have imbibed , in the neighbourhood of Austria , rude manners and stupidity . Saxeny has drawn from Prussia the lights of philosophy which flourished under the immortal Frederick . "
Furtbbr Rise is thr Pkicb of Brkad . —On Tuesday morning the bakers throughout the metropolis made another rise in the price of bread . The firstrate-bakers at the west-end now charge Is . 2 d . and l _ . 3 d . the best bread ; second-rate bakers Hid . to ls . oid . th _« ilb _ . w News was received on Friday afternoon of tbe to _tallosBOf the brig David , of _lpguieh , Captain Wen br-om , in the Baltic , off the coast of Sweden by being run down by a barque . We deeply regret to Bay thatthe captain , _aj-dtnate met with a watery grave ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 22, 1847, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_22051847/page/5/
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