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¦ r ^ Tiroader that-there was "great disap-^ otetion" a * tte idea of being thus infa-PL $ v robbed of a right which the Iiegisla-^ jncl th e Sovereign , by "their solemn act ^* j jeed , had deliberately conferred npon _ i ^^ B ^^^^^^* . ^ A ^ # 4 flV d « >^ A
got the Government and the - ' millowners l « d letter think twice before they attempt to Ig-jetrate this breach of faith with the bpera-^^ and , for the vilest purposes of sordid g jgshness , trample on a statute substantiall y St aining the mature and well-considered j ggjgon of the British Legislature upon a ^ gstjon which underwent more discussion lef bre it * as thus settled than any other ! $ „ measure within the last thirty years ; jf by the accidental or intentional blunder of the person who drew up the bill , the law is verbally defective ; and if , instead of remedyjjur that defect in a strai ghtforward , manly , and honourable way , the Government , to please a few wealthy millowners , will coerce Parliament into a breach of faiih—let Governjjjg , t , JIHlowners . and Parliament loot to the consequences / They are fairly warned that
bo far from settling the question as they pretend , by their shameful compromise , they ^ will only have re-opened it again on a " wider lisa . There were not wanting speakers of influence at the Manchester meeting , ' who told them that "it would re-open the whole Question of Capital and Labour . " With the yearly increasing difficulty of working our present social machinery-satisfactorily under the present system , perhaps it would be wise for the owners of property not to excite , wantonly , discussions which may terminate unfor-. toriately for them . One thing they may certainly make up their mind to , and that is this— if they force a renewal of the struggle , it will be for an Eight Hours—not a Ten
Hours-Bin . Mr . Oastleb , Mr . Stephens , and other speakers , distinctly intimated that that would be the ground on which the contest Tould be re-opened . The proposal of an Eight Hours Bill was made hi 1833-4 by the National [ Regeneration Society , under the presidency of the late JohsFieldex . He had with him as associates many able men , both as writers and speakers , and may be said to have founded a new science of political economy in the very midst of what is now called the " Manchester
SchooL" If the agitation is to be renewed for an Eight Hours Bill , of course the whole of the grounds on -which that proposition is based , will have to be re-stated and re-argued , and for ourselves , we say , that we look forward with sincere pleasure to the probability of this being done . It is ¦ only by a bold and high-principled opposition , based upon fundamentally different postulates , that the pernicious effectsof thepestilential heresies
in politico-economical scieace , which are now fatally predominant , can be counteracted . At the last it must come to a war of opposing principles , and we say , the sooner the better , especially where the contending parties will join issue on such a practical and tangible battle-field as that of the regulation of labour and machinery , and , consequently , of supply and demand , in a particular department of production .
The cotton lords enter the field at a grievous disadvantage . They are divided among themselves upon most essential questions ; it is only a very small minority who evade or violate the existing law , and the failure of the cotton erop is a potent proof of the utter madness of making the subsistence and the lives of millions dependent upon so uncertain and precarious a source as that is . For the statesman possessed ofpolitical prescience , the horoscope is by no means cheering ' , unless , in some more rational manner , profitable work
and subsistence in return , can be assured to the toiling millions . Our manufacturing system , as a whole , has failed to do so on many occasions , and passing events , in many directions ,-concur to show that in future it will be still less capable of providing for the varied wants of a great and growing community . Little more than half a century old , it already exhibits the decrepitude of a premature old age . The spasmodic efforts b y which it is attempted to keep it in action , will only the sooner eshaust what vitality it possesses , and hasten its ultimate extinction .
"We find that even in America , where the people possess the freest political , civil and social institutions in the world , that the Factory system has broken down from its own inherent vicioasness . In Lowell—the Manchester of the United States—a large number of mills are closed at the present moment ; . quite as much from the fact that the cotton growers in the Southern States have also become cotton manufacturers , as from any deficiency of crop . It needs hut little intelligence on the Bubject to perceive , that if the slaves on the cotton estates can be trained to the various
occupations of spinners and weavers , and work up upon the estate the raw material grown there , without the intervention of any third party , that they must beat out of the market every competitor in manufactured articles . If Lowell cannot withstand this competitionthough it can get its cotton at a comparativel y speaking small advance on the actual cost of production—what will Manchester do , which must , under any circumstances , convey the raw material thousands of miles across the oeean , and re-transport it the same distance , after it is worked up , in search of foreign customers ?
These grave questions would no doubt have sooner or later forced themselves upon the attention of the f ublic , whether the Ten Hours Act had been Impugned or not ; but the renewal of the agitation under existing circumstances , and upon the broad basis announced at the Manchester meeting , will tend immensely to accelerate discussion , ami , we trust , decision upon them . We confess that ¦ we have so faith in the unsound , ricketty , and feverish system , which is upheld by our
socalled Free Trade Economists ; nor do we believe that Sie national welfare '" will ever be placed . on a safe and enduring foundation until the " Manchester School" are deposed , and a well-devised and equitable system of production and distribution , bated upon an improved mode of agriculture , shall be instituted . The employment of the great majority of the population upon The Laxb , and in the production of articles of prime necessity and permanent utility , is the only firm foundation for national and individual well-being .
In the meantime , we observe , the Ministerial "Times "—formerly a consistent and powerful advocateof the Ten Hours Act—has brought all its influence to bear in favour of the compromise , and is / in its own coarse and unscrupulous style , attacking the character , and motives eiMr . Oasthjb , and others of its old coJabbnrers in the cause . For this desertion and opposition the operatives were fully prepared , and are not in the least daunted . They hare faith in the justice of their cause and -with them we ferventl y believe , de ' spite flie desertion of timid lords and feather-cock j ournalists , the causs will nlti-Kately triumph .
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nents , admitting that the state of bis health wi prevented Mm from- dischargmi tb legulafaye dufaes as activel y ^ before * ! and requesting liberty to hold , ' his 6 eat ,, at all events , until next Session , ; when , if not recovered , he promises resignation . We have as high . au estimation of the , value of Mr . Wakley ' s public services as any , of that gentleman ' s admirers , but we mustWmark , in justice to Mr , Dukcombb , that there is . this difference between the two members—the one has been totall y disabled from performing any public duty whatever , while Mr . WAKLEThas , —if not continuousl y ! at all events frequently-ri a ^' AabB "^ ' "
discharged his official duties as Coroner , while absenting himself from Parliament . [ It seems also exceedingly ill-timed to get up an agitation on this subject when Mr . Doncombe—though not yet fully recovered—has resumed his attendance in the House of Commons ; and when his name may be found in the division lists , if his imperfectly-restored health as yet prevents his voice from being heard in debate . That fact alone is sufficient to show the animus of the parties who , are engaged in this agitation . If ever a man was entitled to national gratitude and honour , it is Thomas Siisgsby Duscombe ; He was , previous to his illness , not , only an
indefatigable and successful borough member , but to a very large extent a representative of the national feeling upon most important subjects . He was peculiarly the chosen Parliamentary XShampion of the industrious classes , and there was not a single abuse in any of our public departments to which he applied himself , which he was not successful in removing . In despite of all the concentrated forces of official power , conservative bigotry , ; and selfish interests which were arrayed against him , he succeeded , as an independent Member of Parliament , in winning a greater number of triumphs for the public , than ever before fell to the lot of any single member of the House of Commons , and at last extorted from his
opponent ^ -the present Home Secretarythe avowal . that his services had entitled him to the National gratitude .. It was , indeed , in the public service that he caught that disease which for so long a period rendered his ultimate recovery almost hopeless In prosecuting that inquiry into the state of the hulks at Woolwich , -which resulted in the discharge of those parties who were entrusted
with their official superintendence , and in laying the foundation for most of those improved measures on ConvictDiscipline , - which Government have since taken credit for introducing ; Mr . DuxcoMBE persisted—against the remonstrances of his medical advisers—in attending the House at night , after long-days spent in the damp , dark " 'tween decks , " of a hulk . The consequence was , that the predictions of the -medical men were verified at the close of
the Session . He was stricken down by an illness which , for a long period , threatened to terminate fatally , from which he is still but gradually . ' recovering / and the first use he makes of his convalescence is , to resume his place in Parliament , and to vote , if not yet able to speak . 7 Knowing these facts , we fully sympathise with the tone of Mr . Duxcombe ' s reply to the Chairman of the intriguers , who , under cover of public benefit , are seeking to advance their own schemes . In reply to the request te explain the reasons of his abscnce , from Parliamentary duties , thehon . Member justly and pointedly remarks : —
I confess that until the receipt of your favour I did not suppose that there could have been found in the well-informed and extensive borough of Finsbury any person ignorant of the fact that severs and dangerous illness has been the sole cause of iny absence from Parliament , to the duties of which it has ever been my pride , during the twenty-three years that I have had the ' honour of a seat in the House of Commons , to give an independent and most unremitting attention , and during which period my attendance , I am most thankful to say , has never received a weelc ' s interruption until I was overwhelmed by my recent painful ana protracted illness . ' ¦
. Thatthere may be no mistake as to the position which he has assumed , with reference to the parties . who seek this explanation , he gives them fair warning that he intends to continue theRepresentative cfFiiisbary , so long as mutual confidence subsists between him and the great body of his constituents . Here is his straightforward declaration on this point : — I am happy to inform you that improved and improving health enables me now to resume my Parliamentary duties ; and also that , having from the commencement of
my connexion vr . Vi Finsbury , pled ged myself over and over again to my constituents , 'that so long as it pleased God thatlrealth and stren ^ h should remain to me , and so tongas it should please Fissbury to stand by me , I should stand by Finsbury , ' I adhere to that pledge . And further , I beg to inform you that , being assured as I am that the great majority of my constituents do not consider a passing illness , contracted . in their service , as sufficient ground for a withdrawal of their confidence , 1 shall , when the present Parliament has passed away , give to those on whose behalf you address me an opportunity of recording their votes against me—as some of them have done before . .
We may fairly presume that as far as Mr . Dukcombe is concerned the schemers have got their answer , and will rest satisfied therewith . It would indeed stamp the Borough of Finsbury with the stigma of unparalleled ingratitude , if they were , under the circumstances , to allow his retirement , after so many years of earnest and indefatigable labour in their servicei and after the great and valuable benefits his exertions have conferred upon the country at large . Ifo roan has been able to fill his place ; during his temporary absrf . ee , and it must be the earnest and hearty desire of all
friends to national progress to see him speedily , with renovat ed health , assume his old position as the People ' s Tribune .
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . Under this head there is but little to notice this week . No new topic has , up to the time of writing , been discussed in either House , and the old ones are worn nearly threadbare . Lord Palmerston took an early opportunity of making an elaborate statement on the subject of our interrupted diplomaticdelations with France , which was greeted at its close with loud cheers from both sides of the House , though the " Times" and the "Chronicle "
persist m asserting that it was neither satisfactory nor complete . But we shall no doubt have a grand "field-day" in both Houses upon the Greek Question as a whole , when " noblelords " and "hon . members"havebeen sufficiently crammed by paiustaking secretaries , from the voluminous Blue Books and the interminable correspondence which 'have been made public . It will be time enough then for us to give an opinion on the subject .
Two desultory and discursive nights spent in Committee of Supply , ranged over an unusual number of topics , with the usual result—> namely , the exhibition of gross mismanagement of the public funds , and the usual acquiescence in all the votes proposed by the Government . The enormous excess of the expenditure on the New Houses of Parliament , over their estimated cost , constituted one prominent feature in the discussion of these estimates . They were originally estimated at £ 700 , 000 , and it is now admitted that they , will not be finished for less ~ than
four millions sterling ! But , worst of all , after this vast expenditure , it is discovered that the new House of Commons is not only exceedingly inconvenient in many respects , bnt that it is by far too small to hold all the members , and that , in order to make it of the proper dimensions , one end of it will have to be knocked down ! It certainly must be confessed , that we blunder shoc kingly whenever weputonrhand to a public building ., In this case , it would almost appear as if the architect and all concerned had deliberatel y proceeded to act contrary to all previous experience in such matters .
• On Tuesday the House was counted out on a motion of 3 fr . Miles , for sending to pur colonies the female orphans in ourworkhouses . If was on this evb of the " Derby day , " and the House having resolved to : take holiday thereon , our legislators were restless , and too
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muchunder the influence of ; tbe holiday feel-1 ing ; to : attend to such ' matters as workhouse ' femalei « rjpaans . , ; V' I IntheLords thepolicy . oforiginating Protectionist discus 8 ibns >_ on the : presentation of petitions , is steadily-pursued by the Protectionist peers- Lord Stanley and the heads of the party , hqweveiv cautiously abstain from trying conclusions with' the Free Trade party ; and though' Mr . ; Disraeli , and his allies in the Commons , have an occasional skirmish with the Government and the Free Traders , the results are equally negative . j
• In order : to make up in some degree fori the Wednesday ' s holiday , the Commons ha < l a morning sitting in the new House on Thursday , when an Irish Bill was proceeded with . This may be taken as the forerunner of similar siUvngs pretty constantly until the close of the £ e sions' in order to hurry up measures to the Lords before the dog-days and the shooting season take " everybody" out of town . iFor all the good either the morning or evening sittings will do the industrious classes , they mightjust as well shut up , what Mr . O'Connor truly calls « the show box , " at once .
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• nationaV : a ^ 66 ia ™> n ; x ) f' ' 'i : ' . ; ' . . ¦ UNITED ; TBAIWSS . ^ - . 1 ¦ - .:: $ toMshed : isi 5 : ^ S ' ; : ' ¦;; :: ' ;• The Conf erence having broken up on Thurs- ' day , / the- 23 rd , as reported in the ' Northern Sfar pfthe 25 th uU . vthe Cental Committee proceeded at once to tnako arrangements' for resuming the actiyeopei ^ tipna' of the A ' ssociatiou . It was arranged that ^ Messrs . " Green and Peel . should proceed to Wolverhampton , ft resume the negotiations with Hhe 'tin-plate manufacturers of that town , for the establishing an equalised book of prices : for , tiie ^ ownl-th ' ese
negotiations having been' unavoidably delayed during the Conference sittings It was jalpp agreed , that the case of the Todmorden bobbin turners . should receive the earliest " attention ; which circumstances would permit ; ' ! that Bndgenorth and Kidderminster should [ alsolib visited , immediatel y upon the termination' of the Wolverhampton casei Messrs / Green and Peel proceeded on Saturday , mofnirig ; to iBirnimgham , and attended a meeting bf . theiiieltersof that town ,: who ,, although a recently ! or .-gamsed . society , are rapidly increasing in
nump t ?? T 9 PPrt . givqnbyMessrs . ^ Greeriand Peel of the proceedings , gave . universal satistaction , . and-, a re ' murkable . and ' highly encouraging proof of . the extraordinary . ' efficacy of union , - as- a conservative power . !' 0 ne of . the members reported that he'had jbeen offered a reduction of one sliilling per week upon his , wages , . and that he , '' . feeling : confidence id the additional power he possessed by his society and its connexion with theNatio ' nal Association , had at once refused to : accept the reduced wages ( pffer ( ed by hifemp ^ nT ;! th at Mhad obtained another , employment at one shillingand sixpence per week : above his
former wages , and that' his old employer hid offered ' , him- an advance of on . e ^ shilling ' per week if he would ; stop with , him j ' ^ lit ^ which offer . he had refused , \ This inciienti , produced 1 quite . asensation in the society ^ -and . several additional members were admitted duringllth ' ei evening . , On the same evening .- a deputation of tiu--. pl . ate workers waited upon Messrs ; Green and Peel , torequest their assistance pniljehalf of two of their men , . who had been ; refused , the payment of the regular trade pr ice for spine " " Oblong O . G . dish [ . covers "they had finished on the previous 'Saturday . ' -They had ' been
offered eight shillings and . threepencp , and ten shillings , respectively , foriwa ' sizes ^ Oini " au d ' lOin . —instead of eleven shillings and . ithree-, pence and' fifteen ; 8 hillings- the book prices . The twp . meh" had refused to ' receive " less than their proper wages ... Messrs . ' , Green and Peel promised to see the employer the' firs ! thing ;' on Monday morning . ., v ] "Z j ^ On Mondajv accordingly , the employer Tras yisited , _ and ^ although at nrst ' : disposed to ; take a somewhat . high , position , Vafter ' a . ^ h prt discussion yielded :. the points . ^ aDd consented to
pay the men their wages for the work they had performed , -but at the same time informed , the deputatipn ' . that unless the men couM meet him by producing ran article of a ' ii inferior : description , at a lower figure , ; he shpuidhe obliged to give up an extensive West Indian order ., The men were advised to submit their employer ' s proposition to tbeir . Trade ; Committee ; . The successful terininatidri of this affair has given the greatest satisfaction ; to ; the tin-plate workers of Birmingham . Messrs . Green and Peel proceeded immediatel y- to Wolverliarapton . ' ' ' ¦ •• . ¦ ; ¦ "; - ; - v ¦¦ . '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' :
Thus have the . first days pf the new ^ ear ' scampaign been signalised with the mp ' stj cheering reports of progress , , and with a mpst decided- arid important advantage obtained for an influential branch of our Ass ' o ' ciatipn . . ' . . The ? Central CbnSmitffee ;; ' refer : with great satisfaction to -the prpceedingSvpf the Conference , reported so . fully ; in ' the . last number of this- journal ; They feel justly proud j of jthe honour conferred upon this movement by the personal attendance of their . beloved . and honoured president , whpm : ' they T rejpice ' to . find progressing so rapidly- to" convalescence , the
same unaltered and'energetic champion of labour , as ^ heretofore . ; . They : fcel ju 6 tly Jprptfd aiid Jdeeply grateful for the expressions i of ' con * fidence in tfcm ' and ' the niovement , which they have received from ; all parts of . thejepuntry , ' - and beg to assure the Trades of their determination still toi pursue that policy which ! has proved during the last few months so effective , and which has called forth so many commendations . They beg to announce their intention to solicit -from .. Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., a renewal of his generous offer of a portion of his columns , for a weekly condensed re port of the Association ' s progress and proceedings , and they call . upon the ; members
individually , and the collective bodies in connexion with the National Association , to give their best support to the Northern Star and National Trades Journal , the only paper where the working men ' s interests are advocated and protected , and the official organ of the National Association ; The Central Committee are of opinion , and strongly recommend , -thafc ' every society—large or small- ^ connected . ; with the movement should take one or more copies of this journal for the use of its members , in order that they may acquire a-knowledge of the proceedings of the Central Committee ; in the ' execution ' of ttie : important and ; arduous mission with , wliich . they have , for ' another year , been honoured and -entrusted . ¦!! ¦ ¦¦ ' - ¦ ' ¦
As a continuation of the report of the Conference proceedings , they present the following extracts from a' large number of letters which were read . to " the " late Conference , bearing the highest testimony to , the utility and , importance of the Association , and the reading , of which excited deep interest amongst 1 the ; assembled ; delegates ; . ; ' ¦ •"' ' ; ¦•; ;; '" ¦ "• - ; "; :.,. , . , . . Letters—extracts from which are here given —have been addressed to the Secretary of the Central Committee , and . were read to tho Conference : — , ; . ; ;¦ . . . ; Carlisle ; April 20 th , 1850 :: . Dear Sir , —Though we are iinabje to , 8 ehd ' a delegate to . the approaching conference , ' we are not : unable to send . the best ; wishes of ' our . hearts , and , to put that confidence in it .-yvliieh is due fro ' m . us as a body towards , .. tho 8 e . taleptea : ; ' and '" lionoat men of whom \ i . ( the conference ) imay lierco ' nstitiited . ' . \ Yo have np fear . but ; that ) the bcst ah ^ pgeraents will be made ; whiph its . honoBtyrand talent can . derise . for the proniption of the general interests of tho association . — G . Ghadam , Secretary .
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good eftVotr upon . our trade , jxplto the present , and , I think that the friends to the society of bobbin turners are ; generally satisfied withi the proceedingaof , the ; conference , and . we ^ ' Ieayo it ; witii , you , as being competent to manage the business ., . j Joura truly ^ WM . Grbbhwood . ;' , " . " .: .. "; : ''^¦' { '' " 1
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MINERS' CONFERENCE : ' ( Continued from our last . ) '¦; . - ¦ ; . , ; raUR ^ DiY . : ¦ ¦ . ;/¦ . ;¦ . ' .: . The Conference met this morning at nine ; o'clock for the despatch of business . A'ter the names of therdelegates were called over the follovring laws were / passed . ¦ ¦• • ..: . : ¦ : ••• .: ¦ : •¦• > ' ¦ ' : ' 16 . —That the suVject relatife to advertising thfl next Conference be TifoUght before the various districts or county boards , ( o ascertain what -support they are wilUng to give towards advertising the 8 ame ^ . The secretaries . to act according'to their best judgment , .. and the . means . placed at their disposal . ¦ -:.. ¦ . ; . . . '' .. ' . ' ' . ' 17 . —That this Conference recommend the varioui Mining countries to endeaveur to emancipate themselves ; by the adoption : of the principle oi Home Colonies and co-operation as a means' of perpetui . ting the society . ' ! ; i »
18 . —That this Conference cannot close its lahours without earnestly calling the attention of the mining districts of Great : Britain to the imperative necessity of again bringing ont the' Miners ' Advocate' as ah organ of instruction , ' communication , and defence of the BrithhMinersi" - 19 . —That this ConferencerecommeBd to all the mining districts to establish as sooU' as possible , a system of restriction , or regulation of their labour , and . that each delegate tp the next'Conference come prepared to discuss ; the utility of a uniform system of regulation of the Miners'Labour . ¦ "¦; 2 O . ~ That the name of thesociety . be 'The Miners' National Association of Great Britain and Ireland , ' ¦ - •*• , Adjourned . - . "
AFTERNOON SITTING ... : The Conference re-assembled at two o ' clock and a long discussion took place relative to the condition of our Scottish brethren , and general sympathy displayed towards themj—also on the general plans laid d , own by Conference : ah ; d the [ . 'best means to carry , them . .. put , whilelajndst excellent -union spirit was displayed ? It " was ThWpasfed'th ' atthe delegates recommend to their respective districts the necessity of a change of lecturers , where sucji change is wished . ¦ "' ,. " . ' , ' \ Resolved . —That a vote ; of confidence ; in , and sympathy for , our Scottish brethren be . given by this Conference . ' »
Resolred . —That a cordial vote of thabks be given to our worthy President : and Secretary 1 for their valuable and efficient services to ; this Conference and to Miners generally . '' . ' .. '" ; ; Resolved .-rThat tb . is Conference adjourn till Monday , August 19 th ' , 1850 , at Newcastle-upon-Ty . ne , to meet at nine o ' clock ia the morning . Resolved . ^ -Tbat this Conference recommend all mining districts to agitate and petition" for the attainment of an . 'Eight Hours Bill , ' 'for trie regulation and -working of . the mines of Great Britain .. ' ' ' ' ' " . ' ; ¦ '¦¦¦ •
Arrangements , were then made for fliexlelegatei to address a public meeting , at seven pjclock , ia Mr . Brindle's Concert-room , when the Conference broke up in a friendly manner . . . -r Martin-Jude , President . WitLiAM Daniell 9 , Secretary .
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MINERS' PUBLIC MEETING ; A public meeting of the Miners of-Wigan , was held on Thursday , last , in Mr . Brindle ' s' Concert room . Marketplace , which : was well attended and a gqpfl spirit wa ^ displaye ' dv '" . t Mr . J . Fell , delegate from Durham , % as called to . the chair , and opened ; the " meeting with a few sensible remarks . , ; i MnW . DA > iiELLS , delegate froa North StafFord' shire , moved the | following resolution , and sliowed in forcible language the importance of the same : — " That from the fact ! pf \ a largeproportion of tho children of . the Miners being without any . education whatever , and , also from the , fact , that Isuch
deficiency must necessarily influence the raora \ condition of those children , —and further , from the fact that the health of those children is ' greatly injurffl % nd impaired by inhaling for so long a period each day the impure and : deleterious atmosphere-of a coal mine ; this meeting ; therefore , admitting ' the truth of the above , are of opinion that eigW hours per day is amply sufficient for pit boys to work , and we consequently agree to petition the legislature to pass , an Eight'Hours Bill , for the regulation and working of-British mines , so that these poor pit boys may have proper opportunities of acquiring a suitable education ; and we strongly recommend all mining districts to follow our example . " <
Mr . M . JrjDE , delegate from Northumberland , seconded the above , and Mr . J .. Puice supported the Batre ; afterwbich it was put to the meeting and carried unanimously amid cheers . 'Mr *[ % Kblsey , delegate from North Stafford , shire , very ably moved the following resolution : — " That this meeting is of opinion ,, that itjjs the duty as well as the interest of both ^ workme ' n and employers , to so regulate the production of mines as to
insure to the former a fair remuneration for their labour , ard to tbe latter a proper return for their capital ; therefore , the miners composing- ' this meeting hereby pledge themselves to join' the ' Miners ' National Association / the purpose and object of which iB to secure tbe above , and to do justice to roaster and men . :. This resolution was seconded by Mr . £ . Lawton , delegate from South Stafford , shire , in a long speech , and unanimously passed . Votes of thanks were then given to the chairmaft and speakers , when the meeting broke up .
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NOTICE . ; All communications for the . " Miners'National Association'' must be sent either to Mr . Martia Jude , Sandyford-lanei Barras Bridge ,. ; Newcastleupon-Tynei ; Mr . W . Kelsey , China-street , Fenton , Staffordshire ; or to Mn C : Meadowcroft , Astleystreet , Duckirifield ,- Cheshire . ' : ¦ - • ' "¦¦ - ' - ' - ' •¦ : ; — - •¦ ' ¦ x < i V ^ v
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THE REPEESENTATiaN OF FINSBURY . A clique of trading politicians have , for sonie time past , been making tbe ill-health of the members for Finsbury a pretext for exci-« og discontent with their conduct . - It is deepl y to be regretted that Parh ' anient and the country should have been so Ipngdepjriyed ™ the active and invaluable services of Jtr . JJoscoMBEi especially ; but we trust that this * ul not be allowed by the electors of Finsbury «> be used as a handle to promptethe selfish ^ personal designs ; of ' smaH political ' - B ^ ndera , irlid wanFto createjicancies , ' that taey way have an opporfnhity of filling them . « r . Waei , sy ba § vritten to Mb consti- ,
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GUILDHALL . —Obtaining Property , by Fraud . —Charles and C . ; Machin were placed at the bar for final examination , charged with . obtaining various sums i of money and * large number '¦ of law books of solicitors and other parties by means of . false pretences . A great many charges of the above nature were brought forward on , several previous examinations against the prisoners , which having been completed ,, the , prisoners wore . committed to Newgate for trial . ... : MARLBOROUGH-STREET . — A-Bet on the " DERBY . " -William Cooper , of No . 23 , Rathboneplace , described on the police-sheet as of l ' , no toccupatiOD , " - was charged with--haying , obtained from Thomas Clifford , landlord of the Three Doves , Berwick-street , the sum of £ 5 by fraudulent pretences . —The complainant said the prisoner , who was a
stranger to him ,- . camejptp his . house , on Sunday , and had some brandy and water at the bar . The prisoner talked about the Derby race on Wednesday , and boasted that he bad got . odds to the extent of £ 100 to : £ 2 . pu Clincher , and had in his possession a ticket from Serle's , tho Salisbury , Arms , Howardstreet ; Strand , ; as a youcher , for the bet ... 'Witness then asked , prisoner-Jthe . would make iim a bet , and ultimately ; it was agreed- that witness should pay £ 5 to : receive 430 and . his £ 5 . back in case Clincher won the race . Witness gave theprisoner five sovereigns , and received iwhat purported , to be a ticket from Serle ' s of abet of £ 100 to £ 2 on Clincher . On going to the Salisbury Arms , to inquire about the ticket , he was told it was a forgery . On Monday morning , having , found the prisoner in a betting : house in Jermyn-street , he pave him into custody .- ^ TJie prisoner was remanded , bntadmitted tobailintwo 8 uretiesof £ 50 each . ' . , ' . .
SHOPUFiixa .--Mary Ann Brown was charged with stealing thirty-two , yards of silk , value £ 310 s . j the property of . Mr . Digory . Korthey , silk mercer , No . 1 , Princefrfitreet , Soho . —iCharles Easton , shopnian to the prosecutor , deposed that on . Saturda ' y evening , about . seven o ' clock ,, the : prisoner ^ camo into his employer ' s shop , and , requested , to . bo shown some black satin mantles . Be took her up to the show room for that purpose , and while ho was looking the mantles out , he saw . the prisoner take the silk produced , " and hide ; it underneath her shawl . Witness then made an excuse to leave the room , and went down stairs and informed his employer of , the circumstance , who immediately sent for a constable to takeher in charge . LOn witnesses
return he met the prisoner comihg . down . sthirs ; he requested her to return , and on her gettinginto the room , she dropped the silk on the floor . He then called the constable , ; . and gave her into custody . — Tie prisoner , who has been twice ; before convicted for a similar . offence , was fully committed for trial .. A Shah Poucb Inspector . —John . M'Hardy , landlord of the . Phosnix -Tavern , Stacey-stree ' t ; Soho , was charged with being drunk , and assuming the office of an inspector of police . —Police-sergeant 11 C . stated that about five o ' clock on Monday morning he was on duty in Oxford-street , when the prisoner , who was much the worsb for liquor , came upjohun and said , "Is it all right , sergeant ?" Not knowing the defendant , witness replied . «! Oh .
yes , it s all right , " and was proceeding round his beat ,, whea he . { defendant ) stopped him and said , ! 'I suppose you do not know / who I am ; lam-an inspector of the A division , and am sent . out . at a salary of £ 5 per / . nighfc to look after you and your men . " ¦ The defendant then left him and went up toanother ^ csnstable , and tpok ^ dpwn his number on apiece of paper . ; He subseqnchtly went up to two or three other . constables , and took their numbers alsoi : As Bepersisted in following up this specieaof annoyance ,, witness took him into . custody , and conveyed him to . the station . —Mr ; Bingbain : said defendant hadncted very foolishly in assurnuig to himself the office of a police inspector , whereby he had rendered himself liable to a penalty of £ 10 . He
stiouia not tine him the full amount , but , as a warning to him for- the future , he should : fine him 10 s . The money was immediately paid . MARYLEBONE . —CnARGE of Forgery . —Elizabeth Ann Chambers , charged with having uttered forged - acceptances was -placed at tho bar It appeared that in April , 1849 , the prisoner took a furnished house of Miss Goodman , 5 ,. Nottinghamterrace New-road , at . a . rental of £ 160 per annum , and on the fallowing April she absconded , leaving her servants behind . Some months prior to her quitting , Mi $ s Goodman had advanced to her money upon the bills , one of them for £ 300 , and the other £ 100 , purporting to be drawn by the prisoner upon and accepted by the Rev . Charles Randolph .
Kimrjton itcctory ,. Andover . The first bill , upon its bemgpresented , wasnot paid , and as doubts existed as to its genuineness , the rev . gentleman above named was written to respecting tho two acceptances , when he declared by letter that they were not his , and that ho had not authorised anyone to draw upon him for such amounts . She was taken into custody in the borough on Saturday night and stated to the i inspector before whom she ' was brought that she and the Rev . Mr . Randolph , her cousini were brought up together , and that when her father died ; Mr . Randolph furnished her with money to pay her father ' s debta ; there was also an understanding come to that if ever she wanted money she was to make use of his ( the re \\ gentleman ' s name ) , which she had done upon several occasions . — Mr . Laurier , of Nottingham-street
deposed that he had paid to Miss . Goodman £ 90 upon cashing the £ 100 bill . —A gentleman stepped forward and said thathe had a charge of a similar nature against tho prisoner for a fraud to the amount of £ 400 , and Inspector . Jackson was of opinion that other cases would be forthcoming in the event of a little time being allowed . He ( thejatter ) observed that the prisoner bad refused aliment of any kind from the period of her being locked up on Saturday night , but she had frequently expressed to the officers by whom , at the desire of the inspector , she had been closely watched , that she had no intention of laying violent hands , upon herself , however much she might feel the . degrading situation in which she was placed . —A summons was issued for the attendance of the Rev . Mr . Randolph at this court on Monday next ,, and the prisoner was remanded
MANSION-HOUSE . — Polish Refugees . — A great number of Poles , apparently in , distress , assembled before this . court , and one of . them stated to Alderman Gibbs , the sitting magistrate , that they . came to seek for relief and advice . They wero driven into this ; country from various parts of the continent , and ., being without any resources , and not knowing the English' language , they wore unable to procure . employment , and were almost starving . —Alderman Gibbs said they should ad : dress themselves to , the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland . —The spokesman . replied .. thai the secretary of-the association was in attendance , and would . inform ; the alderman upop , that . eubject . —Lieut ., Szulczewski , the Secretary of tbi Literary
Association of tbe Friends of Poland , then stated that , ; as long as the association could procure funds for its charitable - operations , which have now lasted seventeen -years , ; , it always afforded relief to the refugees ; in , distress . . But of late its exertions have not been so successful , and , unfortunately , at a time when ; tho . influx of the Poles into England-was . greater . Jharj ; over .. Since July lost above 200 of > them were obliged to seek a refuge in Great Britain , and . the , state of the funds of the association was so low that jt could not in anyway alleviate the . sufferings of those men . Luckily , several of their countrymen abroad having been acquainted with . the , fate of their brothers in England , sent over a : sum of . money , and it was upon that . remittance that tho . . 200 Poles chiefly subsisted here . They received Cd . a day , but even that -help has now been denied to
them , as the , sum mentioned is completeJy exhausted . Under such melancholy circumstances the committee saw no other way of further . assist .--ing these foreigners except by . stating their ; casptp , the first magistrate of the city ,. tbat through him publicity may bo given to the miserable conditipn of the Polish exiles . —Alderman Gibbs said he was applied to last weekly a number of Germans , apd he could not . do -anything for them . Why should not these men apply to the Society- for the , Relief of-Foreigners in Distress ?—Lieut , Szulczewski . observed that the Society for the Relief of Foreigners In " * * . declined to relieve any Polish , refugee ' s . —Alderman Gibbs : I really can give no : ad vice on the subject , nor any assistance , however , painful may Be the circumstances . —Lieut . Szulezewskj tuanked the magistrate for having given'the roles a be , iring , and withdrew . 66
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. ; C i ., . i - .. Birmingham , May 15 th ; 1850 . . Sin , ^ -At a meoting pf th ^ nullers of this town on aturday ,.. the bysirr ^ sa paper ; . was taken into iconsideratiori , and the general opinion " . waa in favour of tho propositions of the Central Cornmitteej and also ofj . that ' . from Kidderminster \ but ' at ' the satno time'ie ' aving itwitn confidence to the' delegates there assembled ^ ' . It ' was the sincere wish of the iraeiribers'bf , thiB" : society ' . that- T . S . punepmbe , i
fiq . ; : M ; p ., ' shpuld : be' reflected president' of the National Association ; for tp'lose so . worthy and excellehtVgentleman ; 'ybu ' ldj we conce . iye , be ajsenpus'loss to theasso ' ciatioh . ' As to our opimons . of the-associatioriV and'Vith reference ' to its general utility- ; we think it one of the best uocifities in existenciBV Our society is increasirig very fast , and anunauiihous ' vpte ' of thanks to Messrs . Green and Peel ' . i ' and of confidence in tho Central Committee and tno assdeiatiori , ' was carried . —Yours very re-8 pectfu ) ly , EDWARplCNiaHT , Secretary ..
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: , . :. . . Warrington , May 15 th , 1850 . , Dkab SraV ^ -The skinners of this tdwn beg to . oxpress , their , flatisfa ' etibn' with , the National AssociaUonj by passing the * following resolution : — That the thanks of tnisrneetihg be'given ! to'Mr . Peel , and . the members of the Central Committee , for their abjo and straightforward rnanner of cqn ' ducting the jibpyeiAsswiati (> n . " , Moved by John Simpson andiieconded by , ' James Ray . " We ' are » l 1 so of ppiniorij'thatit' wouldbo a ' go ' od plan to create a fund ' to ! , defray ¦ theexpense of delegates' attending . Cphferences . ; I' also ; give you my opinion in ' few words . relative to the National Associ ! ition . —l 6 t . It is rny opinion that tho . above Association is calculated to raise the . workiiig ' classes to their proper nosition . in society / 2 nd . That no local union in this country is capable . o ' f elevating thb condition of the Pr
workirigplasses / ahd thajk ^ sobner lateiV neojessity will compel . the working classes generally to come to pur conclusions . ; 3 rd . ' Wo are arrived sit'd period when capitalah'd its influence is ; so- great , that nothing short of a national ovganisation can reach the evils , with which the' working classes' are affected . ) I must confess I ahi somewhat ' surprised to see the Trades so' backward" in ioihing the National Assooiation ; . but I , must also . confess that they do not Btudy-their own interests , ; in still - wearing the fetter ' s ; whioh ' hstve so , long ¦[ bound them down in . bondage' to other ;; nien ' s opinions . I mean : those self-intere ' ste'd Secretaries ' , wKpdo all they can to prevent | he Trades from joining tjie National Association .. ; YPursiu ' smperity , 'H . Ashton ; Secretary .
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; j ' .. Kilmarnbpk , May ISth'j 1850 . ' ,. , Dkar , SiB , ^ We'ithe , Tail ^ pf Kilm ' arrio ppiniob' thai some inea ' sure should be ' adopted ! the , conference about to assemble ; towards brin iri ^' rhqre prdminently ' the real principles' and- co fiiitutipn . -of ourVpcietp cpuntry ; . ; W . o ; b ' el | eve this ; iriust'he''felt by ! eve member pf'th b National'Ass ' o ' ciatidn . ' ; Webelie \ the ' energies of the ¦ Central Committee , have be crippled . t ; 6 a very " cohsideratire ' extent / but' are op inioh ^ tbat '' an '' ap ' oeal / irom'" ^^^ - ' ' ^^^ ' Co mi ' ttee sighed by our worthy and' honourable Pre 1
dent ;; would go far to' . arouse the ( what we ^ ^ consider brilythelitent ) ' en efgies of pur . members , to renewed a ' ndincreased action . '' With regard to . the election of ; a ' central ; cbnimittco ; ' we , without a dissentient ' voice , ' givo ' pur'Vote '' ih' / favour of the present acting one ; , We have a cherished faith in th e infl ' uerice and ! power of the National Associatiprij ' cbiild its title "be ' TOade np ihisnomer . ' Trusting ' that ^ the prbce ' edings of the Conference , when published to' bur" members ; rnay operate for our success and well-being , I am , - Shy yours , &c , Wiluam Spicer ^ ' . ¦ .-,. ¦— . .
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- ... ; Lynn , April 19 th , . 1850 . ; : Deaii Sib , —I am vei-y sorry tp inform you that it is not the intention of our society , of sending a delegate to tho conference on ¦ , Whit-Monday next , as work ) ias been very dull lately , and is so at present ; : and theioxpense would be very heavy on tho members . -We had a very Jargo meeting on last . Saturtlay . night ; - and the case was taken iBto confideration . Some were for sending one , and othorswere against it ; nnd , when put to the vote , it was ' . carried in' the negative , but a resolution was passed that every : member should pay two shillings each before next conference , to enable us to send adelo- ; gate another year . I should very much have liked to have sent one , and so would several of our members ; but , as that is not the case , I hope you . will have sufficient delegates to carry on the business in a proper manner . —Hknrt Boon , secretary ;; . - ' ¦
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Kidderminster , May 13 ; 1850 . - Dear Sir , —At a meeting of the inembers , at Mr . Wm . ¦ Fa . wcctt ' 8 , the -following ¦• ¦ ¦ propositionwas " carried unanimously : — " That in i order to secure a belter representation of tho Trades at the annual cpnfererice ' of the association , a fuBd bp created by each member paying one halfpenny per month ; to aid the Trades ; in sending their dele : gate ' s to such conference . " 'It is my opinion , sirand I think of the oar pet weavers gonerallyf-that bur connexion ' - with the National Association has had a benefioial operation upon our interests ; - Icbnsider Mr . Green has , to a great extent , succeeded in organising bur trade ; and Ihe manufacturers 'being aware of it , I believe that circumstance has prevented ; them offering ^ further reductions . —With these few ; remarks ; I-ami" dear Sir , " yours , : 4 c , GEORCIE AtLEN . ' ¦¦¦' ¦¦ ';'¦¦•'• "; ¦ ¦¦ : ¦ •* , ¦' ¦ ,...: > . , '
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• e . -. ' .- .,.: " ... ' .: ; ?? ig % y . May , Mtty 1850 . P . i « » rrl am happy to say . that the opinion of bur small . sooiety , is , if tho principle" of thei National Association was properly underatood and' universally practised , we should have done with strikes
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¦« c . < r ¦' * , Norwioh i M » y 16 , i 860 . ¦ DiUB Sib , —Yours of May 1 st , and the propositions of tho Central Committee , have been laid beforo the trade . ; : We wish wo ; could have sent a delegate , but it wasnot in bur power ; but as to the utility of the National Association , we think it has done great good through the country . We hopo it will continuo to do so . ' We fully agree with tho propositions of the Committee , in particular the third . '' ' Wm . Snowdeh , Secretary .
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-. _ .- ¦ ; Birmingham , May 17 , 1850 . Deaii Sin , —l"We feel-the greatest confidence in the Central Committeo , and tope they will keep up theagitating system j and while you can send such persevering men about the country as Mr . Green , the ' association must prosper . I assure you we , 'as a body , hkVe received considerable benefit from bein ' g connebte ' d with the association . - Hoping the cause May prosper ; I remain ; dear sir , yours faithfully / Geo . Wain wright ^ T . ¦ ' ¦ ' ' ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦
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¦ : ; . 5 ..:. ;?( .- ! .:, ; : Todmorden j May 17 / -1850 . - Dbar Sib , — And ' now respectingithe ¦ conference . I believe that the National Association has had a
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A'Babbkr ' s Shop oh , the Axr ^ W . ^ fc ^ fe * the American steam-ship Atlantio ^ krii&a tfbber % shop for the accommodation o £ pa sMjylniTh 8 ship , we believe ^ provides , the ^ iWMnMWIlih ' a' ;' operator- relying for remuneration WoT * m . bv ® £ nessi he can pick -upi in the passjgep ?! ajOfia ;! the New World .. . The room apraopmttdiferiihp purpose w at the entrance tp th « i # mM $ toi ! iImmt to the dining-room , and ^ the i barbfe & »«^ tie 8 , ' . &Cii . for . thosew , homaj hmfeil'h 6 fflfckffa > hurry , or overlooked their lack of sttcfrtiKteMjsmf
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' ' . ¦ ¦ Birmingham , May 16 , 1850 . Dear Sir , ~ You wish to know our views as to tho general utility' of the National Association , and whether we have received any benefit by it ? but as ' wehave so lately joined we considor there has not beentime to cbnferany great benefit upon usthe fender moulders . But , as . regards its general utility , wo believo if the working men of this coHritry would join theassociation , they would very soon be placed in that position which God arid Nature intended them to' enjoy , In fact , we believe , if tho workingclasses are ever to get'a fair day's wage for a fair day ' s work , thsy must cast off their little prejudices and bad feelings towards each other , and becomeunitedin one grand : bbhd of union .: The well-paid artizan . must extend the right hand of
fellowship to the poor and badly ^ paid labourer , and look upon him as a brother , for there is many a noble-and honest heart beating within a ragged coat ; and if the working men act upon this principle no power on earth can long prevent them from obtaining their just rights . Tho masters of this'country care , nothing about a local society ; but no sooner do you add the word " national " than they become wonderfully mild , and will do anything toassist you .. Dear sir , I write those observations ; from experience , ; for we have had proofs ofthissinco we joined : tho National Association . As soon as one of our masters heard that we had joined -oufselvos into a society-he threatenod to discharge every one that joined ; some sent a
deputation , and ho received them in the spirit of a tyrant , and would Boarcely consent to listen to them . 'But when we explained to him the principles of the National Association , and that his men had got the Trades of England at their back , then lie became quite another man , and promised to do anything lor his men . But mark his treacherous conduct ; no sooner had . tho deputation withdrawn than he wrote to . Sheffield , to engage rnen , and one came . on tho following ; Monday , and one of his men was discharged ; butl have written to Sheffield and Golpbrook Dale to inform them of this , man ' s conduct , and have received lbtters favourable to our wishes , therefore I think we shall be a good match
for him in the . long run . The following resolutions were passed at .. our last general meeting : —'" That the best thanks of this meeting are due , and hereby given , to T . S . piincombe , » Esq .-, M . P ., for his noble and generous exertions , in tho working irian ' s ' cause , accompanied witH a wish , thatj ho may bo rcstdr . e ' d to a . perfect . state . of health . " ' " That the best thanks of this meeting , is , given to the Central Committeo for tho . p ' romptitudo with . which . they have attended to ' our correspondence since we have joined the association . - And now , dear" sir , Iconcl . udewitha wish ttiat the blessingof heaven may attend your lahourB during the sittinjj ' of conference and happiness attend each . of the delegates to his home . " —Yours respectfully ,, Wm . S . Lyndon .
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- ; Carlisle , May 16 , 1850 . t Dear Sir , — At a' general . meeting of cotton sp ' inners , ; " in cbnnexiph with tlie National Association , 11 held on" Saturday night last , the following resolution was passed . —V That , in the opinion of this meetingi the propositions to be presented by the Central . Co ' rnmit'tee , ai ^ e worthy of their : time and " attention , ahd ; such as : Wo hope will be duly weiBlied'by therepresentatives of the . Association . Withrespect to the principle involved in the proposed plan of registration , we are riot in a condition—in ' thb absence of the : details—to give an opinion ; but , in relation to the . third proposition , we think that , as it has , been successfuHy acted upon by other societies , we know rib good reason
why , if acted upoh . ' it ¦ should . ' nof . be successful with'the . Association . Inthe''Methodist ' society , for instaticbi a fund is established for ' ¦ the : support of ¦ preachers , in those localities where the poverty of tho people ; 'or the smallness of the numbers , renders them unable to support their own preaohers . As to the utility of the Association , I think the history of its past proceedings ' , of its many successful intercessions in behalf of its oppressed members , ought to satisfy any reasonable man of its-generaleffidiehcyv -Trueiitmay-not . ' havo succeeded in every case in wh | ch ithas offered itsmeaiation—but what of that ? - The : " truth of its general utility stands recorded in the history of its operations . 'No ^ man ought to doubt its general
utility j ^ because it lias not yet accomplished all that heart ' . ban ; wish . The utility of tho sun and- moon might be questioned upon ttie same pr / ncipJo . J have no doubt but that many selfish , timid employers have been'terrified into justice , at the thought of its power . Like a ghost in the counting house , it has dono its work ; ' it has risen up to startle and annoy those base and selfish men , ; who make it their study to plunder their workpeople . In a word , if the principles involved in tho constitution and rules of the Association were strictly adhered to : by the great body of its members , such a gigantic power could be brought to bear against oppression as ' must , be looked for in vain in any other institution of a similar character . —G . Graham , Secretary . . • _ - .
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.-. ' . . ' Lynn . May 19 , 1850 . ' Dbar Sir , —At a meeting , held by the . bricklayers of Lynn , on ^ Saturday highti I was requested to inform you , that / they were quite convinced that if it had : not been for the National Assticiatitm ! their wages would have been reduced two shillings a week two years ago , when , the masters , bffered a reduction . At that time : a ' -member pf the ; Central Committee was sent for , who very . ' spoil . autfeeeded in gaining our cause ; since that time" the ' mastera have riot offered any reduction , . orily . by" Hjriiing to the menthat the wages' iriust ' co ' mo down ; 'but as
, they find the men are determined to h ?> ve tha wages , they , very soori : drbpat , ' as they ; krtbw very well that we belong to the National Association , and if they , did riot give ^ us the wages ' their work would very-soph be ; stopped . \ , We . therefore ' ad y is © all the working clasHes . to joitf this National iUnion , as we think ' it ' the only , remedy the working , classes can seek '; , and wer hope , ' after the breaking up of the conference , that the numbers will increase more so than they ever have done yet ,. for it ja numbers we want tostarid against- capital . —Yours * respectfully , IIbnry Bowek , Sec .... " .. ' : . ' .:. " [
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y , ' , ' ,- ' , . ; Kidderminster , April . 18 th , 1850 , ' -. pjEAR ¦ SibJ—I , should' have ' cpmmuniQatea tho opinion of ourmembers upon thectise . bf the two men , had I not thought ' Mr , Barber had done so . We . wero , very glad that a paying , firm ; like ^ . oura , Bhould have been , the firBt , case -in" the town ; becauso the agent would act without any reserve . We thought , it was well Mr . Green was in the town as our guide . Whon he had the interview ( witli a deputation ) with our employers—Master and Sons —he gave the best of satisfaction . . Since ! wb have
neara that they ( the Masters ) havo said " they did not tnink . we had such a man amongst us . " We have watched you very closely through this case , and liave found no deficiency in any way . Oiir men have paid their levies with satisfaction and prbmptitude , with a few exceptions ; but they are of much , stronger confidence in the union . It i 3 as you say . 11 that there is always alcading few in a society , on whom lean : the bulk ; " and lam proud to think that wo have men of that stamp . Wo think that , by the actions and appearance of Mr . Green , and the noble , president of your , Central Committee , with the quaint and pithy arguments you ' use in print , and also by words—we think we only do well whjen we , give , our '• levies to' suppbrtj aud oui-influencotoaugmcrit . the National Association of . United ; Trades . —Yours . respectfully / , ' Jambs Hardbman , Secretary . . ' ; ! ' . •' . '¦ '' ¦ "" ' " ;
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 1, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1576/page/5/
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