On this page
- Departments (2)
-
Text (14)
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
-.- CMtf mmasmt. ss^s==: • •-_ -:
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
(CtyifM<mtu<m^fr<m ite Otford&m raptrs.), t?J SMiLL CAPITALISTS AND OTHERS. JCnster Lo?el, near Witney, Oxfoid&hiie.
-
Untitled Article
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Untitled Article
' " TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION , :: " srjflj . io . V 6 , OnSateday , fiie 31 st day of August , 1850 , AT THE STAR HOTEL , OXFORD , At Three o'dock , ia the : Afternoon , IN EIGHTY-FOUR LOTS , ^ BIOBWaor lBB KOSWAOEES , - i VAIUIBLE FBEEHOLD ESTATE , J Pleasantly and advantageously ataated in the Tillige of Minster LoveL , in the county of (^ id , in the vi < Mty of the following excel- leat , market towns , namely ;—Witney , three
milja ; Borford , four miles ; Woodstock , eight miles ; Oxford , thirteen miles j and Farringdoij , twelve miles ; and distant from Cheltenhauij twenty-five miles . Comprising about 297 acres of superior land , principally arable , and a great portion of it in a high state of cultivation ; together with eighty-two excellent cottages , of three , four , and more rooms each , and ont-offices , the -whole of them built in a very superior manner , in stone , with slated roofs , &c ., and conveniently fitted tip for immediate occupation ,
each cottage being situate and standing npon an allotment of two , three , or four acres . Also , an excellent homestead and labourer ' s cottage , and suitable agricultural buildings . The estate was formerly the property of John Walker , Esq ., deceased , and was formed by him for soma time , and two or three years since was purchased for the purpose of allotment , and creating small freeholders . The cottages on the estate are very pleasantly and advantageously placed , as to frontage , && , and die -whole property presents S very
agreeable-and picturesque appearance ; and most of the allotments having been occupied and under culture , chiefly by the spade , for some time , the soS is greatly improved , as is evidenced by the superior crops produced at the present time . The greater number of the persons aow occupying portions of the property are under compulsory terms to quit and surrender up their respective allotment * immediately , unless the purchasers of one or more lots are willing to accept them as tenants ; and some others hold until about November next ; possession of the lots in their occupation cannot , therefore ^ be given immediately . It is proposed to offer the original homestead , labourers'
cottages , and farm buildings , with about twentyfive acres of excellent meadow land , partly -watered by the river Windrash , ( an excellent trout stream ) , in one lot . The high road from Oxford to Cheltenham runs through part of the property , affording capital frontages to many of the cottages ; and most of the others front . the public road , running through and dividing the larger portion of the property leading from the Oxford road to Brizenorton . "Within a short distance of the estate is the forest of Wychwood , over which there is an unlimited right of common . There is also plenty of good building , paving , andlime-stone on the estate .
The whole will be Sold by Auction , without reserve , in numerous lots , affording to small capitalists , and other persons , an opportunity of possessing a Freehold Estate , and rotes for the County , which seldom presents itself ; and to the monied man an advantageous mode of investment , as there cannot be a doubt of the allotments finding ready tenants to pay a good interest for the money invested .
Full particulars and plans of the Estate may be obtained from the Mortgagees , Mr . Wearing , corn merchant , Oxford ; and Mr . W . Finnock , of Chimney , near B&mpton , OxonT ; Elijah Litchfield , Esq ., solicitor , 89 , Chancery-lane , London ; Messrs . Lee and Bees ; solicitors , Witney ; at the Bull Inn , Burford ; the Bear Lin , Woodstock ; Crown , Abingdon ; King ' s Arms , Bicester ; Buck and Be ll , and at the Guardian Office , Ban * bury ; Three Cups Inn , and place of sale , Oxford ; at the Midland Counties Herald Office , Biniuag hain ^ . andof the Auctioneer , Witney . ' " '""" ' - —* ¦ - *«•* ¦ - — > »~ .-, w . - ** r
Untitled Article
TO THE WORKING CLASSES . MtFbtesds , Thf « ' Show Box ** is now closed : the exhibition has cost you nearly one-half million of money : and will any , the most sagacious politician ^ point out one single particle of benefit that your order haB derived from the exhibition of 1850 ? And , do I blame either "Whigs , Tories , Protectionists , or Free Traders , for the swindle and delusion ? No As I always speak openly to your order , and as I do not seek to derive other profit from the advocacy of your cause than the amelioration of the condition of your families , 1 tell yon that it is yourselves that I blame .
I haTejast returned from Paris ; and there , although , the force of the musket and the bayonet preserves the tyranny of the PRESIDENT and his clique—yet , the-working classes of Paris , unlike the working classes of England , are thoroughly united , and their minds are steadfastly fixed to the cause of liberty , while you are like a rope of sand—disorganised , disunited , and divided into sections . Why is this ? It is because in France they straggle for the principle—LIBERTY—while in England you sectionaHy struggle not for principle , but for the fancy of foolish and
interested leaders . If any man in France undertook to elevate himself to the rank of leader , by aay means which were injurious to the eause ^ of liberty , and if such disunion injured the popular eaose , his head would be cut off ; wMlejn England , such a man can muster a little clique of thoughtless fools , who have no interest in your welfare ; while , npon the other hand , if you were as united as the French people are , possessing , as you do , a much greater power of mind , tyranny should succumb to liberty without a blow being struck .
Pans is now just what Paris was when I last visited it . The palace of the Special Constable Pbesidekt is surrounded from morning till -night , and from night tiU morning , with hordes of troops ; and tile National Assembly is guarded in the like manner . And does not this prove to yon that the laws are made ' . by force , and that the power of the Pre sident is upheld by force ? The mind is suppressed by the cannon and the musket , which , however , cannot last long ; while the mind of England is suppressed by your own
antago-I stated before what the tyranny of the government was , and it stall continues . Within the lastfew daya several Mayors hate been disanssed for agoing pet itions againBt the infernal Electoral Law , which has disfranchised SAw ^ S * Frendl dect 0 M 5 * " * of fte Municipal Council refused to wait npon andpay homagetoftePaEsroEOT ouhis tout -they preferred tend ers their resi gnation ^ which was done , to the great satufectionrf " *
fiie population . Now where is the member of an English councjl—aye , or where is the mechanic , thlarfaficer , or the artisan m England , who wouU On " « ex P enBe i to P y ^? age to the QUEEN , on her . tour through the country ? Where is the city , the town , the village , ortte radway station , that would not becrammed to suffocation to get a peep at a woman who fias only one head , two eyea , one noBe , one mouth one body , and two legs ; all , of course expecting to see much more .
However , thisstateof France , and this Btate of England cannot much longer last , as the English MotfABCH and the French President will discover , to their cost , the folly of basing their power upon the degradation of the working classes .
Untitled Article
fi v Well , now , fellow working men—I call you fellow , working men , because my mental labour i 8 as arduous , and perhaps more so than your manual labour , while I pay for mine , and yon are paid for yours—I tell you , that if you were aa united for one month as the French people are , you would have the CHARTER "W ell , now , fellow workiTiff men—I call von
AT THE END OF THAT MONTH ; and I tell yon still further , that you never will have the Charter , but , on the contrary , the tyrant ' s power will sessionally increase so long as you are disunited . Every man , as I have eften told you , who attempts to elevate yourWder , is looked upon with contempt , and characterised as a ruffian ; while you yourselveB are ungrateful to that man . If a scheme is propounded upon a national system which is ca-P ! S 5 t ^ . 5 ? 5 g y ° nr order » that schemeand
tne surUSMEK are reviled and persecuted by the Press ; while , npon the other hand , if the same scheme is individuall y adopted , the propounder is represented as a generous philan ^ thropist ; and can I furnish you with a stronger instance of this assertion than the eulogium justly conferred upon Harriet Marhneatj , for her successful cultivation of two acres of bad land ; the result of which was published in the Morning Cftrontcle and in the Star of Saturdavlast .
Now , will any man of your order imagine mat the Morning Chronicle , or any other newspaper , wonld so eulogise , or even publish the result of an experiment of mine , if it was likely to become general ? Last week I wrote yon a short letter from Paris , describing the conduct of GOODENOUGH HAYTER , as Chairman of the Laud . Committee . . As a matter of course , I had no opportunity , in consequence of Parliamentary rale , to make a comment upon his answer ; but yet , as I am not to be driven from my course , on Wednesday last I put the following question to the Speaker : —
" Mr . Speakeb , as you have more experience in Parliamentary matters than any other member of this House , and as I presume that your object is to preserve the hoHour and the dignity of this Honse , I wish to ask you ,-whether it was just , honourable , or honest , for a member of the Government , appointed as chairman of a committee , and acting at judge to investigate the conduct of a member of this House with respect to his
administration of the funds of thousands of working men ; I ask you , whether it was consistent with his position , whether it was honourable , or even honest , for a member of the Government , acting as chairman , to pay secret service money out of his own pocket , to procure secret evidence from an individual whom he was afraid to examine before that committee ? '' ( Hear , hear , and oh , oh ) .
The Speaker had had no notice of the question —( hear , hear )—bnthewould generally say , that he saw no reason wh y a member of a committee might not , if he pleased , pay out of Ms own pocket for information that he fairl y thought likely to be of service to the committee . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Hatter felt bound to say a word . ( No , no . ) The hon . gentleman— " so called "—( order , order ) . Will the hon . gentleman—The Speaker called npon Mb . Hatter to withdraw the expression he had just made use of , which was at once done .
Mr . O'Connor—Sir , let him proceed , the censure of slaves is-adulation . ( Loud cries of order , order , - and- ' great nproarj . "¦ : •~ Mr ; O'Connor , clenching his fist at Mr . Hatteb , exclaimed ;— "Ah , you have been a juggler , a swindler , and a plunderer . " ( Order , order , order , and great nproar ) . Mr . O'Cokhor , "I repeat it , in railways , in Holland , Belgium , and England . " ( Renewed cries of order , order , and uproar . )
Xow I have given the reader a verbatim account of the whole transaction ; and I again ask him what confidence he can repose in a Ministry , not only justifying , but defending such a man ? But I have not done with him yet . He is member for Wells , and WELL the people are represented ; and I will give him such a breeze npon the brink of the WELL , at the next election , as he never witnessed ; and cost me what trouble and risk it may , and let who may be his opponent , I will have him kicked out , whatever SECRET SERVICE MONEYhemay pay tohia " WHISTLERS " or bis" DRUMMERS "
Working men , now that the " Show Box " is dosed , let me implore of you to sink all antagonism and bicker ing , and present a steady and manly front against all your opponents . Remember that
United , jou stand , Divided , youfalL Listen to no rubbiBh . Give ear to no dissension , offer no antagonism to those who advocate the sixpointsof thePEOPLE'S CHARTER : put no drag-chain upon the popular waggon . Contend for the Charter , and when yon get it yon will have achieved the means of elevating your position ; Contending for more than the Charter is putting the cart before the horse it creates enemies for you , and justifies antagonism ; whereas , will any man , the most sagacious , point out one single benefit to which your order is entitled , that the Charter would not confer npon you , while the hostility and antagonism of your own order enables your oppressors to withhold it
Some men who cater for popularity tell you that they are Chartists and SOMETHING MORE . Now , will you / or can they tell me , what the SOMETHING MORE means ? My meaning of the Charter is . this : that it would allow every man rail and ample wages for free labour by the proper cultivation of the national resources of the country . That it would make you independent of all other states who now supply you with food at a mere WEATHERCOCK price . tfhe thinning of the artificial labour market would raise the wages of all who did not even wish to
look npon the land . The surplus population wonld then be removed to the land , and the artificial labourer would not have such competition to contend against . But do not expect that a man can do a nation ' s work ; and therefore hug you chains so long as your slavery depends upon your own disunion . Working men , in order to prove to you that the censure of slaves is adulation , and that I rather rejoice in the reviling of rascals , allow me to famish you with the following note , which I did not receive till my return from Paris , or it should have had a more speedy reply .
10 fEUGUI O ' COSKOB , Cf& M . P . . 10 , New Norfolk-street , Philpot-street , Commercial-road . 8 a , —My trife andfaan 1 jareatChartenine andIthls morning received a » ote ftom her , of which tha following ua oopj : — "John and Stephen Clark came here last SatoadaT , ana staia tm Sunday , tat if I had known their errand the ? should not have staid here , for I learned on Honday that fiin find »? l 1 ifi < . ^ u . n < rn .. t » . . nt _ . m _ « - ¦¦¦*•
T , ~~ "V »»»* m * v *« «**• W WVUUU UIVAIUUK UUU 2 S , ™» g » f * that they could lay their tongues to , which K ? 5 ? few here : for tf only a w ° « l *» * P ° Itvlmfc * e Clark , have anjth>o saylgain . tyan . aM ? * *«*» * a" * * " *» you thtre to P ^ my wgu ^ F ^^ S ^^ yoo . "th atthe fte ^ w rattpS a ^ rf the »«*• « demerits of k « WiS&et * 8 b ( ratbad'Wtingamanwho Atigust ^ iSk y ( rarIlnm Me « idLobedientServant , * ' CousiomB Ruusov .
Untitled Article
lam much dbliged lio my friend for this communication , but the only notice that I will condescend to take of it is this : let the two FIFERS join the WHISTLER , " and get up a band to abuse me as much as possible . My friend cannot suppose that I would Condescend to take any notice of those two HIRED RUFFIANS , those Siamese youths , who seem to be linked together , by some BRIGHT CHAIN ; but if they will come on the platform at John-street , on Monday next , I will unlink their chain , and separate the Siamese . . Your Faithful and Uncompromising Friend , Feargus O'Connob . T am innr ir ' i r- i r n i
Untitled Article
THE "WHISTLER" AGAIN ; TO JOSEPH HUME , ESQ . ' ' ¦ ¦ ' ; Snt , ~ I take the liberty of addressing you , aeemg that recently in the House of Commons you supported Mr . Hay ter in defending the character of Alexander Somerville . I do not pretend to interfere between him and Mr O'Connor .- *! know nothing © f the Land Plan : ; it may beprofitabk ^ , or not » -fox anything I know : a 1 ioat& :. ;' - / f : : ;¦¦ - r < rP-T .: I am one of the unfortunate men who joined the British Legion , commanded by General Evans , in May , 18 SU When the Legion was bombarding Iran , a fortified town in the
north of Spain , the regiment to which I belonged was engaged in undermmmg one of the gates . At this siege I was thrown from the walls , and my right leg was broken in two places , besides which , I received other injuries , and was discharged the same year . Major Horabrook , the commanding officer , recommendted me to my Spanish Government , to receive six months pay as a reward for my services . Four yeawpa « aed a * ay , but I oouldgetno tidiog 8 of my claim ; at length an advertisement appeared m the newspapers , whioh stated that the claims of the Legion would be paid by instalments at 163 , Albany-street , Regent ' s Park , London , and that the claimant must appear personally , or
empower some some person to receive the money . Somerville appointed 3 n agent in Glasgow , named Morrison , to forward the documents to him , and promised to remit the cash in a few days , Mr . Morrison is a bookbinder , residing in Gailowgate ) Glasgow , and being a respectable man , a great number of us gave him eur certificates , and about a month afterwards he paid me one pound eight shillings , deducting two shillings for agency , as my first instalment . The second instalment became due , bat no cash being forthcoming . Mr Morrison doubted that all was not right , and advised me to write to M . Castanado , the SpapiBh commissioner , aha" I did so . Now , air , you saythe conduot of Srimerville , since ieawng the army , Is highly to his credit : mark what fellows , for here ia the reply of the Spanish
commissioner : — • iiUHomr Pkbbibs , —Li reply to yon , respecting your certificates , your firat instalment was drawn by Mr . Alexander Somerrille , No . 14 , Bridge-Street Strand , and yo > ir second b yMre . Rebecca Holton ! 148 , Bosemary-lane . " I then applied to a gentleman in the East India House , and I am much indebted to him for his kindness to me ; thiB gentleman had an interview with M . Castanada , who said , " Those poor fellows have been shamefully used , by BomervillB
uui x am sorry it is eat of my power to do anything for them . " V Now ,. 8 ir , is this what you call creditable conduot , —obtaining my certificate , and selling it to a Jewess ? I do not sea how you could be fenorant of these transactions , as the cases at the Mansionhouse , before Sir Peter Laurie , must have been known to you ' ; but , if you inquire at Edinburgh , Glasgow , Paisley , Qreenoek , ffilmarnook , and Ayr , a host of witnesses , my . fellow suSerers , will tarnish you with similar evidence of his cnditallt conduct . K
:....-I have considered it . to be my duty to lay this statement befdre the public , and H ia yo& "duty either to refat ' e it , or confess your error . < -.- '' ' ¦ ' ? Ahthont Pebbles . ffo . 2 , Exe-rtreet , Exeter , late a private in the Sappers and Miners British Legion ;
Untitled Article
THE LAND AND LABOUR BANK v . THE "WHISTLER AT THE PLOUGH . "
At a general meeting of the members of the Manchester No . 4 branch of the Journeymen Steam Engine Machine Makers' and Millwrights' Friendly Society , held on Saturday , August 10 th , a letter was read from tho Northern Star , in which the ?* Whistler at the Plough" makeBthe following statement : — " It was not until the middle of 1847 that other newspapers ventured to combat the huge delusion of the Land Scheme , and that more transparent swindle the Land and Labour Bank associated with it , and then it was chiefly from me they had their information . All that year I was incessantly engaged
m examining the Scheme and Swindle in warning the shareholders of their danger , in preventing Trade Societies , Benefit Societies , Burial Clubs , and other associations Scorn sending their foods to the Land Bank . Though my exposure of the unsoundness of the Bank did not prevent all these Bocieties from parting with their money , and parting with it for ever , I saved many of them from rum . But for my timely interference , the Engineers and Machine Makers would have lost £ 20 , 000 more than they did lose . " We , as a branch , having banked our money in the Land and Labour Bank , beg moat respectrally to contradict the above statement as being utterly false , as the following dates and figures will show , Hz . : —
1147 £ t . d , 18 i 7 . £ t . d-Aug . J 7-Deposit 620 0 0 Withdrawal . Oct . U ~ „ 30 3 0 1 " ° T . 8— .. SO S S taterert 1814 S ,, 38- 25 5 0 &S - - 80 7 * Jan . 6- „ io o l j . »\ J- » 10 0 5 Apr . H— „ jo en ^• y s- „ 00 8 6 _ 23— „ 20 6 4 Jttn « 6— „ SO 20 4 „ 22- „ 10 8 9 . „ 28- ^ „ 60 19 9 Aug . 2— „ 339 19 3 £ 638 1 * 3 4638 U » [ This statement has been compared with the Bank books , and is quite correct . —T . Price , Manager . ] The above figures do hot show any loss . Signed on behalf of the Branch , Robert Gillbody . David Schofie , ij > . JohnWhiteby . N . B . —The Manager showed the greatest promptitude in remitting the -withdrawals .
Untitled Article
To t Fbaud upon the Sheffield Fits Trade . — The robbery of the safe of the FiiesnuW Society of Sheffield , to the amount ef £ 121 , by Samuel Paler , a member of the committee , who immediately absconded , in company with a woman named Brooks , waa recently reported , since wbicb Mr , Wawen , w »© of the secretaries of the trade , having ascertained that the delinquent had gone to Hamburgh , followed him thither , and had the good for- ' tune to discover him in an hotel , where he was residing under the name of Smith . He protested that he had only about £ 40 of the money left , and , » s Mr . Warren came to the conclusion that this account was true , he agreed to accept that sum , promising Paley that so further proceedings should be taken against him . Having scoured this remnant of the spoil , Mr . Warren returned to Sheffield , leaving Paley in Hamburg ; and the filesmiths have declared themselves satisfied with the zeal of their secretary .
Awuu , MisBRB .-A vessel named the Othello , arrived from Buenos A yres , has brought a cargo of animal manure . This is a distinct description of manure from guano , and is officially designated by . he term mentioned . °
Untitled Article
t : ^ HE NA ^ D IKSff ^ JCiHABTEH- ^^ - ^¦ . t : : : ; . Assocj&TiOft ;?'' . - ^ : ] $$$ . numeronsl ^ atie nded * . public meelll wasjbeld at £ he ;; Ljia $ rj' A 'fetiuc ^ nip gK ^^^ 'Sl ^ - ' P ^^ Jsp ^' " ^^!^ to / tne chair , and " : sf tidl ^ nfiBe ^^ Miiiig ' sV ^ t ^^ called to review proceedings in parliaiaieni but he thought its proceedings scarce worth notice . Within the last few ^ aya sfefijte cheefiep . arings had b ^ nrecpirimeride ^ by # ay of Baring j but as a set oft >; -flm' had the grant to the new
Duke of Cambridge , his sister , . mamma . Next oa md a . nipt ipn relative to' Tiger Ward , late of Sheffield , ' and . his worse than savage doings in Cephalpnia : ; This Ward caused Bixty-seyen peraohs to be executed before the faces of their sorrowing relatives in cold blood ; and yet , when " : a motion -was made for an inquiry into ^ this ; horrible atrocity ^ only ninetysix members attended in their places , and only forty-Bix ^ onld vote for , the inquiry . ( Hear . ) Some of the Liberal members of the honourabb houses-had been convening a meeting of working trifen and others , at the Whittingt » n Club ,, for the purpose of raising a monument
to Sir Robert Peel j . and . at that meeting Mr . Bright had told them , that in this happy land pauperism was extinguished , and universal prosperity prevailed—daughter )—and because some of the working men expressed dissent from this , jnonatrous fabrication , those living monuments to Sir Robert Peel ' s genius , the police , were called in ; so it appeared that the opinions of the working rnen were : not wanted , but their subscriptions . ( Hear . ) "Wh y should working men subscribe to a monument to Peel ? Did the Manchester Massacre , so well known as Peterloo , demand it at their hands ? did tho i » otoriou 8 six acts ? the several Irish
coercion acts , or his anti-reforming principles ? Never dW . Peel do anything from principle , but everything from expediency . ( Hear . ) . Mr . G . W . M . Rettmoids moved : — " That , as the session of parliament is now drawing to a close , and , as no single measure has been passed with regard to the interest of the enslaved , oppressed , and cruelly persecuted masses ; while , on the Other hand , ample attention has been bestowed upon matters in which the industrial classes have no political sympathy , this meeting regards that faot as another proof of the often repeated assertion , that the House of Commons ' only represent the privileged orderBjand this meeting is confirmed , in its opinion that potbiner but the
enactment of the People Charter as the law of the land will , remedy existing abuses . " Mr . Reynolds said , that when parliament had voted the supplies , honourable members geneviUy begun to eave for their country seats ' } but , on Saturday last , large sums of . money were voted , when only fifteen , . niembere v were , prepent—jet , "wneii—Mr ; - < J * Gbfinftr brought forward hia motion fortWtffiarte ^ h 6 " wr ' 8 pMilyW « mrnoT ^' ^ oWd ' out ; ( Hear , hear . ) On the death of the late Duke of Cambridge , the government proposed to give £ 12 , 000 a year to the present duke , yet , if an admiral had served his country ( after & fashion , of course ) , he would not get as many hundreds for a retiring pension . Was it right or iust that he ( the
Duke ) should have £ 12 , 000 per annum , when he had done nothing to deserve it ? ( Hear , hear . ) It was the mere accident of birth ; had he been born on Saffron-hill , or in Bt . Giles ' B , he wftuld have been scouted , or treated as a vagabond . ( Cheers . ) Again , he did not think it right that the nation should be called on to support the progeny of an address , although their father might be of royal itock . ( Loud cheers . ) There had been several measures before the house relative to the admission of Jews to Parliament ; how , looking at Rothschild personally , he regarded him as the impersonation of Mammon ; but the question , when viewed in its proper light , should and would be , regarded as the last barrier of religious libertv . and
as such should be immediately removed . ( Loud cheers . ) Yet how had Lord John sbunled , and ultimately thrown the question over until next session , on pretence of their not being time to get it carried through this session ; but their was time to get a bill through to give Marlborough House to the Prince of wales , who was only nine years of ago . ( Hear , hear . ) Another subject that oame before tne house was the Cuffee-street Savings Bank . It appeared that there was a great defalcation , and . Sir James Graham had wisely remarked , that if * Parliamenb was responsible at all , it was responsible for the whole amount , and not for a portion only ;—( hear , hear )—but only a modicum was admitted , and this bill . even , was withdrawn .
to make way for the several royal bills . The government had taken the savings banks under tbeir care , and the depositors now received an interest of three pounds six shillings and eightpence per annum , and it being government securities , ifr was looked on as preferable to any other ; with this idea a million of persons had invested their little earnings in the Cuffe-street savings bank ; and he wanted to know if they were not of infinitely more importance than the paltry royal bills for Prince of WaleB ' i royal stableB , or Dukes of Cambridge ? ( Loud cheers . ) Lord John had gravely said , on Sir B . Hall ' s motion , that parliament Bad done more during the session than any other legislative body . ( Lauchter . 1 All ha ( Mr .
Reynolds ) could s » y was , that the working olasBes had derived a very small amount of benefit from it , The Exhibition of 1851 had also been attended to in the house , brought on by the facetious Colonel Sibthorp , and it would appear that the first expense that would be entailed on the country , by this Exhibition , was a sum for the maintenance of two thousand five hundred extra policemen , to keep p rderdririDg the Exhibition ; a bill was about to be introduced at the commencement of next session to increase the force to that amount . ( Hear , hear . l Ib alluding to the Peel monument , he said he looked on the working man who put his hand in his pocket to tupport it as a traitor-to his own order . ( Loud cheers . ) The Timet teemed with advertis .
ments relative to a monument for " The eood Puke of Cambridge . " What had he done , except having drawn his twenty seven thousand a year , and spent it ? he ( Mr . Reynolds ) defied any one to point out one act he ever did . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr Reynolds then briefly alluded to foreign afiairs , and m conclusion said that it was his firm conviotion that nothing shert of the People ' s Charter would produce a sufficient remedy , and it was the duty of the people to show the government that they never Would desist from agitation until the People's Charter became the Taw of the land . ( Great cheering . ) ¦ ¦ ¦>• . v . Mr . Chabws UiTWftBeconded the resolution . Mr . Ihaac WusoiT wpported the resolution , W ^ M put * and carried usanirDpusly * Mr . HTAtLwooo , in n bijfif spoeeb , vrtifch wa » greeted with muoh annlanse . recommended tho
following resolution to the attention of the metropolis and provinces , and most cordially moved its adoption :- " That this meeting hails with delight tpeproBpeet of a federal union between theNahonai Gharter Awooiation , the Reform League , Fraternal Democrats , and Sooial Reformers in general , and earnestly hopes that the above parties will energeticall y and unitedly struggle until every vestige of ignorance , tyranny , and oppress sion shall be removed , and the political and social rights of all be finally established . " Mr . MACNKit seconded the motion , deolaringthat none would be more ready to oarry intoeffeot the precepts contained in theresolution that the mem-De . of th ^ National Reform League . ( Cheers . ) lne motion was adopted by acclamation . A vote of thanks w . as given to . tae Chairman , and the meeting separated . '
Untitled Article
STRIKE OF THE DRIVERS AND FIREMEN OF THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY . The unfortunate dispute between the Eastern Counties Railway , and the employers of the locomotive department has terminated in the resignation of the engine drivers and firemen in the service of the company . On , Monday afternoon after a con-( erenee with Mr . Ellis , one of the directors , no fewer than 178 notices were sent in , intimating their intention of quitting the company ' s employment on Monday next . In the evening » large meeting of the body was held at the George , Stratford , for the purpose of considering the course they should pursue during the dispute .
The Chairman said , that in accordance with the wish of the meeting on the previous day he had accompanied the deputation appointed to present the memorial to the directors . After some time , the Chairman and Deputy Chairman being out of town , they succeeded in seeing Mr . Ellis , a director , and he then proceeded to detail to . him the grievances under which the men had laboured since the introduction of Mr . Goocb . Mr . ElliB listened very at tentiveiy to their statements , and while he regretted that there should be any dispute between them and the company , remarked that he wai not prepared to give them any answer to their application . In conformity , therefore , with the previous determination of the firemen and drivers , the whole of the notices of their reeignations were sent into the office of the company ' s superintendent .
An important resolution was then adopted—viz ., "That the drivers should not work with strange mates , firemen , and that if a stranger was placed upon the engine with them that they should immediately quit it , and allow the stranger either to pre ceedwith the engine or leave it . " They argued that this was no refusal of duty , they only declined to travel with a stranger ; but , even if it was a refusal , the company would have their task in fining or imprisoning the whole of them . This was the way the London and North Western men succeeded , « nd they urged tbiubey must do lne same if they wished to be victorious . Tho meeting having been addressed by several speakers , and tne fitters pledging themselves not to perform the duties of driver or firemen if called upon , tho assemblage broke up .
Meeting or thk Directors . — On Tuesday the direotors of the company had a board meeting on the subject , which lasted some time . We understand that the oomplaints of the men were taken into consideration , and that the board came to the conclusion that they were of a far different character than had been represented by them , and , therefore , oonfirmed Mr . Gooch ' B con duct . It was also said that the company had adopted every precaution in running the trains and carrying on the traffio in the event of the drivers and firemen quitting as they propose on Monday morning next .. * r v
Untitled Article
9 iAnother meeting of " the . men took place on Wed-W £ * » 9 ° Rtimg ,, a resolution .-on the snhjeoli f * . ; diffeWnffiPb ^^ h ( tKe ^ eWes and the ¦ ii tui !^^^^^ / SM ^^ W ^^ thifeto-lad ^ drawibvnpsiw- - ^ ^ nl k 1 ¦ oh h 8 L w ^ d « ad , a , nd ; When ; he , had , 80 i + « ' ] £ *» P # ^ J « very , one would . bear , him out S ^ I Sfwf ^^ ' ^^ " *^ . , " PeUow-workmen ,-. it ; i 8 withtim A **** twin
, all of yon , that we have found ourselves compelled " ' to . give notice to our employers thatwe -shall quit ' ¦ \ their service on Monday , next .. -I say ' . that this ^ step has been taken as a- matter , of necessity DB « ' oau 88 none of m would willingly leRvetha linilipon which the greater number of the ' . men have been working their , engines for rthe Jast seven , or eight years ; and / some ; of ^ them ' frcjm thevery oporiing of the railway ^ ina ^ jr , of ns tiboj have ¦ large famtlleg , " and are , of'Co ' uifse , ' n 6 fc-likely •; unless in veryeis- ' ¦¦¦ treme . -eases-indeed , to ris ' Kthe chance cf being throwntout of employm ' erit ; I'believe every driver and fireman uponithe line has given noticeto leave . ' the . service . ! fKo . 'BOOner ^ was ; it known : at Nor-. ;
wwh than apme : pf-the , 'Stratfor 4 men were determined not to submit to the- . . ' gross , ap ^ s of injnstico ^ . jat have been inflicted upon numbers of us , thaa they , a 8 well as the meh > t the other stations , ' , wBp appearjo haWbiit ofie feeling , and thafis of irrita- tipn and indignation ; resolved also at once to throw up tneir situations , Ss they consider that' with our new superintendent we are to have introduced a ¦ ¦ llln * i ?^ Sf / P * * and . penalties , -the . extrava-E' ^ iH r ? . V ^ Pwating ,- injustice of Whioh wquldbe , if generaUy- carriedout , frequently ill e ^ lf a man S . 8 « « W . for no fault What- ' \ /? do . his work with anything like comfort to Sfc ^ ff ^ to-hw master .- W ' thte . fellowworktoen :
; is making a very serious charge aeainst " ourempl oyers / ^ uf'it is the seriousness of truth " and , as reporters from the publio . press are present I - will ¦ . Btate-, before them the facts ^ that are ' so well mawn . topurselves ^ i ^ hat , , w ?; complin of is the lD ft ™ - ^^^'* fl ? l % tem ^* fM s . mflj « ted 1 witl »«''' ? E §! rwk 9 ?* fW ? V ^ i ? Fir ^ SS « Jfi * fl ?? W ?• h a ^ - riomo ^ contifoHhatf ' came hore about a fortni ght ago . We knew very : well , _ we ' should have a sharp eye upon us , but for that wo did not care . We know our duty , we have always done it , and were pre- ' pared to do it . W were , , however , not prepared for money punishment to be visited upon us under a system which in reality lays it down m
as a princi ple that machinery is never to get out « f order , and that steel and iron are never to break or wear out ; but if an eccentric strap breaks , or the cotter of a draw spring should come off , the driver and firemen are to be fined a day ' s pay . And this is not the only measure of which we complain . It isvery ^ vident from what has taken place during the last fortnight that a cutting down system of economy is to be earned out against the drivers and firemen upon this " line , and that length , and fiuthfolnen of service , skill , sobriety , and good con . duct , are to weigh as nothing against 6 d . a day to be saved out of this man ' s wages , or 4 d . a day out of that man ' s pay I will now mention the sort of system under which we have been working for ttm .
last tortnigbt . The first case of injustice I Bhall lay before you is that of Joseph Tutton , driver , and Ueorge Jenkins , fireman . When about thirty-four ' miles on his journey , and while running at the ordinary speed , the cotter of his cross-head broke in three pieces . Now you all know that he could no nlore prevent the acoident than any man who may be passing this house at this present moment ; but , nevertheless , both driver and fireman were fined two days' pay . and suspended for two days and three quarter The next case is that of James-Steele , driver , » ni William Bird , fireman . Whilo running , thr t » ga of his clack broke , the ball of the olaok worked into the pump , and the consequence was the < cceatric strap broke . No skill ,
hnwavnvgreat , no care , however watchful , could prevent auch . an . accident , and yet both men were fined one . quarter day each . Another case is that of Henry Hams , driver , and John Knight , fireman . The eccentric sheave of tho engine sli pped and caused a detention of the train ten minutes . Such a thine as this will occur to the best driver in the world , without his being able to prevent it ; but under the new system the men were fined a quarter day ' s pay each . James Monks , engineman , and Wil « liam Cowen , firemen , were fined Is . each for a porter neglecting his duty in turning off the water . When Monks went to Mr . Gooch alout it , he ( Mr . Gooch ) told him he was sorry he had fined them , but as he had given his word he would not alter it . Monks told him he would not submit to
^ fined unjustly : therefore Mr . Gooch immediately fllj -uarged him . The next is a case unparalleled in ml ay management . Mr . Gooch requested Wilhaia . Hewitt , engineman , to shift his family to aertwn . as he fullyintended for him to run from Noimea to London and back—a distance of 280 mile ^ or one day ' s work . Hewitt told him . no ¦ S 2 mS iSJ ? -K 4 ? -i £ * - J * r ^ GDOoll ! a Vi > ly ... ww .. th » t .. ha w » mu not be the only person that would have to do it , as he intended to have the time table 8 _ altered so that every man could do it . The next case is that of James Nelson , engine-driver , and William Jolly , fireman . Their tram consisted of thirty waggons . While shunting this train , the draw-bar of one of the wagons ^ arl
way . For this they were in no degree to blame : but they were of course fined one fay ' s pay « ach . There are several other cases of this character . Bdward Reay , driver , and William Head , fireman , were fined Is . eaoh , because a draw-bar ^ broke in taking a train of thirty loaded waggons . Georee Cann , engine man , and John Hall , fireman were discharged for no other reason than that were old , and had been to this company faithful SentntB , and were receiving , by servitude and good conduct , the first-class wages . Mr . Goooh distinctl y told Unn , he would pay no man whatever the wages he ho was receiving ; so that old , experienced , and good men , are of no more value to Mr . Gooch , than the youngest engine driver on tha line . Lot . tha
publio decide whether these experienced men , or the firemen and men , of any or no character from other places , that Mr . Gooch may bo engaging and promising the samo rate of wages as the first-daBS enginemen and firemen have , are the fittest to entrust their lives to . George Burling , engineman , was summarily discharged beoausehe refused to do t * o man a work in one day—namel y , his own and a ntter 8 . Thomas Thompson was suspended because the set screw of his top clack blew ont , a oircum . stance over which he could not possibly have any control . It is , fellow workmen , against such wanton HijuBtice as that whioh I have ) uBt detailed to you that we protest . With such a system in operation , no driver , however skilfulhowever
experi-, enced , however careful , can ever be safe from the mniotion of injustice upon him . The government of the country would have just as much reason to punish a man for breaking a blood vessel , or falling down m a fit , as our locomotive superintendent has had for punishing the men for the cases I have mentioned . Whatever the motive by whioh our 8 upenntendant has been actuated , I know not ; but what I feel is that the new system is intolerable ; that I could not work either comfortably or safely under it ; and that , as far as I am concerned , I prefer to seek employment elsewhere . I here feel it necessary to state to those who have not seen the morning newspapers , that the arbitrary conduot
that has been pursued towards us is sanctioned by the board of directors ; it is , therefore , preposterous to think of ever returning to the service of the Eastern Counties Railway Company , unless the whole system of pains and penalties be abolished , and the men can have ample securitv that good conduct shall meet with its proper reward . " At the conclusion of the address , George Burlinjr , shedman , bore his testimony to the truth of all thlt ^ chairm an had stated . W . Hewitt , engineer , W . Weodhouse . Lengineman , J . Marks , driver , j . Ra g . trick , fireman , Phillip Tatle ( for his brother ) , a fireman , — Hinde , a driver , and Robert Cree , a fireman , also corroborated the statement of the
chairman . J . RisxnicK then moved a resolution to tho effect that the conduct pursued towards the drivers and firemen of the Eastern Counties Railway had for the last fortnight been most irritating and unjust ; that the men had been fined for accidents which no human prudence or foresi ght could prevent ; that old , faithful , and skilful drivers , receiving tho highest olass of wages , had been summarily discharged without causes assigned ; and it was the opinion of this meeting , speaking for themselves , that they could not possibly continue to work under the system recently introduced , and by the operation of which all their care , experience , and skill were rendered entiroly useless in preventing the infliction of frequent and heavy fines . Ihis resolution was unanimously agreed to . and the meeting separated .
Untitled Article
t TflK «' CHRM ? ASDNABn" SisiEM . -An eminent Swift 7 / fv . ' » for mny years has been celebrated for the excellence of his goods , was some time since astonished to find his customers express their disapprobation of the quality of his teas ; months rolled on with a declining custom before he discovered that tho fine flavour of his beverage , which " cheers but not inebriates , " had been destroyed by tho offensive odour whioh proceeded from Bomu tea papers which had boen printed for him at Birmingham , at an extraordinary lowprice ; the ink with which they were executed being made of tho commonest oil , the effect on tho tea ww of a most nauseous nature . , . The Tenant LEAQOE .-Mr . Shea Lalor has proceeded to London , on a mission from the council of the Tenant league , to urge upon the Cabinet and the Irish members the necessity of instant legusla- tion for the protection of the tenantry ,
Untitled Article
msTs : ¦ £$ ! ' ? i *? ^ n ^ nication ^ recelved I . beg Sl ^ Ti at , pur P ° commencing my : toui te ^ - * ° otiand ^ m ^^ nd reaohing Scotland by the mi ^ li SiW ?» »«<> have to express : mys * e | retj ! iS ! i * ^ health ! no * time r > errW ^> to fJgW ¦ ganubckburn ^ De ^ n « on - ^ ^ Mronfcrbeing nearl y ^ co ^ eie ^ falf Tji § c ^ Mtoa ^ eb ^ r'ie'& ' Wi *®* ¦ SMJh -APiRnrt . , . ^ y | ' 3 aNEsi , JoNBS . ^ 1 f : ^ ' ]^" - ' ¦ •'• - •¦ - . njmi j- ^ jr ..... . ,- ¦ ^ , , ^ a .
-.- Cmtf Mmasmt. Ss^S==: • •-_ -:
-.- CMtf mmasmt . ss ^ s ==: • - _ -:
Untitled Article
¦ " ¦ '• ¦ . ¦ . ¦• - ¦ . ¦ . ¦ . ¦ ¦ .. . " - . ..... ..,= .....,.... „ --. - . •<» , j . . ' ^ » -.,.,, , _ 1 _ , . f . » ¦¦•¦<¦ . w-
Untitled Article
^ piJST jqw to i ^ cHAi W-lM H ° - 669 . 1 « MOB , S » ¦ - - •¦• ¦ ' ^^ ¦^ i ^ . friih . fy TO ,, ..,: '; . '" // : .. ! ¦ . .,: g ^ SfcMltoir ^ si ^ ,, ^^^^! - " Tf * JrT'fTTr ' ' T"f ri ' m n f '" ~ ' ¦¦ —;—
(Ctyifm≪Mtu≪M^Fr≪M Ite Otford&M Raptrs.), T?J Smill Capitalists And Others. Jcnster Lo?El, Near Witney, Oxfoid&Hiie.
( CtyifM < mtu < m ^ fr < m ite Otford&m raptrs . ) , t ? J SMiLL CAPITALISTS AND OTHERS . JCnster Lo ? el , near Witney , Oxfoid&hiie .
Untitled Article
| Brwhton . —The members met on Monday evening , and , amo ng oifier business / took into ' 5 » B »\ detatioB ' -ttenoti ] B © "jaijed-by tiie * tei ^ ii tiveOomnM ^^^^ ttrpofie of ibrmihif ^ i ^ pi ^ 0 ai ^^ Bmatk societies whose head | MMM Me"in 1 JjBnd 6 n ; also ; to make ¦< Wl ^^ to toj ^ erf ^ . ; % &e 8 t Jones , Esq ., Pg ^ dw ^ ay ' e ^ ning ^ guit 21 & ,, After f ^ M % - * l » Mffl \ fo ; the . olMHiFmwii the meeting Iprlg .. ''^ ' : v ¦ : ; yp ^ 7 . ... .. ^ : ;;¦ . - ,. * S ? M ( ttOIITAN DEliflAT ^ < 30 UNblitl--Thi ( i
SW * ## e «^ hp 8 t ; H » U ,, 26 V Gol-®^ g M | 5 n /§ u ^ ay ; j ^ ncK ) ni ^ gufltai ^ im ^ W ^ wasjuoaniniwaslyi called to the $ ^ s ^ ii # *» W $ S > ££ aftist ; 7 Vac * . —ThiB ' ^ S ^^ ^ JB ^' ] brongh ^ : fer « fardi ^ peoifioa--Sp ™ V * M } in « r to obtain more in-OTfMlit ^ iur thelMo urned unta'the $ mM * W ^ me ^^ tf Clerl » ell . ^ pM ^^ g ^^ l ^^ anC
m ^^^ m ^ fraternal manner in which it inserted our address , whole and entire . "—Progress of Chart im . r ~ hx addition to the previous weekly meetingB , it was arranged and announced that a . great public meeting / for the district of Westminster and Pimlico , Should be held at the Temperance-hall , Broadway , on the 26 th instant ^ and the Pimlico friendB' assistance waa respectfull y solicited . Some other business was transacted , a vote of thanks given to the chairman , and the counoil adjourned . ' Derby . —A meeting of delegates was held on Sunday last ; August 11 th , at Swanwick ,
when the following places were represented Derby , Belper , Swanwick , Coduor Park , Butterly , and Sutton-in-Aahfieid . It was resolved . : — " That the above-named places form themselves into , a district ; that Mr . Bezer be engaged to lecture at Derby , Belper , Swanwick and Sutton-in-Ashfield ; that a carbp meeting be held on Holbrook Moor , and that the Derby council have the management of it ; that the next district delegate meeting be helc on Sunday , 22 nd September , at the Anchor Inn , Swanwick , and that Mr . John Moss , boot and shoe maker , 81 , Parker-street , Derby , be district secretary , to whom all communications for the district must be addressed . "
Soho Locality . — The members met in their hall , 2 , Little Dean-street , on Wednesday last , to discuss the propositions of the National Reform League . Mr . RobinBOH was called to the chair . An animated discussion ensued , in which Messrs . Swift , Rogers , M'Neil , Stallwood , and several others took part , when it was agreed that the debate be again adjourned till Wednesday next . A vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman , and the meeting , which was well attended , dispersed .
The Exbodtivb Committee op ths Nationix . Chaotrb Association met at the office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand , on Wednesday evennj ? , AugUBt 14 th . Present-Messrs . Davies , Stallwioc Graasby , Arnotfc ,, Miles , and Milne . Mr . Davie * 11 the cbauf .. Cor respondence was read from Falkirk . requesting a supply of the tract" Chartism ; " from Staleybridce for a like supply ; and also for one hundred of the addresses issued by the Metropolitan Delegate Counoil ; from Todmorden and Exeter remitting cash , and requesting a fresh supply of cards and tracts : from Yarmouth requesting the sanction ofthe . Executiveto ^^ fo rm : « CbSrtlet district mand
Mound Norwioh and Yarmouth , the first meeting to be ho ! 4 at the Light Horseman , Stump Cross , Norwioh , which was granted . The address to the electors and non-electors , on the necessity of returning somosixty Chartists at the next general eleotion , was unavoidably postponed until next week . —5 « eretana attendance at the Office . —tor the greater facility of business for the future , the seoretaryhas arranged to be at the office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand , every day ( Sundays exoepted ) , from ten to six o ' oleokjand on Monday eveWs from seven to nine o ' clock . —Me Federal Union . — The Secretary reported , that he had sent the intitationi , and that the several friends hsd accepted Of the 8 ame .- Grtat WestminsUr and Pimlico
mtttiny . —Mr . Stallwood reported , that the Temperance Hall , Broadway , was taken for the 26 th instant ; that Messrs . Reynolds , Harney , and others , had agreed to attend , and that correspondence wa § opened with other Dsmoerats . —Bloom * tu / y .-Messrs . Isaao Wilson , and E . Finden , attended as a deputation from the above locality , and expressed a desire to have a large public meeting convened to aid the spread of Chartism in that district , and to request the aid of the Executive . The deputation was most courteously received , and a meeting at an early day m the Assembly Rooms is anticipated as tho result . At its rising , the Committee adjourned until Wednesday evening , August baft 21 &L . . '
-
-
Citation
-
Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 17, 1850, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1587/page/1/
-