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! In the next sentence , you say that the land I must be sold to meet the withdrawals . It is to me , a most melancholy . task to be obHired to expose the unpardonable ignorance audinagnificance of one who assumes the office of . public instructor ; Whyi you bqpby ! dotbu unagine that any man would pay ki money into the bank on Monday for the purpose of drawing it out on the Saturday ? and were you not aware that from the very nature of the Land operations , there must , at all times , be ! S «! £ » approp ^ i P ital of from 20 , 000 to a 0 , 000 l : vested in Exchequer bills , bearinffinta £ at the rate of 4 ? . Us . 3 d . centTand .
per exchangeable ujto bank-notes or gold , at three minutes notice ? and were you not aware that before such an amount could be exhausted by a . tun , of which timel y notice should be given , tnat , u necessary , any amount required to meet the whole demand would be raised upon mortgage , or by depositing the title deeds . But you speak as if the National Land and Labour Bank , its incomicgs and outgoings , were like two empty buckets , never replenished ; whereas , apart from all other securities , I venture to assert , that confidence in
me , confidence in the land , and the absence of those usual tricks by which banks are usually conducted , would enable me to meet any run in a single week , as there would be 20 s . deposited for every pound drawn . . But how the attorneys , if they readthe Dispatch , must laugh at you for repudiating landed security . In another sentence you say , that at periods of stagnation , over trading , or other causes , a run might be made upon the bank which it could not meet * and . verily , just at this
PERIOD OF DERANGEMENT , OVERISSUING OF PAPER , AND STAGNATION , you assign a most laughable reason for the Land Bank , net being able to meet suchacrisis . Here it is : — 'Because its assets not being employed on discounts , would not be realised in cash , as the bills run out . ' Now , just observe what a fool 1 will make of you . The National Land and Labour Bank is to be hampered because some of its capital is LOCKED UP IN LAND , while that property would be available to meet a run if it
was locked up in bills that have three , four , five , and six ' months to run ! And , ? mark , you shall not sneak out of the hobble bv telling us that those bills might be discounted because I tell you , that at periods of overissuing _ paper , over-trading , or stagnation of trade-rfirstly , that , those bills would not be available , except at a sacrifice which the depositors , and not the traders , should bear or mightbecome WASTE PAPER-SAUNDERSON and Co . TO WIT . There is one thi £ that either you had not the brains to comprehend , or the honesty to admit—namelv that
notice must be given of the withdrawal of sums beyond a certain amount . Then you appear to forget that there is such a fund as the Redemption Department , which is also security to the depositors in the Depoat Department ; and you appear to forget that the depositors have the further security that , if there was a run upon the bank , the 50 , 000 or 60 , 000 members now enrolled would ; upon a simple application from me , transmit 40 s . to meet every pound within the period that it could be withdrawn . " Then you appear to that have
forget I a little property : myself left , besides a thing called the Northed Star , that would fetch more money now than the Dispatch ; and there is one little circumstance that all you blunderbusses of the press have omifts-d" to state to my dupes , and your own 'v ; rJs , ior whose interest you express , and no » k'ubt fed , such an anxious solicitude , and it is tbisf—that I liave rendered my very bed , anil every particle of property I ' possess in the world , liable to the depositors ; while , by no possibility , could 1 ttske one fraction profit by the Bank . '
There is not a working maa in England who has n ^ t more confidence h \ me than in any banker in the norid ; and so he ought . And then , you immaculate nincompoop , you go on with your balderdash about the manager being asked for money , and the manager telling the depositor he has no money—why , you foolish creature , do you suppose you could pawn such nonsense upon sane men . What has a
manager to do with the Land and Labour Bank , any more than a manager has to do with any other bank , or the clerk or book-keper has to do with the affairs of their principal beyond keeping his accounts ? Would you think it fair or just to hold you liable for a bill of Mr Harmer , your master ? Then you ask , wh . it are the names of the firm ? The names are—Feargus O Connor , Esq ., M . P ., and the people of England .
Again , mark your folly ; in the next sentence you show the danger to each shareholder in a Joint Stock Bank ; and then , in the next sentence , you show the danger of any one man having the supreme cohtrouL and then you go to America for a DOLLOROUS case about one Mr Biddle . And then , haying disposed of the little security that is offered b y one man , you wind up thus : — Even where a number of merchants , well versed in the mysteries of book-keeping take part in the management of Joint Stock banks , it has been found practically impossible to prevent particular
officers and directors from accommodating themselves to an unlimited extent , and ' boltigg . Why , you incomprehensible arithmetician , you hadn ' t the brains to see that your folly is an argument against the existence of such a thing as a bank under any circumstance . An individual can ' t be security , and a joint stock company can't be security—then who is to be security 2 What is to be security ? or how is security to be arrived at ? I'll tell you . The National Land and Labour Bank is
the only security , because my manager will have my instructions not to discount the bill of Baring Brothers , accepted by the Bank of England . Don ' t you think that every man must have laughed at your concluding sentence about officers , managers , and porters , getting money upon their note of hand ? And , now , if you have read your own rubbish again and my exposure of it , what would you give that you had not made such an ass of yourself ?
There is just this little difference between what you consider security and what I consider security . When a depositor places his money in another bank the banker does exactly what he pleases with it—he has friends and will discount their bills , has favorites and will renew their bills , and , according to the depression of times and the ti ghtness of money , he will g ive a depositor any interest he
requires for his good , solid , substantial capital , and the moment it passes out of the depositors ' hands it is in ' KITES / flying about the country , yea , about the world ; some of the feathers in America , some in China , some in India , some in raw cotton , and some in depressed twist , while the poor depositor is veeping over his folly , and his misplaced confidence .
Now , wise man , just mark the difference between me and my customer ^ and the first bank in the world and its customers . I can ' t make a loss while the profits go to my customers , and their capital is invested in the best security in the world . The otfcer banker promises an amount of interest commensurate with the value of money ; and the depositor receives none of the profit upon the banker ' s speculation , whde he botrs all the loss if it fads . For . wstance , in hard tiroes a banker will give 4 , 5 , or 6 per cent , for mnnm ,. „„ ..
the presumption that some ROGUE IN GRAIN , speculating upon a large profit upon the people sfooa , will give him 10 per cent . Well , the rogue in grain does just as he pleases with the depositors * money ; he buys com abroad for ninety shillings a quarter , sells it at home for forty-five shillings , leaving the depositor not ten shillings in the pound , but ten shillings in the pound for the legal harpies who shall have the trouble of winding up the affairs of the firm . The same may be said of a speculator in cotton , or the speculator in labour to manufacture cotton , or of holders ol
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I TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DISPATCH . " I ( OmStauifrm asfirttpageJ I has read the above jumble , kas had a hearty I roar over it . Why , you funny creature , did i you think that anyone man would believe H you , that any other man asked you what he 1 should do with his money ? I Now , if you had said our dear friend Eliza ings in the National Land and > Labour Bank , I men could understand you ; but the idea of the I leaders of the Dispatch having anything to 1 spare , is rather too ludicrous . Now , when I you wrote the first sentence , you knew that you wrote a wilful , a mean , a paltry , a
vindictire lie ; you knew that not a soul asked you lach a question , but the fact is , that the dedining circulation of the Dispatch has chilled I the blood of every man connected with that I falling establishment . Now I assert a fact , stated by acorrespondent , and it is , that the Dispatch has lost over I 35 , 000 of its circulation ; and is like the be-B flighted traveller , groping about to see where it shall find a resting place—whether in the bosom of Whiggism , Toryism , FreeTradeism , B jockeyism , thiefism , pugilism , policeism , or any B ofter ism ; and yet , lest yonr old readers , who B have now become pupils of mine , should not B be yet versed in the science of translating edi-B tonal rubbish , I must try to carve up your B ' pie' for my new pupils .
B Well , then , your first sentence is a lie . Your I second sentence is folly , because you never had I a decided opinion in your life , but yet I will answer that portion of it , about which there mi ght be a difference of opinion . You object B to the Land and Labour Bank , because , contrary to the essential rule of all other banks , it B gives the depositors LANDED SECURITY , * hile the bulk of the assets should be vested m what you call available securities . Ipref ^ e you meant Reid and Irving ' a notes , or aaunderson s bills , available to vour not
companions for lighting their pipes . There MI 1 Oaing more absurd , nothing more mean , II nothing more contemptible , than the attempt IB to base an argument upon a falsehood , for a II sinister and sp iteful purpose . And did you think to depreciate the value of landed security in the face of the fact that the most cunning Wers will prefer 3 § per cent ., secured upon laaded property , to five , six , seven , or eight pr cent ., secured upon the whim or the specuution of a discountingbanker , or a bill-broker ? " ere vou- aware that the subtle merchant
and manufacturer , who have been making fifty Per cent , all their lives by speculation in the labour of others , at last invest their whole savings , not in banks , but upon landed secu-* % at 3 and 3 J per cent ? And that those jawyers , those merchants , and traders , prefer ^« g depositors in the Land Bank for that amount of interest , and to wait in security for « , principal and all , to the chance of gettinff Joubie or treble the interest iu other speculations , and the doubt of ever receiving we principal .
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railway . shares , or < ft ^ speculators ' in those shares-in short , it applies to every toof bankers and bill ; discounters , except the National Land and Labour Bank , and to every class d £ depositors ,- except the depositors in the National Land and-Labour Bank . Now , Mr Editory will you just inform your readers upon this point . ; Landed proprietors , forthe most part , deposit their title deeds with their solicitors ; speculators in government stock confide solel y in the integrity of their brokers ; the purchasers of railway shares and the venders of railway shares confide in the integrity of their brokers—they receive the money , purchase the oronertv ; are in nns .
session of the money firstly , and secondly in the possession of the property , and they transfer that money to the vendor of the property , and . the property to the purchaser . Now mark how complete the analogy . The depositor transfers his money to me , 1 purchase the property , the onl y property that I profess to purchase with his money , and Jthat -j ) ropertv becomes his security . * Now the whole bond in both cases isY confidence , with this trifling difference , that if a bill-broker stock-broker , sharebroker , or banker fails , he is sure to receive
the sympathy of the Press , while the sufferers have the consolation of being told that it was a highly ^ respectable firm ; but , rather than increase its liabilities , was compelled to , surrender to the pressure of the times , with the honourable intention of preserving as large an amount of assets as possible for its creditors . -: Now a bit of advice , arid I have-done . " No man is disreputable « in that state of life to which it has pleased God to call him ; ' neither God or nature intended you for a public , instructor . Infach l don t know what nature ' s
journeyman cut you out for ; however , if you would be reputable in your proscribed state , abandon your present ; vocation and confine yourself to learning , and do not soar to the office of teacher ; and , above all things , do not teulies and hope to reason logically upon your own untenable falsehoods . Don ' t write politics either , unless it is about the necessary connection between Fleet-street and the Strand , and Fleet-street and Ludgate-hill . If poverty promises a profitable police trade , devote your energy , your time and skill to the chronicling events connected with that esta-i Wishment , or attend race courses and the ring ; but there you can ' t compete with BeWs'Ufe or tbe Sunday Times , so tbat . in fact , vou s »»
the narrowness of . your capacity renders the - ? , ^ ol J ow natural state a matter of no smalldifficulty ; therefore , as every man is born a . husbandman , and as fools can dig , in my philantroph y and generosity I have opened a market where the fool and the wise may compete upo n nearly equal terms , and , therefore , 1 would parentall y submit to you the prudence of purchasing a two-acre shafe-r-you couldn ' t manage four acres—and of depositing vour little weekly saving in the Redemption Department
or the Land and Labour Bank until you have laid up a sufficient amount to become the purchaser of your allotment , and thus free yourself from the casualties of banksi the caproceof an over-paper issue , the danger of overtrading , the horrors of stagnation , and the temptations of the gin palace . \ I remain ,. ' .., .. ; ,- -.- ¦ ' , Yeur best instructor and only friend , n c xt rr-.,. :- Fb *»< " 7 s O'Connor , ± \{> . JNqay will you , with equal candour as I have observed towards you , pubb ' sh my reply to your answer to . your correspondent ? V- ¦;¦ .:.... '' . ' .-. ' ¦ " f . 6 'c .
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" £ SJS * 1101 !? 8 t ! pUlaled t 0 bB «»^ between ^ 1 ^ of hi . entiy thereto , ana thereafter ^ m & ^ S S given fan , employer , fourteeu daj . ' . noUce of WslaWS to leave their employment , or received fourteon a » j » « no tioe from them , of their intention to diipenie ' with ' hii aervicei ; wbieh respectivo notice * can onl y be given on a R » y day , and in the pay office , to or by the Manligor , or the party aoting for the time as nay cl « k '• > :
II . —Every collier or minershall be ' bound If inhealtK to . ^ orklat leas t five foi l days work in each week - and the saidAJompw , shal ) bo bound to give him emplbyment for that time , but the said workmen BhaLl run the risk of being stopped in their work by a » y Wfore ' seeri accident or occurrence at , or to the works or machinery ; or durlnL , the period'bf neceag ' ary repairt ' thereoh , and shall be oouqd to work in any of the plta ' or mlues belonging to the said Iron Company or to remove from one ' pitor mine to asother when required , and shall" be paid wage » at the same rate as the other men employed at the pit or mine , to which he shall be sp removed ^ ; ' ' ' / nT ^" 7 collier or »>«>« shall bo bound to perform a full daj's work on each of fire days in e ach week as afore said , and il he fail to do so , he shall be held on tho report of the overs-raan cr pit-headsman ' to that tftVcf to have forfeited to , and authorised the said Iron Oom .
pany to retain from his wages . anj sum not exceeding fiveshillings for each day he may have--ib . failed , and that either at once from the fortnlghysVay , then current , or t » y instalments , to the option of the said Iron Company and in the option of the said Iron Company , he may bediBmissed from their serrice without' warning . Allmonev forfeited by any of the workmen for misconduct , shall be applied by the said Iron Company , in mil ^ proportionsPas 1 they may think ri ght to the promoUoti ' and eacb ' uragement of any friendly society or societies with ' which their workmen may be counectetJ , or for the purposeVf edu ' eating the children of the workmen ? ' or other purposes oonnected with education at the works . ' ' '¦ ¦' ¦* ; ' ' - ' ' . 1 ^ . —AU other workmeD , except colliers and miners ! shall be bound if in health tio work six full ^ ays in each woek , and the said Iron Company shall be bound to give them work to that amount ; but thp said workmen shall beliablo to bestbpped In the same way , as Stipulated as to colliers and miners in Article 2 nd , ana suffer com . sponding deduotlens from their wages - ^
. T .--rnall disputes respecting the quantity or cleanness of coal or iroastone put out from any of the said Iron Company ' s pits ; the same shall be finally settled by reference to the ont , put book kept hy the clerk or hm ' g . man at the pit where such disputes shall arisei arid the tntries made therein shall be held as evidence , and shall be couchulva against all parties . Every hutch of coals may , la the option of thai manager or hills-man , be cleared of dros » by being riddled through a" one and o quarter of an inch riddle wh « n taken from ths pit and if when afterwards weighed it shall be found deficient in weight , the price of mining or working the same shall bi forfeited . . ¦ ' . .
¦ VI . —Every workman employed in any of the said Iron Company ' s pits or mines , shall be bound to giro instant information to tha overs-maii , or in his aBsence to the roads-msn tothe pit'he shall ' be working in , of the existence of any foul air , chokedamp , fire damp , or otherms& Immediatel y on its being obcerved by him / and on his ohiervmg the ptosenca of firedamp , or on its pre-Knee beiugreported to ^ im . bi coming to his knowledge - he Uspeclally prohibited from entering or anprAacliJhg the placo wJiere it m ' Byhave bo ' ea obwmd " orrepoii ^' to be , with any oth « lao » por light than a DBvylnmp , untii ' t&e pit or mine shall liavo been ' reported safo by the orew-aian « rother person emp ! o > -ed toiiisp ^ t ^' and i . 11 J iD nny ' P whatever to observe this ruty hi shall ba held to havo' b «« n guUty of jross toiscoai \ uc » and misdemeanor iu the execution u { hi « coiitraut oi serrice :- ' i ••• ¦ ' ¦ ' :.., ¦ " ..-. ¦ .
VlI . —ErBry workonn defacing or roinsvir . s tKcAMk ? made in any of tho pits or mines , in chalk or otWwiati , forthopurpoBeof guiding the workmen in tlicSr op ' ern tlons , or of injuring the stoops , props , hutches , rails , or any part of tho machinery , or apparatus connected with the mine , ptV or workings , shall beheld to h ' avo bacn guilty of gross misconduct and misdemeanour in the execution of his contract of service . ¦ _ Till —Every " workman holding a . house er garden , b * both , under the " said Iron Company , shall hold the same only on a set for fourteen days ; and thereafter from fort .
mg « t tofortni ght . as an accessory to his nid'VervIpe ; and on notice being given by either party as' stlpnlatedin article 1 st , or on the said . workman ceasing to work to the said Company , the set shall be held to have ceased with the service , and the workman shall bs bound to remove from the subjects set to him , aod shall be held to have authoriaedinstantejection withont fafthtrwarBing . but , itshallhi optlonable to the said Iron Company , torembve any workman from the subjects let by ^ them to him , on giving fourteen days ' notice as aforesaid , althotigK aach workman should oontinm In their service . - "
IX . —Every workman who is in possession of a lnuse or gardon , or both , under the said Iron Company , shall be heldhound to pay all damage done to the ' doors , windows , platter , or any other partlot his house , garden , or psrtfaents ; and each workman entering a house and pertUunts as tenaat , shall bs held to have satisfied himself , that the ^ ame are iu good repair oh his ' entry thereto ; and all damage may , on the report of the manager at the works of the amount thereof , be deducted from his wages except ordinary tear and wear ,, and the ' report of the manager shall beconclusive between the parties ; ' '
X . —No workman shall beaUowed , without the written consent of the manager for the said Iron Company , to keep lodgers , and in case of contravention of this rnK he shall subject himself in payment of two shillings and sixpence per week , to the said Company , for each lodger kept during the period of contravention , or in the option of the said Iron Company , he may be instantly dismissed from their service , and removed from the subject of his set without warning , and every occupant of any house or premises from the said Iron Company , is hereby specially prohibited from keeping dogs , swine , poultry , or fire arms on the premises , on pain of forfeiture of five shillings for each week he may have kept all or any of them , besides being liable to instant dt ( mls * al from the said Iron Com pany ' s service without warning , and all workmen » re prohibited from laying down filth , keeping dunghllls . ' or allowing stagnant water to accumulate in front of their homes , under the same forfeiture as is protidid regarding keeping swine , etc . ' : ¦ ' ¦¦ ' ; ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ - ¦*
XI . —In the eventof any workman quitting or rembvi . ing from his h « use and pertinents held under the said Iron Company , without havingrsaped tho benefits of the seed and labour expended by him on his garden , unless he shall have been removed for some ' offence ' or misdemeanor orhaveoeaied working of his own accord , he v shall in . the option of the said Company either be allowed ( he value of such seed and labour by them , or to dispose thereof to his successor , or successors in the premises which have been occupied by him . XII . —Every workman shall be held to have especially agreed , that tha wages or price of work remaining unpaid to him , at the time of his ceasing to work in , or being removed or dismissed from the employment of the said Iron Company , shall not be payable to him , until he shall actually have ceded possession to the said Company of the bouse and pertinents , that may have been occupied by Mm under them , and delivered up the key thtrebf .
XIII . —The wages or price of work p rformed by the workmen shall be paid by tut > said Item Company every fortnight on a regular pay day , except the wsges of those workmen employed at , or about the furnnces and steamengines , which shall be paid every four weeks ; but one week ' s wages shall at all times bo allowed to remain in the hands of the said Company , which shall not be payable till the workman leaves their service , and is finally pai'l off ; bat in no case shall It or any wages earned , be Bid if forfeited by misconduct or otherwise . XIY . —As the workmen are allowed coals below the market price , they shall not sell or give away any such coals or the ashes thrrefrom , which ashes shall be the property of the said Iron Company .
XV . —All meetings of workmen whether above or below ground , or whether in the noigbourhood of the works or elsewhere , are hereby specially prohibitod , and each Workman is hereby prohibited from calling or ' attending any such meeting for regukttag the quantity of work to be done by the workmen , the prioe thereof , or for any purposev » hatever , and any workman who shall hava called any such meeting , or attended the same , or who shall in any way interfere with , or obstruct any workman in the employment of tho 88 , 14 lien Company in the execution of his work , or who shall interfere with ,
or obstruct any person seeking employment at the works , or already employed then , by exacting entry money , or annoying him in any way whatever , or if he belong to any trades' union or association , may be instantly ( Usnissed from tha employment of the said Iron Company ' without warning , and shall forfeit all wages or prico of work , not exceeding , fourteen days wages and the lye week , . which may then be due to him by the said Iron Compare ; without prejudice neverth « le « s to the right of the scid Company , or their Steward , Manager , or Agent , to prosecute eny party so off . nding for misdemeanor , breach of contract , or otherwise , Btould they think pro .
P » r to doso j Every workman shall be entitled to put * L T T 00 al " or i'onstone beyond tho ' customary 2 » M b , ° ' thiDb fiWnd every w ' orktfanintVrferirS ft » n iTwM * 8 h 6 U w . Wlfr of a miidemean 6 rV snd 2 ^ ttg ^ -b / H »* M * M' « -fii ^ t < & 8 f ; agi 8 ¦ eatrS 8 nd ' y : ^ rt"n »^ gu # of any mi » k hob ble tab ^ e dismissed and tb similar forfeiture . ' ¦ ' ' duri ^ th 8 n ? rf ° | ° * of men ; should rise or fall s ^ -sissssssssa
tho wages of each workmanfor the purpose of edLS ? . whether such workman shall have a child or SSot upt ; audnotexceedlng two-pehce per weekfor 2 S ? pose of providing medical attendaiice , whether such workmen . shall bo in health win sickness ? But ' " be said company shall not be liable to pa , a ^ i , medlcll m ' tendantexcept th « person who shalLbe mJSIS ^ em Ployed by . them at the work ,, nor any teacbereS the S ™ f ^ " » * orks , nor . shali they be n abj case liablein agreater sum either for medical attend ! tetainedby them for thesepurpoies »« " »»»?
T ^« tV « ; : Oocxmsg Iboh Wobks . ¦ •• ¦<¦ f ° »^' . Huntbb , managerfor , and as acting oa be . hulf of the Coltness Iron Company , an , f Thomas HouWs . worth , _ Honry Houldsworth , William Houldsworth , and ii ? . ° ? uW 8 wortl 1 . Esquires , the iadividual partners of tne said company ; . ' 4 . . ; : : .. .- ! ..- : ¦; Sir , .. - ¦ .,, ; -. r .,- , . '¦ , .. . . .,: . . . i ) : , ., y ¦ .... - ; .. . .. ; . ¦• «» . «; l here 1 > y offer *«¦ w 0 » k to your constituents aopve . named or the survivorsorsurvivorof them , or or th ^" 0 r - pWtn 6 rs Wh 0 m » y be assumed by them Se ^ ir 7 ^ ' ^** - '' UlWl !' » - » ti *» i - : « t mav b ^^ " n 0 . WCDrr ' ntat th ei ' . w « k » . or which * $ &CT , uriD 8 th f 1 ! ' may : ' amain w ; »* oS / - « een days notice being always given or re-¦ SiwJSS ' rulc ?' and itMl 0 ®* beaccpted , ! hold rkct £ 'l ° ' ° Pt M ted ' »« term ^ of ihe con-ESer lr fc "' ' - - SSR " -- aild me J and SSl " eby aBre . . «« Pt Parent of my We . 6 fr 6 3
Com ?' Vl ^ - ^««* . oZ notT . f f p he , u ° / E" « land . "or in other B « k « . ' notps , such Bankers being duly licensed , and carrying on business within fifteen mtleVof the place I shall U working , j . nd I authorise . you , or the said Iron Company , pr any of their managers or agents under whom I shall OS working , to . dpduct from ¦ my wages , ; the rent of any home , garden ,: or pertinents that may ba occupied : by «? a . under them , or ; for , -, ; or in respect of any-fuel , materials , orimplements that may be furnished by them l . me and forany money advanced by them on my account , to any friendly society , or Bank for savings , duly established by law , or for my- relief in sickness ; or for tho education of . my child or children , or for providing meMcine , or medical , attendants ; all in terms of the Act 1 & 2 Will . IV . chapter 37 ., In witness whereof Ih ' ave subscribed this offer written so far as not printeil , bj &- —the —r-day of- —Eighteen hundred ' and ; before these witnesses- —To .
3 ir , —I , as manager for the Coltness Iron Company , and individual partners thereof , hereby accoptof the abov « offer , and bind my said constituents to impliment their part of the contract , as express in the above rules and regulations . . : , .. - . ,. "; » ; '' ¦' mi '' en » Iara ^ ir Your obedient servant . n following , -letter has ' been sent to the Central Mimraittee , with a request that they will insert it in the Northern Star . It appears , from the letter , that the miners have agreed amonir themselves to resume work , at a reduction of a : shilling per day . with the Proviso * that the masters withdraw the ' document ; Whetherthe document is . withdrawn is not stated ; mi particulars , however , will appear next week . 1 no folwwing is the letter : — . . . ! ' , , , i XO THK CBNTlit OOMMITTEB ,. ' ¦ ' ¦ .-:. Holytown , September 20 th . 1817 .
^ GunuKUf , —I am instructed by the Committee of the Holytown Miners to inform you , that we have this day agreed to go to work atareductifu of one shiUing per day ; but with thit provito , thatno nno document is signed by Ui the Old iule « and regulations feeing stttl binding us , thatwereJn existence : previous to thoatrik * . And that the Holytown miners cling more close to the principles of anioa , than heretofore—both as regards tholr Local and also the General Association of United Trades . At the same time , we tender our heart-felt thank ? t « those trades who have contribut »* t » OHr support during pur recent struggle-rand hope the day is not far distant , whenalLtta-des shftllhe concentrated in one grand body , as , by that alone , we believe that labour will become victorious over capital . . . <¦ .. . ,:,, . . ¦ ; . ; Si gned , on behalf of the Committee , ; Johh HoHMii , chairman , . .. ¦ ' ¦ • • ,-.: Johk Tatlob , secretary .: ; MrBarratt . ,,,, . , - ¦ - ¦ .=. ' .
;' ' W < —f lease insert this letter in the Si * b newspaper ofUils we « ls ,. ; , r ^! V : ,, as early us . possibls , ' send for in-« rupnin tho toia . MsAajtiulcpt , scwnbt af the « trike up tojnopresentinomeut . . . , ¦ . .. ;¦¦ - . .- ; .. ; - ;¦ v ; ' -j ¦ . « . . } _ ; The . 'C entrol Cura ' mitteo of tbc ftb&v ^ ianyiihi ' ijii . institution , met , on Monday and i'dlowrag differ tho transaction , of : general business ., ^ ninitueiise mass ol correspondence has been ' received from different park of the . kingdom ; also the following reports from . members of the Oontral OommUtec anu agents of the . Association . ; .,. . On Wednesday , Messrs Peel and Humphries attended a public meeting of tho trades of London , hold at tho remperanco Hall , Waterloo-road , - for a full report of , which , we , refer to ¦ another-part of the Paper . , . .... .. ..... . . ,. , ' ¦ . -
SsGOTLAND . —Mr Robson reported that on Mendayhe attended at C auimn , on Tuesday at Si Nisisa , on Wednesday at AuoAjon ThursdayatTirxAqoBLMr , on Friday at Alloa ; at each of which / places excellent meetings were got up , and Mr Robson descanted at length upon the principles and plan ofoperatiens adopted by the National Association ; ' We are happy to say that every one of the above places wore a very promising aspect , and we doubt hot' but a great ingathering may be looked for . They have also determined tooreate a fund topurbhasegopds from the association , in order to give increased facilities to the Central Cemmittee toexfcend their operations , and to protect the rights of industry . - ;
On Saturday , MrRobaon attended the committee of the Hol ytown miners at Newartbiu ., and met a small body of the men , when arrangements were entered into for an aggregate meeting onMond » y . ' . On Monday Mr Rqbson prooeedad to CowBRiDiaB , as arranged on Saturday , where there were no less than 8 , 000 miners from and around Holytown . ' Mr Robson entered at great length into the merits oi the strike—the infamous and degrading character of the masters' doenment—as an unpardonable offence off . red to humanity , and an unjustifiable outrage upon
the rights and priyileges of working men . That to enable the miners to resist such an unwarrantable attack upon their rights , the Central Committee were exerting themselves to tbe . utmost , to . excite the attention , and elicit the subscriptions of all the trades in the united kingdom , and that a great sensation was created on their behalf . That if they remained firm together , there was not the slightest doab but that they would succeed . He , the speaker , weuld advise them to go together , either in a body to make peace with theeraployers , or in a body continue firmly and determinedly to resist the foul and wicked
encroachments of their masters . ,. On the evening of the same day , Mr Robson attended a , very large meeting at Paislky , where he again expatiated at large upon the principles and objects ot the association . An excellent spirit was created , and the fruits will hereafter appear . . , Grbenock . — Mr Claughan attended a public meeting here , and although the notice was shert , the meeting was a very crowded one . Mr Cl&ughan entered into an explanation of the plans ; and objects of tho association . An excellent feeling in favour of the association was evinced , and , at the close of the lecture ,. a unanimous vote was carried to join the association . We understand that the ship carpenters
are stirring / and have doclared their intention to join the association to a man . This is satisfactory , and we trust the trades in Scotland will see it to be their interests to connect themselves with this great movement . For the overthrow . of oppression and tyranny , and the recovery of the rights of labour , are dependent upon the national organisation and co-operation of the working classes . We have much pleasure in giving insertion to the following communication , both on account of the spirit of fellow-feeling it brealhes , and also , as it shows the interest the Holytown urinm areexoiting in the dfferent circles of sooiety . We only wish that others similarly , circumstanced may follow the game example . ...-. _ .... ; .
We think that tradesmen , shopkeepers , provision dealers , and all others who are depending upon the working classes for support , should be solicited for their mite for tbe colliers , inasmuch as their interests is inseparably connected with the working classes . Every one knows that the money of the working man are the best that is pnt into circulation ; not because it are intrinsically more valuable , but becauso it is expended in procuring the family ' s wholesale week ' s stock at the retail price ; thus affording to tho shopkeeper an opportunity of turning his stock into ready money . And the more the working classes have to expwd , the more will be the profits of the tradesman . Now , if the working nun is reduced , as in tho caso of the Holytown miners , tlv ; shopkeepers must suffer in
proportion . If the 2 , 000 miners of Holytown are reduced one shilling per day—that will be bix shillings per week per man , making wi aggregates ™ of £ 60 ft per week . If the nnen are earning f 600 . less per week , there will be that amount less circulated weekly , and tho shopkeepers and tradesmen will have * muPi am he ? ? - f the Proh't 8 arising from the 4600 . less in cmmlat . on weekly . This will show tho close connection there i 8 between the workin * classes and these tradesmen ; while they themeolve ' a must see that it is their duty , oa well as their interest , to asBist the working man in procuring Vfair pneo for his labour , that they may . realise larger protits trora the larger sales ' , consequent upon well-paid industry . ! - •¦ * ! Lot thenV 5 e solicited , for subscriptions for tho Holytown miners , to check the march of tyranny in
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WZMfflB ^ mifom ^^^^^ s ^ Z'iffk 9 situation ^ f . the miners of . Holytown in Scotland I send the-enelosed nuts , . tone , a PosUflice Order for 7 * . 6 d .-r : 5 s . being-, contributed byi an oiHcer'infUer Ma jesty > . Customs , and 2 j . Cd . ly . myetlf . - .,-. 1 amyery glad to gee . that they aie endowed with such fortitude , seeing the . . oriticul position in which , they are placed , as regards the price of provisions at the present ' time . > ,-. -.. . .. ; .,. ; . ; : ; . -. '« The . masters thought , no doubt , that they had . no more to dp ; than just say the word , and the mrn would submit . Ifut 1 'am glnd . to eco tbe miners are ' made of sterner stuff , that they know how-to resist oppression ; that although they are poor , thoy aronot . base .- ; Wo ! not even base enough to sign the . ; ' Dooument . ' Sign a documenti indeed ! they
might as . well signtlieir dcath . warrant . Yes . th ' ey might as well put a chain round their , neck , and log to their foot , at once , as sign such an infernal decree . For . what is . it but a giving apof the small remains of that freedom which man has , but which our brethren , by their , wealth and their tyranny , have turned , into slavery . ,. . ' .- ¦ ¦ . ;; . ¦ . 'Educate tko working classes , say they , so say I ; but , ye , wi 8 eacres , charity begins at hemo . er rather ught to do so ; In the case of ; tbe miners , who shows the featestdegree of education ? those who . rample under foot the last spark of freedom , or S ^ JtehV * I ^ fu 11 thin S 8 - lil { e Bruee of old , resolve that at all hazirds they will be able to say . 'Wesuall , woshall be free . ' And . mav they SRSl'S ? ° -u ° L ' U , ? itcd w ^ t ^ d , divided % fall ! and they will be able to show their , late eniloycrst . . ...... ,.,. -..-ii-¦
..... ¦ , ., A Man ' s a Man for a'that . ' ; : » tthomlook . Bt the fate the Document met with in this town ., W here now is that thing which masters clad m fine apparel and placarded on the walls as their darling child , whom thev were determined to foster ? Howlorgdidiilive ? It clapt its jands and crowed home ( Holme ) sweet ( II .. ! me ) , but even ( Holme ) for a littletime had to give ! it a pinch , then aEqueeze , and at . last jtwa 8 ( RuBk-t-onV smothered , and . the . working mnn triumphed over ¦ 5 ° % * ^ ? $ ^ en to the miners , bo ' firm . Keep the peace . . . Do unto others ' as . you woaldthat i % Srl V ° "" H ? " - ' ¦ ' B - ' fyou - gWe warfare , well to freedom . Alexander Crayn . ' . aJ 2 v ° ^ P ^ f n -- ^ y P' ^ thenand 8 *» «>• employ oi Air Doyle , chair and sofa : marufacturcr , Tabernaole-row ; iinsbury , struck work on account pf a dispute which for . 8 i . me time had been silently but judiciously working , which on the abov « il * v J , n \ n .
ded , and the meiuletcrained to resist al ! violations oftheirlaw . Under thesecircuinst « nce . -ithywaited upon the Central Committee , to obtain- by arbitration the moral 1 interference of the Association . Accordingly Mr Williamson was appointed to wait upon the employer , and after many fruitless attempts , succeeded ln . seeuiR Mr Doyle , who , to his credit be itsaid , received MrW . with , grejitcourtesy , and with promptness : promised to redress the grievance , llieattair ib , we aro happy to say , amicably adjusted . Peace aad union is established where bickering and aonmony reigned . ; A brotherl y feeling ; is engendered , and tho men . with ; the employer aro working larmomousl y toaetUeri both joining in cbroplimeating the- new and highly improved , svstem adopted
obVcts ? a A - !? ociation in carrying , out its vJwij " - ^ £ " *» aw tn cerfullyawarded . to Mr Wilkinson , tor the very aWe and . conciliatory Moholson for his active services in assisting to bring the above , dispute to so agreeable » nd so utufacfory a termination . .. ' . " . ' Announcedlait week .,... .. / ^ . ! ... ' . ; ^ m 10 11 M . E . RUey , Stratford ... ... ... . 010 MrSutten * ... ... ;> % ... 0 0 6 Q aloshieldB , per Mr lawiier ... ., .. 0 16 3 Derby , per Mr Cordeu ... . ... ... . 0 18 0 BrUtolnallmakerg . por ifr . Tnyldr ... 0 5 "J Macclejfield dyers and weavers , . ntv lit
TTnrmsley ... ... ... ... 200 Aberdeen trades , per Mr Wood ... ... « 8 8 Greenock coopers , per Mr Baibe ... . .... 8 10 4 South Shieldijoinerg ., . „ ... 0 6 10 Aberdeen Iron moulders .. ... . " 2 IS 0 Staffordshire Potteries , per HrMaitJand - and Friend * ... .... / ... ... 0 10 Liverpool , Mr Craige aud friend : ... , 0 7 6 London , Simpson * * Faotory , A fuwEngineers . : Pimlico . ... a 11 c Chestmakcrs efMahcheittr .. ... 5 q ~ 0 Block-print- rs of Cummcradale „ . .. 10 0 Boilermafeer * ' of Greenock ... .. . 2 15 0 F . S . 0 . Carpenters , King ' s Arms , Marjlebone- « treev golden-square .... 10 0 0
... William Lewi , '" . \ " . Z Z -M 5 MrBoeuham , Mt . > p > # < 0 0 6 \ 7 h . « iasfon , end Cat Land Branch , ' secend 1 . Sab' « ip { jttliB . ; . . ,.. "' , ; . . ! - 0 3 ~ 1 Ms- ' 5 ) arrni 6 «) , > WH lrJg 4 ; Va ' and ' Cat , - aec « i ' "i „ ^ N' ^ MiH ; .. ; . . ;; . .... . ... ' ii ; a Stourbrfy * . atpt-gkss cuxter .,, pw Mr ' ¦ ' . DV . lj ... ¦ ,. . ' ¦ ' 0 2 . fi A . few frknda Mill ^ S ' &it , A . % ' ' "' , <} 16 . 0 tartie * ' Shoemakers , Kor ' wiJh , L } £ Morris « .. . «> . \ r . ... » fcf ft 11 ft
, ... . . Ladies ' Sboemafcevs , NoMbaniplou . ' . ' .. n in 0 Mr Ruffy Ridley ... i ... ... '¦ til Liverpool meohsnica , per iir Petro ... -1 iO \<> Sundtrlaod iveavar * ... .,. .,, t > l ' -i BrUtelJTuihnakers . „ . ' , ' .,, , x ' . j Nottingham Fancy Silk Knitters ' ..... 0 t 0 Old BaBford Framewurk Knitters -.., . i ) 2 ' f } Chatteries Shoemakers ...... ... . 0 1 9 llrPrlngl * . New Lenten .... ... 0 10 Knaresborongh Hand-loomVfeaiiwt 0 l Wolverhampton , perMrBrodla ... a 11 0 Trades of Birmingham , per Mr Pave ... 0 13 0 Swindon mechanics , per Mr Robson ... 1 13 . 4 Bradford , per MrBowyer ... ... . . 0 6 9 Leicester Glove Branch , per Buckby ... . 1 6 . ft ¦ ' '¦ ' . ; v , ; _ : ; Tbtai . ; . ; mu n
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summarf ' justice in the county of ; ;¦;¦ ; nortbumberland . . PITMEN AOAINSI OWKERg . —V 1 C 10 ET OSCE MOBE JOB THE MINER . James Laverick , and . three others applied on tke 15 th inst ., tiMr Stephen Binns , successor to the late Mr Kelkof 11 , Royal Arcade , Newcastlcuponlyno , for . advice respecting four summonses which had been issued against their sons , at . the instance ot Henry Isaac AytoD , agent of Seaton Burn Colliery in this county , to answer the complaint of the said Henry Isaac Ay ton , and for absenting tbemsolvea from his employ on ' a certain dny . thereia named : It appears that thirteen putters were working together in the same flat and were obliged to leave their
, work in consequence of the water , in the pit . That on tbe same day , the water was taken from the pit , and the thirteen putters resumed their work on the following morning . Now the ' complaint , ' and what the four beys are summoned for was a breach of contract . Now , it appears , that no contract bad been entered into by their parents , neither was there any verbal , written , or any other agreement—they had signed no bond . In fact there was no ground for any proceedings against the boys . But it appears , and it is our opinion , that these boys , William Laverick , Robort Liddle , William Armstrong , and William Jeffrey , being the qujetiest amongst the thirteen , that Ayt » n , thinking they would submit , issued the summonses . The proceedinaa were
opened at the Moat Hall , Newcastle-upcn- 'fyne on Saturday last , by MrScaifo , attorney for , " and on behalf , of , tke said Henry I > a . ic Ay ton . Mr Bions having retained Mr George Briggs , attorney , for tho boys , he appeared to sustain the defence . Mr Scaife commenced by telling the ceurttbat the bov » were bound under a bond which they had signed , and by leaving the work on the day specified , had made a breach of their agreement , Mr Briggg , for the defence , wished Mr Scaife to produce tho bond and prove the contrabt . With this Mr Scaife read one ot the usual montbl / bonds , and said it had been signed by them . He showed the court it . And a bond it was . It was not dated , was not signed by Mr Aynton . on behalf of the owner ? , the men ' s names werd not written by themselves , but by the clerk at the colliery office . There was no date when tha Ml ^ iK ? i ,, T «» . 17 « or 184 T ( the bond dii not tell
, or when , neither was it wit nesjed . Mr Ayton said he saw the men sign it , but could not say whon-it might be one , two ? three or even ten years ago , or it might only b » month ago , h 0 ™» W 1 not tell when it wns . The first to fit fault with the bond was ( he magistrates' olwktti The bench was aghast . Sir Matthew White Ridlw ( who was the owner of tho rayaity in which thl ) it is , andwhowas the chairman of the bench * , said the bond was of no use in that court , and ^ hised Mr Ajton tokeop it out of sight , and uever to show , or naraa it more \ and ho and tho clerk instructed Mr Ayton , how 50 makb a noND . Mr Ayton grumbling complained of the trouble and expense attending separate bonds for each num . He was stopped by Sir Matthew telling him it must be done , lien Mr Scaipe endeavoured to prove a verbal contract under the 4 th Geo . IV ., ra ;> . U-, sco . 3 . in which he also tailed . The . mag istrates quashed the
case . It is quite evident that had t ) ic boya no defender tho bond would have passed is » legalinstrument , and they would have been sent to Morpeth goal in spite of the bonds naked condition .
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. "Vntotifor&cllStim . " FBiESDs , ~ It is with pleasure that we witness the Bteady progression of this Asso . 3 iation . ¦ In apite of all opposition the aqciety is gradually increasing , and wefeelfallj satisfied that , when the present universal panic shall have been replaced br commercial prosperity , the Association ' s moral ' power and numerical strength , will increase a hundredtold . .. _ ¦ .
The prejudice of thousand * once an invalnerable oarner , 13 now undergoing a completeohange . - They are oegmningto see that the interests of one class of operatives is not incompatible with that of the other , and thaUt js by an brganbation and concentration of their individual trades * power that will procure the riehts ofindustry , and enable them to cast » ff the yoke that bo long has bound and oppreaed jUiem . { The universal inquiry as to the principles and constitution of this Association is highly indicative of what may be . Iooked for when tntfe wnres . and the commercial depression is past . While the future w a theme deH Wfnl to contemplate , inspiring , as it does , the coOTiction that the . -doom of England ' s slavery is fixed , and that
aniTersal empire will yet be gireh to liberty , the present W , a source of nnspeakable gratification . ^ S ^ S !?* , ^ the Peo ? le » tkeit nnqaenchable thirst for freedom , and the steady , legal and constitutional manner in which their operations are conducted , we say , isasource of unmixed andunspeakable admiration and praise . PaBt movements , for the emnacipation of the labouring classes that have , in the least degree , approximated in magnitude to this Association , have generaUy beep marked with , nngovernable excitement . depending for their short-lived existence upon the blind and faaatical enthusiasm of head-strong and thoughtless men , who imagined they were going ( 0 take the world by storm , and , without a struggle , procure the redemption of the enslaved and
odpressed . But no sooner has opposition come , and capital reared a formidable and shameleB 3 front , than rage and excitement has goaded them on to disorder and riot , and a sickening and signal failure has terminated their career , leaving them weaker and more defenceless than before ; and not infrequently has tha oppressor rendered such defeats lubsement to hisown personal emolument , by having another stab at the libertiw of the people , and , with a firmer ana more terrible grasp threatened to extinguub the last surviving spark of independence . Sucli has been the general character of previous
organisations of the workinjf classes . A morbid curiosity and an unbridled excitement has impelled tbem onward , but , being repulsed , they have fallen disheartened , and expired . But howdifferent the National Asasciatiom Formidable uutself , it quietly and steadily expands , and promises , without confusion , to accomplish great and salutary changes in the social and physical condition of its members . It has , in many cases , effectually contended with , the power of capital , exposing its injustice and cruelty , and wrenched from its iron hands the expiring privileges of the downtrodden , without tumult or intimidation .
Men have learned wisdom in these latter days . The experience of the past , and the cupidity of capitalists have taught them an important lesson . ' They know , if capital must be efficiently contested , they must do so with the weapons of capital , and , to do that , they have formed their plans to raise capital , and to employ that capital in a way that will ensure a complete recovery of the rights of the toiling millions . Anditig time the ; did do so . Oppression and evil-doing hare reduced thousands of operatives to the last point of wretchedness and poverty . So monstrously loir is the price of labour , that the working man is unable to maintain himself and family , even with the most common necessaries of life . But these awful perversions and frustrations of
divine providence . in preventing the frugal and in * dnstrious from obtaining the means to live have at length roused the dormant energies of the masses , to adopt active and rational measures to procure a proportionable share of the wealth they themselves create . And so Btrongis this spirit that the most impetuous current will not be able to quench it . Insatiable capitalists may devise their plots , aud exercise their caprice to the utmost . but tho operatives of this country are growing too n isa and too powerful to be over-awed and baffled by the self-created imperious money-lord . The working classes are learning their own power . They are daily estimating more and more their own worth ; and are ranking themselves higher tban the brutes of the field . We know , too , that knowledge is power , and when the people are sufficientl v acquainted with their
own moral dignity and worth , they will immediately , without violence or bloodshed , snap asunder the fetters that bind them , and scatter to the winds the last vestige of oppression and wrongdoing . Of tUe increasing knowledge of tTie people , capitalists are aware , and tremble as to the consequencea , and to retain their ill-acquired power , have recourse to their old measures of suspending the bread of the people upon a passive submission to their cruel exactions , and , by their tyrannical operations , determiue , if possible , to crush the growing aspiring spirit of the present age . But the spirit that 13 binding men together will not be so easily broken . The uniting tie of the masses will not be so readily snapt asunder . No . They are determined rather to suffer , than tamely allow the powerful to ride rongh . shodr . ver them . We commend this spmt of noble resolution , It u stronger than tta
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 25, 1847, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1437/page/5/
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