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ADDRESS WRIITB 3 BY BEQUEST , O > THE STRIKE © P TBE F HASOKS * BOM THB NEW HOCSES OP PAHLIAXEKT , &tt ^ * & toofe * Sr a lfosw «* & « Ffctorra T 6 «^ . Z >« . lea , *^ mi . « A « w riitoa ZV # tw * per / armed , for the letn&if&e viasoxs . « h = n Ibt « I toU'd in bondage , Egjpi TO ^ r break thesp Wt which the yoke bad bow d . vnt fearful tyrants cannot rest content rdess the nrind be with the body bent ffi ^ tSUains the t artheaed Hebrew groan , feas ^ HsrtSTWiiW « l « . » ki «» *«™ i .
. . ; i at ^ Bsswff& s" <*» Sat iwlflt in Tain . ' -Tvrantt no wannng take . — IH ^ r ^ rSs ^ fr- - JM £ E * &" « U * sht « --ft *** -, T ^ V ^ ae a pp ] e , -with an unmatcb'd dart , * sW in Ten ™ ^ ared to that great deed-He freed himself— his country , too , he freed ! gjrnem , a slave , was Order ' s chosen tool , To keep his dignity by barbTous nae . Vbst dignity , forsooth ! can masters sse In using servants with indignity ?
The thankful masons , -whom y # n aid to-night , gboWd more trne greatness when they struck for right , And taught the petty tyrant to be civil , . ¦ filio row assumes tie saint instead of deviL $ e trade ! 'who -wide -Quite to shield each other , Aid -will not see 0 } pression starve a brother , Te heard and answtr * d the free mason's cry—Tamine they fear rot-for yonr help is nigh ! \ f e struck for labour ' s rights , ' gainst labour ' s wrongs—Oar cause is yonrs—to yon our case belong * : — Ifeey -would have msde as slaves , nay -worse ; but teen yTe struck to show them that we ttill were men . And all who value -worth and manliness Bare sympxtiiised with us except the Press!—The Press . ' that engine to enlirge the slav ? . ?
On it refuse when truth and justice crave Alas ! eppr ^ ssion sways the ven al pen—Corruption backs the master- not the men 1 Bat time will come when thesa things will not be-When heaven wiil give success to honesty . iad those who work'd at Nelson ' s Monument , And Woolwich , too—by slavery unbent , Sail with the : r brethren raise a noble name 33 » t tyranny shall daunt , and treachery shame . Co , may the members of the Houses be , A * were tbe buDders , foes to tyranny : Then will the day , so long desir ed , comeTsund , When labour shall with capital be crownM , And r 3105 , Peace , and Pienteousnegs abound ! Jca * WATE . ISS SO , Upper ilsrsh , Lambeth .
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truth : 32 ie cries of the starring are heard on the gale , Employment they seek , but there is none to be had ; Ibe rich are roo proad to be heeding the wail Of the » tarving meihwiic , by hunter grown mad . Ibej tnrn a deaf ear to sad poverty ' s tale . And the cries of the poor but make their hearts glad ; This we wiil not , we cannot much longer endure—! B » rich are too rich , and the poor are * oo poor ! The time it must come , aye and speedily too—When the pamper'd and purse-proud shall tremble and fall ; AB the ills they have caused , too late they m 3 y me , And harsh words they ' ve spoken , they'll wish to recall : Bat th « -y cannot erase them whatever they do ,
Xor drown the loud cry now repeated by all , That tis out of their nature ' s these things to endure—That tbe rich we too rich , and the poor are too poor ! They ' re straggled to crush ard destroy the young bud Springing from nature , of wisdom and truth ; They're spared neither torture , nor prison . nor Hood ; Xeteber aged or young—neither msnbood or youth 2 They ' re scorn'd even Heaven , when mercy has stood To soften their svuli , « ili , still trust their truth . Tis Heaven that says—this no longer endure—For the rich are too rich , and the poor are too poor I
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STAXZAS . TO THE POETS OF TffE X 0 RTHEE . 5 STAB . AXD IIS MrSICAL SElDEKS . Poets , ye have a brother in distress , Pining beneath the "weirht of gaunt disease , Bat lately , vista-like , hope ' s cheering rays Point to a remedy where Th&mes ' s breast Xi * Ir ? s to her babe-like ships the cradle ' s rest ; This vejyage far recovery ' s boon -would please , Bat While ushelp'd , the Means I cannot raise . To unloose affliction ' s iron sone—and Test To gain " the needful "—heedless of renown , To pay tk * expeace of traveling so far , And Each a lame as I must stay in town , To wait the operations of the war . I mean to print some verse—for balf-a-crown ; Subscriber ' s lists are open at the Star . It is not far your wealth I ask your aid ;
Bat tis fn this , there are aoma friendly fees Betwixt us , and which time and pannry ' s guise Lea-re undivided , for we all are led To worship at her feet , whom we in fancy wed . Brink of the springs alike , from whence arise Tbe warmth of feelings that can sympathise , Can succour the oppress'd , and feed the unfed . Vm confident that an appeal to those From whose bright eye the tea > s of pity flows , Will not be lost in sir , as the blown rose That bloem'd is . desert wilds , unseen , bestows Its fraenace to th' unheeding breeze ; disclose Tour fellow-feeling , and-espouse my cause . James Tekkox . Sooihmolfcofl , Jan . 22 . 18 i 2 .
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LEEDS . —Umehploted Poor . —An impression teems to prevail that the Enumeration Committee » rea partj to the delay which has taken place in eoBplnhig the inquiry , undertaken by the overseers , into the correctness of the report made by the committee to the magistrates in October last . We » re emphatically assured , on behalf of the committee that ihis is not the case—that they are no Party to the delay which has been occasioned ; bEt tail the whole ' blame rests with the overseers ; TOose callous indifference to the wants of the distressed operatives , more especially to those who do not beloBjj to the parish of ~ Leed 3 , and for -whom acre particularly a subscription would be available , is mosi asto-ishing . The books of the enumerators were seat to tee OTer » eers in November , and every isittoce ha 3 been rendered to them -which ha 3 been required . The committee have been most
to have the inquiry completed , and for this pcrpose a deputation waited npon eisht of the over-* eers o n Christmas Dav , in order to ascertain what progrew they had made in their canvass , and to arge fipoa taem the desireabieness of giving in their ^ w lOt ^ e ffia ^ stra'es " ' 't . a as ^ ttle delay as pos-Bole . The committee think it due to themselves and taexmanplojed operatives to make taeir statement public . B KTiSO . —Meeting op the Tbades in bkhau J * thb ilj ? r on Strike agais » t Allen . —On iTiesOiT nieht . the 18 Lh inst- at eiaht o'clock , in
» e Odd Fellows' Hall , the Trades of Kelso met , to Waaoer the best means for assisting the strike * pDst Allen , mason , and foreman at the new nouses of Parliament . The Committee of the LTiiJea Operative Masons there , having called the teeeting , produced authentic reports of the origin . Progress , and present position of the strike , and tJrmgrea ( j g ^^ commented thereoa , as much of " ^ as were thon ^ ht necessary comtDiited the •« C 2 « to the other traces assembled . ResbluiioDS *^? " ^ mediately thereafter unanimously agreed to , ^ Cfifiiaing t | je con d Of Al ien , and showing it to « lDe interest of evprr wnrlnmr man in the
Mne-« ° bs to do everything m his power , either by "Qaey or argument , to crash the present attempt to |** &iaia and extend the domicion of despotism ; and ~^ J > appoiniin ^ that snbicrjption sheets be pre-P *** « "i entrusted to members of the various F ^^ such members to be named before the meetrf "JstrictSj which accordintity was cone . In oon-^ m of a remark on universal union of worki ng P * ° Pfe , which had fallen from one of the speakers ¦¦"" s&tae proceedings , a person present inquired * fi ? Atr nothing more could be saia on that subject « fure the meeting dismissed , when tne person "Co bid aide the remark referred to , suggested when the had that
^ Chairman declared the Possess was nnished , for which the present meet-^ waa called , all who fait inclined , should conrctnte « giin , for an exchange of sentiments on the Kb ject of nnivtreal union . The snbstance of the MnTOBttiim was to the following effect : —That forking people are taxed to an nnjust amount . **« to one bat the prodneer is taxed—taxation , *«* traced to the root , being found to consist r ? Osly of labour , ( preduction >—that often prodnoers »* en as a whole , have produced * s much as supply ^ as ^ ves and families , aod aged , and support for a <*** Government , including army , navy , in active J « Tice , and such otker functiouaries as may be
£ ™ neceasarj to preserve the peace of society . 5 ** J n * ve wrought enough , consequently whatever F ^ e ihey i re forced to do , in order to gain a liveli-™» d » Ja nnjoBt taxation- That six hours per day «« ie average throaghoni the year it sufficient for " * P ^ rposeeaiuiemed . » nd therefore four hours per
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day is pafd by all ( more by many ) in unjust taxation , to support the non-producers in their respectable establishments . A calculat on . showing the above result , was in the possession of one present . That on purpose to get rid of such abominable injustice , it is necessary to adopt some measure likely to ensure tho co-operation of all interested , and that considering the glorious results » lre » d j achieved by Trades' Unions , the same principle extended so as to combine the ^ rhole in one commoa iaterest , is the most hkel y at present practicable—or if not at pre sent , the first likely to becoae so . That in order t * ensure the assistance of all , let the fundamental principle be , equality of dutj aDd equality of privilege , as far as present circumstances will posBiblv
admit , aod to progress in this respect wnenever practicable . That jf possible let intoxicating liquors be abandoned by every one of hs , and success will crown our labour . Wages to be always regulated by reference to the price of necessaries . That part of the calculation which relates to housing , was submitted to the closest inspecion of the meeting , and by it is clearly demonstrated that so working man occupying < mly ene room , should pay more than four days' labour or wages for that time , as rent , annually . It runs as follows : —\ house of four rooms can be reared with SSO days' labour , including everything { average ) ; it will last sixty years , lodging four tenants , each paying four days , makes
sixteen annually—60 times 16 is SS 0 , this gives thflandlord his own , and we hold it to be unjust for one man in leading a day's labour to demand a day aud a half in return ; but landlords do more than thi ?; in general they receive four or five day 3 for one . Will the kind-hearted working men of Britain be patient evermore to ihis barefaced robbery , when by a single effort they could be free ! We heardiy wish the already united trades would respond to us on this subject , that measures may be devised to produce a working place of the important work . It must be seen at once _ th » t if such a practice were adopted , nobody willing to work need be idle , for the day would be shortened in order to employ all . —Correspondtnt .
HOESIiEV ( Gloucestershire . )—Only a few years back there was , between the Boot Inn , Horsley , and NupenS House , now tho residence pi Mr . William Wisi , late agent to the Felting C ; oth Company , Leeds , Yerkshire , a distance of not more than four hundred yards in a direct line , scventy-tsvo looms in full employ , independent of hundreds more in the same parish * upon the very best of tke West of England broad cloths ; and at tho present time there is only oue , and not above half work for that . This is _ kept by an old wcaian named Sukey Neale , and
considerably more than &ix : y years of a ^ e ; the poor weavers have been obliged to turn day labourers , and"from the scar ity of work at that and the wet weather , the labourers have not earned more than from -os .- to 6 s . per -week for the last year ; some of them with large families , and sometimes to walk a distance of fiom four to six miles every day to and from their work . They are at the present time literally at the starvation point . Tbe writer defies the Duke of Wellington , S : r Robert Peel , or Lord Jahn Rus * e'l , formerly our borough member , to contradict this glaring fac :. —Correspondent .
WOODHOTJSE . A > ci « nt Romans On Monday , the i > ova Senate , ho . 17 , o ? the above flourishing order , held at the house of Mr . Roberi Harwood , tbe George the Fourth Inn , Woodhouselane , held its aniiiversary , when the members sat down to -a sumptuous dinner provided for the occasion .
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A Political Economist . — " I can ifind bread for my family , " said a iaxy sinner in a puohc company . " Nor . I , " replied an industrious miller , "I am obli ^ ad to trori for it . " GiGxjrnc Hatxddck .. —On the H ' . h ult . a haddock of the followiu j extraordinary dimensions was caught off F : ndhorn , and brought for sale tn Forres fi ^ h-ciarke :: —" It measured three feet lon ^ , 19 inches in circumference at the thickert part of its body , and -weighed ISJbs . It was bought by a thrifty hostess in town , for 3 d . —Forres Gazelle .
HOW TllADESMSN BECOME BaSKBUFI . —If OBC tradesman , in these days divides his wiadows inio four squares , his neighbour instantly makes his into two , -whilo the shop opposite outdoes botb . by a single plate filling the whole front of the establishment . We trusj chat these enormous windows will , for the fmure , be seen through , and that tradesmen may be ueterred from tneir ruinous extravagances by ihe reputation for fragility that will henceforth attack to commercial a 3 well as other glass houses . A Weather-thse Swan . —Thi 3 swan , the property of Lord Braybrooke , which was 18 or 19 years old , had brought up many broods , and -wa 3 highly valued by the neighbours . She exhibited , some eight or aiue years past , one of the m : > st remarkable
instances of the power of instinct that was ever recorded ; She was sitting on four or fire exes , and was observed to be very busy in collecting weeds , grasses , tc , to raisa her nest . A farming man was ordered , to take down half a load of haulm , with which shemon industriously raised her nest and the e ^ gs ' . wo feet and a half . That very night tht-Te came down a tremeDdou 3 fall of rain , n-hieh Hooded ail the malt shops , and did great damage . Man made no preparation—the bird did . Instinct prevailed over rea ^ n—ker eggs were above , and only just above the water . A Facetious WiTKE * 3 . —In a trial at our quarter sepsioE ? , for stealing a watch from the bea-room of Mr . George Poynter , at Wiliingh&m , the
following conversation took place , ou cross-examination , between the prosecutor and Mr . Byles , counsel for rheprioOEer : —blr . Bvle 9—" Where do you live V Mr . Poynter— "At WilHngham ; but I am not a Willingham man . "— " What are you ! "' " An engineer ; I wa 3 apprenticed to Henry M&u-eslay , partner to Sir Isamberl Brunei , of Thamas Tunnel notoriety . " " Well , what else are you ! " " Why , I am a gunsmith , locksmith , aad be'lhangcr , iron ara and lathe' maker , edge-tool-maker , watch and clock maker and repairer , mathematical instrument maker , -weighing , machiie , scale , and steel-yard maker , knife-maker , and grinder , publican audlicensed victualler , and an old man-of-war ' s man ,
and was engaged in the action between the Shannon and Chesapeake ; in fact , I am half brother to Caleb Qnoiem . " '" Are you not a conjuror as well ? " " O yts , that I am ; Monsieur Testet was a fool to me ; and if you are -willing I vfiil show jox one or two tricks . " " What can you do ? " " Well , if you will allow me , and not consider I am insulting , I will tell you . " . ** Oh , certaiuly , go on . ' " Then , it you-will just takeoff yoar wig , and g « t the gentleman next you : o grease yonr head , I will swaiiow yon whole , and then yoa -wiH be no more trouble to yourself nor any one else . " ( Loud laughter , in which the court and learned connsel joined . ) Mr . Byles . '" You may etacd down , Sir . "—Cambridge Independent .
The Last > ew Fashions . —The coat 3 of the gentlemen are now buttoned close up to the throat , and the hamis are worn in : he pocket . B'ae is a fashionable colour for the face , arid noses are slightly tipped with a deep pink or crimson . Wiitre gi ^ ves are not worn , the ends of the fingers are brought as near to tbe mouth as possible ; and we have s&en a pretty substitute for cloaks , worn when it is likely to rain , in a species of material sometimes used for making coal arid potato sacks . When there are toanj in a family it is sometimes customary to throw a drapery of green baize , or something else , over the shoulders of one cf the taiiec-t members , which hangs down in a natural fold , but cot very full , over the younger branches . We have seen a new ? tyle of shoe , very much worn inceed by the hnmbler classes oT pedestrian ? . Is is fore-shoriened eoae to
leave the heel entirely uneucumbered ; and the front , or upper-leather , is slightly blar-hed in an irregular pattern , so as to show the fos £ or sioi-kirg—when the latter article happens to ba used with it . We have seen a few great coats , but in n : any instances ¦ we have ob ? ervf-d that these articles are vforn only as substitutes for the usnal suriout Tvhica is discon-. iuued whea . the wanner garment is adopted ; and which being tho last thing out , it is presumed that the surtout , or body coat , cay be considered to have gODe in , ai least for the present . The hohday * being at an end , boys' jackets are trimmed as before ; and there is about the same qnanuty ef lacing behind as usual . During Chri-tmas there was a good deal of open work about too mouth , and a rich spotted material , resembling in colour a plumb-pudding , was very generally resorted to fur jjnijis . —Punch .
A . s Akebican ' s Opinion np the English Ciiurch Establisment—A . \ z . ltcturtj lately aehver ^ d before a literary institution in Philadelphia , the lecturer , after a description of the English aristocracy , alluded to the English church : — "The next , and by many considered by far the most odious part of'ho English svsrem ( said the \ eaurei ) , is the ras :, overwhelming , and greedy churcL establishment , sunns , like some huge monster , upon the neck of tae nation , extracting its substance , and coining the very blood of tho people into tribute to her unholy and hollow pretensions to p . ety and meekness . In the whole history of tke civilised world there is nothing to be fonnd equal to it . It is rendered even more criminal and indefensible by the fact that the very men who sustain -and aoprove it , are themselves the arrogant conservators of tho wisdom , tie taleut , of the nation . Inconsistent in its management , and tyrannical and
prescriptive in its policy , it presents to the world the anomaly of an institution , the firat professed object of which \ b the advancement and promulgation of God's -word , of his merey , his purity , and his omnipotence ; and yet it lives , and thrives , and grows rich and luxurious Epon taxes wrung from the suf fering and grinded poor , and from those who profess another creed , and ^ elong to another denomination . England ' s worst aristocracy are those who Eit enthroned among the linen and purple of her church , rioting on immense salaries , and sustaining , by deed and word , the degenerate Government who suppo"t and eneoarage them ; while the poor labouring masses , on whose toil they luxuriate , are in most casea unseen and unknown to them , except it be through the tithes and taxes they pay to keep up their oppressors . Religion has no companioBship -with this solemn , mockery and gilded hvpocriBj . "
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A poor woman , named Ball , living at Stubbington , while gone to Titohfield to procure previsions , fastened her three children in an up iteirs room , as she usually did ; the children by some Beans set fire to v bag of hulls , and on her return she found all three dead . —Hampshire Standard . Amongst the places advertised in tbe Gazelle as duly registered for tbe solemnisation of marriages , under the 7 th of William IV ., o . 85 , is the Social Iustitutioo , John-street , Totteuham-court-road . Pkincb Albert has given orders for six pairs of silk trousers and stockings to be made by the silkstocking-makers of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire , in answer to their address praying for his patronage to help their distressed trade .
A man named Jupp , who kept the Star Ian , at Reigate . threw himself under the Brighton train , at Red-hill , on Monday , and was smashed toatomB . The cause of this most determined suicide does not appear . On Friday last , we were shown a note for £ 5 , of the bank of Messrs . Clarke , Mitchell , Phillips , and Smith , with an endorsement somewhat unusual m bills of that kind . . It was to this effect t—Farewell my note—and wheresoe ' er you wend L ^ ave gaudy scenes , and be the poor man ' s friend ; You ' ve left a poor one— -go to one aa poor , And drive despair and hunger from his door . We have seen worse poetry than this quatrain ; but the sentiment would inspire the ruggedest and most hahing verse with beauty and grace . —Leicester Journal .
American Courtship . —If a girl has a lover down at Anne Arbour , of course she marries him as soon as ht-r friends consent ; if they object , tbea she goes to bed , and Temains there until thay give their consent , wnich generally oecurs in less than a fortnight . It is found by that time to be less expeusive , aad more agret able , to cail in the lover than the doctor . A physician having prescribed for a patient who complained of a want of appetite , recommended him to eat fried bacon instead of taking butter at breakfast , a 3 the latter disagreed with his stom « ch . in a few days after , the medical roan called on his patient to inquire what c-fibct his prescription had ; to which the patient answered , "Very little indeed ; for though I-have eaten not Ies 3 than half a pound of fried bacon , or more , every morning since you prescribed , I have not found lny appetite for dinner in the least improved . "
LONGKYfiT-GF a Cat . —The Inverness Cjurier says there died the other week in the village of Rothes , a cat which had reached tbe patriarchal age of twenty-three . It is recorded , in connection with the life of a banished Scottish patriot , that , on his return , aftt-r an exile of fonrteen years , he found one member of his household establishment alivea reverend buudrons . This is the greatest number of years , perhaps , observed to have been meted out to this class of animals before the present subject of notic- ? . A Time for all Things . —During the investigation of a case of assault aj the Borough Court , ou Tnursday , tho defendant , asked complainant if her husbauu had not kicked her one day , about the time of the a > Fau 2 t , unti ! she fainted ? to which she replied , * ' I ' m not six months turned of marriage yet ; it ' s too soon for my husband to be kicking mo I "—Ballon Free Press .
A Curious Coincidence . —The Town Council of the borough having appointed Mrs . — their printer , in cousidera' . iou of her having consented to take half the amouut of her account for work done at the revision , senc her some summonses to print , which , being duly executed , were discovered to hi * ve been headed , instead of " Town Council , " " Clown Council . "— Cork Constitution . Stewed Calf's Head . —Light the copper fire , and when the water in it boils , and the steaiu i 3 very treat , go down , and look into the copper as long as you can . Jf you keep it up long enough , your calf ' s h < ad will be t-tewed to perfection . As it is presumed there will be no brains , we have not mentioned th ^ m — Punch .
Beat This . —Thero was yesterday suspended at the Spring Garden , near the corner of Houston , street and the Bowery , a hog worth lookng at . It measured , from the fore foot to the top of the shoulder , three feet seven inches ; from the heel along tho back to the saout , nine feet ; around the loins five feet , r / jitng seven inches for the spread of the sides ; and around the shoulders six feet , rejecting six inches likewise for the spread- ef the side ? . Its tusk projected from the jaw fivo inches . It was three years old , and raised in this city . —New Yo ; k Paper .
Two yocths , of seventeen and nineteen , in the employ of a confectioner at Hackney , last weok , having procured a small patent charcoal Btove to warm their chamber , retained v in thtir bed-room all uight , contrary to the warning of their master , and not content with this , stopped up every crevice jo keen out the cold , ^—and were found next morning quite lifeless , the victims of an unpremeditated act of self-destruction . Fabrication . —The northern parts of the metropolis were astonished , aud to some extent swindled ,
oa Saturday evening , by six or eight fellows bawlisg oi . t most lustily the "Death of Louis Philippe , " " Louis Philippe shot . " They sold a small fly-leaf , containing about thirty lines , for a penny , Betting forth ihat an express had just arrived that Loui » Philippe had been shot , and probably killed ; but it wonnd up the tale by stating that the information was not quite deciaivc , and further news v « as anxiously expected . The fellows , we believe , made a larger sum of the fabrication than is generally made by any true intelligence . —London Paper .
London Conveva ?<« es and their Conductors . — Amoug all the wonders and conveniences of London , none are more striking and amusing than the conveyances and their conductors . A stranger , on inquiring his way to the Abbey for instance , is answered— "Abbey , sir 1—west end—threo miles off —keep straight west , sir " Well , this to a poor fellow fagged with toiling among unknown streets , and quays , and alleys ,-is wearisome enough ; but just as he is consigning himself to despair , looking wofuily about , he sees an omnibus dash up , and the cad , evidently aware of his wauts , with forefinger exu-ndeu in inimitable interrogation , cries , " Abbey , sir 1 " It is no matter whither you want to go ; the moment a whim enters your mind to visit any part of the metropolis , an omuibus , patent safety-coach , or cab , is instantly at your elbow to convey you thither . A cabman , in fact , never thinks of saying u No" to a fare . By way of trying now far this was
the case , I went bri .-kJy up to one , who , with a "' wemilation gossamer" co : ked on head , so as in , a great measure to conceal the absence of one of his optics , sal sunning himstlf on the seat of his vehicle . "Drive me to Jericho , " said J , pointing westward . "Yes , sir . ' taid he , pulling back ihe apron of his cab with great despatch , for two or ihree cundueteurs of other cab- had already elevated their fore fingers , and pressed forward to catch the fare . Afterhe had dr : veu a hundred yards alosg Ludgate-etreet — " V-re did you say , sir I" "Jericho , " replied I . The cabman jjave a cut to his horse , clapped his hat more closely over his departed visual organ , shuffled about in his seat , and gave other signs of uneasiness , but did not like to confess his ignoranca . " Never mind , " said I , satisfied with having proved my position ; " Cbaring-crasa will do . " " Clia ' ing-coss , sir } said the cabman , with another lash to his beast , and plainly very much relieved . —Edinburgh Journal .
A aBJAL took PLf . ca at the ComiHission Court , Dublin , a few days ato , which is remarkable as exmbning practices and propensities more resenaoliug those of a fiend than of a human being . John Debiiunt , a young man of forbidding aspect , nut more than eighteen , was on Saturoay week sentenced to death tor the murder of a child , named TiiOEja . s . VJaguire . The caso excited intense interest in Dublin from the almost unexampled cruelty of the crime , aud the bloodthirsty cunning previously mamfc-ted by the prisoner . The evidence in . thia case wa 3 purely circumstantial . The rufiixn had enveigled the poor child away from hi . < playmates , and then had the audacity to take it to his lodgings at his brother ' s , and afterwards led it away again
and deliberately cut the poor child ' s throat in a lonely iane , where he left the body , and went and informed a puliceman that he had seen a woman ( artfully describing her s ^> as to make it appear to b 8 the child ' s own mother , * poor woman who had got her living by wat-hing ) who was beating a child in a lane , and then cut its throat . Margaret Delahunt , the sisteriu-law , was oue © f the witnesses against the prisoner , and said that he came in © n the Monday evening before Christmas with a little fellow , ia a . Uark jacket and cap , with dark hair and curls about his forehead , who , the prisoner said , had been entrusted to him by a policeman as having list his way . He afterward * went out with the child , and within half an hour of
leaving this witness a house must luve committed the nsarder . A knife was found near the lane , which the witness had mitsed that daj , snd which she had seen the prisoner sharpening the day before . Other circumstantial evidence wasadduced , and the prisoner was fully convicted and sentenced to < iio on the 5 th February . The wretch dropped lifeless in a swoon for half an hour on hearing his sentence . Perhaps a more cold-blooded and cruel ruffian has never met bis fate at the g&liows . He is the same man who cams forward and charged a poor tinker with the murder of the Italian boy , at Dublin—a murder which has never vet been unravelled ^ but of which
the present convict , probably , knows the secret too well . His clumsy perjury defeated its end , and the jury arquiUed the innocent man . In another case be brought false witness against some porters , for an assault , for the Bake of the hoped for reward , bnt again failed , and waB proved not to have been present at the outrage . If the fellow had met with the punishment his perjury so richly deserved , this last murder might have been prevented . Tho motive of the murderer was , there ia little doubt , to obtain , a reward from tbe criminal authorities by witnessing against an innocent individual , thus perpetrating the threefold crime of murdering one fellow-creature to enable him , by false swearing , to take away the life vf another '
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A TEKYDisTBESsiNo case transpired at a coroner ' s inquest on Thursday night , at a tavern , Sherbbrne-Jane , London , held on tho body of an infant only bne month old , which met its death from intense cold , while travelling : with its mother on the Great Western Railway from Bristol to London . The poor mother had only been confind a month previous , and was proceeding with her child to join her hasband , a groom in Yorkshire , who had been out of employment for some time . During the investigation she was sent for to give her evidence , but npon the messenger entering the room of the ' tayern in which the mother was waiting , the shocking discovery was made that 8 h , e also had suddenly expired from the effects of the inclement '' weather which had destroyed her infant .
Ezra Steapenhiix , in custody at Birmingham for killing his wife , apparently accidentlyj while cleaning a gun , has been committed for wilful murder , attar a Jong examination at the coroner's inquest . Ia the course of the evidence it tranBpired that the prisoner and , deceased lived most unhappily together ; that he had been heard to threaten to shoot her ; that while he was cleaning the gun aod rubbing the stock with Some liquid , he put a percussion cap upon it to keep the liquid out of the gun , as he said . Other most suspicious circumatance * were also detailed . The prisoner was possessed of land , houses , and other propertyj which he had made over to h \ 3 brotheiSj on Monday . No man could have borne a beJJer character in public . He was much respected as sexton of the church , and as an indefatigable temperance advocate .
A Fbiendly Hint . —Take Nowcej that we will after the 5 th of January next take such measures as will compel all those who have received our paper to pay for it ; with a considerable addition of both expense and exposure . That ' s the law ; men will not # et leave to cheat the printer as easily as thoy may think , — Williamsburgh Democrat * - ( American . ) Legal Anecdote .- —; A barrister , -who had just received his maiden brief , and with it a considerable portion of maiden trepidation , rose in court one
morning last term to open his case ^ Ho began , " My unfortunate clien ); , my lord "—and straightway paused "for lack of argument . " Presently he resumed : — " My unfortunate client , my lord— -I say , my lord , my unfortunate client ; " and then ensued further stammering , and hastily turning over the sheets of hi 3 brief . Finally with a piteous look at the judge , he recommenced once more , " My unfortunate client , my lord , " - — - "Pray go on , } At ~ - — , " said his lordship , "the comt is entirely with you , sofar . " : . ' ' ¦ ¦ "
Wonderful Escape . — -We have lately heard much of railway dangers and Accidents , but perhaps no instance of a a arrower escape from sudden and violent death ever occurred than that which was related to us by by a friend of ours the other day . A short time ago the passenger train from Harwell to Hartlepool was proceeding ; towards Castle Eden , when a rail sprang in such a manner as to enter the forepart of the coach , and actually to pass diagonally right through , lodging in * the higher corner of the opposite part of the roof . The coach was full of
passengers ; but , providentially , not ono received the slightest injury . The bar , indeed , touched one gentleman ' s hat ; and another was thrown from his seat , with his head into a lady ' s lap , b y the shock To this circumstance ho may . attribute . his preservation , as the rail struck through the part where he was sitting , and , had he retained that position , would inevitably have penetrated his breast , as , considering the apced of the train at the time , the rail must have passed through the cokch in the sixtieth part of a second .- —Durham Chronicle .
Fatal Accident caused by Woriihouse Separation . —Oi » Tuesday morning a child of colour between two and three years of age , named John Jones , was brought into the London Hospital , with hi 3 thigh fractured in a shocking manner . The accident occurred under the following affecting cireumstances ; it appeared that the little sufferer and his mother were iumates in St . George's - . workhouse , Old Gravel-lane , Ratcliff-. Highway , aud in accordance with the usual rules , they were domiciled in different parts of the building , but the child happening to catch sight of its parent , overj > yed , ran towards her , and in doing , so full with such violence as to cause the above accident .
State of Trade . — Symptom * of improvement are this week visible , but they are yet v « jry faint . Several houses have been taking oil a few of their old best weavers . The number of houses , however , prepared to do business , is much smaller thau before , and although , they were to take on to their ordinary extent , they would not absorb tho unemployed hands . A tew weavers have also b ' eeii taken on in the silk gauze lino , and the number of female
sewers employod has also been on the increase . On tho whole , several of our most intelligent manufacturers assure us . that the tide of prosperity , which has been ebbing so fearfully for tho last six months , has passed its lowest point , and that thoHgh its' flow be little more than perceptible , it is , at least , beginning to get the right way . Notwithstanding , however , tho number of dependents on the relief fund is on the increase . The following is the ofiicial report of yesterday .
PAISLET . Males ... ... ... ... 2 , 0 S 2 Dependents 5 , 230—7 , 322 Females ,. 2 , 280 Dependents * , 5 G 0—6 , 840 14 , 162 J 0 HNST 0 NE . Males ... 60 Dependent 315— 385 Females ... 214 Dependents ... ... ... " 478— 692 1 ^ 076 KILBARCHAN AND BRIDGE OF WEIR . Males ... ... ... 284 Dependents ... ... ... 720—1 , 004 Females ... ... .... 172 Dependents ... ... ... 158— 330 1 , 334 NEILSTON AND BAimilEAD . Males 95 Dependents ... 203— 378 Females 35 Dependents ... ... .... 70— 105 Paisley Advertiser . 483
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BATH . PUBLIC MEETING ON BEHALF OF THE MASONS ON STRIKE . On Monday evening last , a public meeting , convened by the United Trades of this city , took place in the Large Room , King'smead-square . Bills had been extensively posted , announcing the meeting , and that two delegates would attend from Londou There was a good sprinkling of masons at the meeting . The delegates present were—Mr . Ironmonger , from London ; Mr . Owen , on behalf of the Smiths ' Society ; Mr . Bolwcll , on behalf of that of the Shoemakers ; Mr . Clorucnson , the Tailors ; Mr . Philp , the Printer ; and the Mason ' s Society hero was represented by their Secretary . On the motion of Mr . Clemenson , Mr . Bolwell was elected to the office of Chairman .
The Chairman said they had been pleased to call on him to fill the chair , the duties of which he would discharge to . the best of hiB ability . The meeting was convened for the purpose of laying , once more , tho particulars of the case of the masons oh strike before the public . They never met on a more important occasion , and it was th ^ duty of the people to attend all such meetings , ilia first duty was to read the bill convening the meeting , and to inform them , that , but one of the London delegates could attend , the other having been needed elsewhere . ( Hear , hear . ) When the Chairman had read the bill , ho proceeded to read iwofaddresseB issued by tho Society of Masons in London , setting forth that
no change had taken place in the position of the masons on strike ; that 1 Grissoll and Peto could not tfot supplied with stone to carry oa the building of the Now Houses of Parliament ; that upon the ' . -issue of tho present struggle depended the very pxistence of trades' societies ; that the masons were suffering for want of a proper system of organisation , and called for further support ; that they were grateful for the support they had already received , and hoped the public would carry them through the struggle Buccessfully . ( Checr » . ) All depended on its issae : they believ « 5 d that nothing could prevent their ultimate success . The last address , concluded with expressions of gratit * de for the past , and confidence for thei-future . CCheeri . ) .
Mr . Iro . nmongerj the Delegate from London , en being introinced to the meeting , Baid he addressed thema 3 fellow-working meo , for he saw many of that class present , without the union of v * hich nothing could be done . ( iCheers . ) When that class had experienced the benefit of union , thoy would unite ; they were now almost crushed into the earth ; they were not treated like men . It was against such treatment the masons had istruek . They told the martens that unless the foreman Allen was stoppwi in his tvrannical career , they would strike work ; feto
but all the answer they got from Urissell awud , was ¦ ¦ O ! they were sorry for what had Uken plaoe "—( hisses)—" but they would not interfere between the foreman and his wen . " All the men wanted was proper treatment . ( Hear , hoar . ) The first grievance they had to complain of was the conduct of Allen towards a young man who , on hearing of his poor mother ' s death , requested leave that he might go and follow her remains to the grave—that last tribute to the dear memory of a departed parent . ( Hear , hear . ) Allen on being applied to , asked the youog man " what
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the d—1 have I to do with your mother ' s death !" and said that if he went , he was to take his tools ; for if he staid away longer than three days , he should not return to the works . The young man made known the eiroumptances to the Mason ' 8 Union , and was informed by that body that if Allen did not grant him leave to go down into the country as he requested , they would at once * strike ' -work . The young man went home ; < and when he returned he was aHowed to go to work , but AHen treated him yrith eytry indignity . ( Shame , Bhame . ) The next case was that of a poor fellow whd had broken his leg , who was not , consequently ; competent to work for some time ; and who . when he had somewhat recovered , wished to return to his work aea ; n ; but
Alien said , " he did not want such ad—d hobbling fellow as he was . ' ? ( Cries of execratieH ) The masons thought tbat if they did not strike against such tyrannical ctHidoet , they conid not tell what tyranny they would be obliged to submit to . Another casevthait of a poor fellow who , on hearing of his Wife ' s death , went home and staid for a short time , when-, on his return to work , was asked by Allen where he had been to ; and when Allen was informed of the particulars , he said he might po back to His wife and die with her and be d- —d . ( Great sensation . ) This was shocking enoiiahj bnt it was not all he had to tell the meeting . The masons used to have b « eron the premises where they were working r but tbey were supplied with such stuff as they
could not well drink ; and told the person who sold it then * that it' he did hot . e . end better beer they would have none at all . ( Hear , hear ) They wanted to have their beer from where and at what time they thoijght proper , and they told Allen so : but he said that if they did not drink the ' stuff , ' they should have none others And to prevent them from having any drink at all , he locked up the pump . ( Laaghter , which lasted for some time *) The Teetotallers struck asainst that , and was it net enough to makoall strike 1 It made many , however , teetotallers , for the men thought that if they could do without beer for a week , they could for afortnight , and if for that time , they could do without it altos ; ether . ( Much cheering . ) He ( the speaker ) Was one who went to Grissell
and Peto about- these gross proceedings , and all he could set from them was " Oh , they were sorry for it . " The speaker next proceeded to point out other atrocious acts of George Allen , proving him to be a most insolent tyrant . Several ^ ood workmen had received gross treatment from Alien in coriseqiience of their opposition to his proceedingi Allen was once a great advocate for union among the men , but since he had been installed into a little brief authority , he had changed . However much we may , said the speaker , pry oufc against the aristocracy , wprkingmen when too suddenly raised to importancp , became the greatest tyrants towards the class from which they sprung . ( Hear , hear . ) The speaker next urged all present to become united . If the
trades 6 i this country were properly united , they would be in a position to defend themselves from all oppression , insult , aid robbery . tCheers . ) The masons of London sent a deputation to Grissell and Peto to state , that if Allenwas not discharged or stopped in his unjust career , thev would strike , and when Allen heard of this , he d—d their eyes , and said they would skoube brough- to their senses , for the time was coming when they would be obliged to go to their work , and submit to him . At last a society of " ' blacks" was formed , and Allen thought he should be supported by that society ; but he would find that the job woul < i not be completed by other than " society men . ' * Things went on this way for gome time , until the men would endure the
conduct of Allen no longer ; they met , and all resolved upon the strike . ( Much cheering . ) This put Allen to his last shifts ; he scoured the country for men ; and he did ( the speaker was sorry to say ) obtain a faw from Bath—those were some of them who were killed lately On the Great Western Kailway . He was sorry for that . ( Hear , hear . ) Allea sent to Winterbtirn , and othor places , arid got persons to work for him—perfoiis not hardly able to manage a tool . ( Laugh ; er ) A deputation about this time went to Allen , and told him that if he did not comply with their request , they would take such steps as ha would find not very agreeable . H ? would not listen to them , and he said he degraded himself by condescending to speak to thera at all .
( The meeting here expressed their great disgust . ) The men tobjc up their tools , and struck , not to return until thw petty tyrant shall have been gotrid of . ( Cheers , which lastea for some time . ) Allen then seat to Scotland for men , but he was unsaccessful there . ( Cheers , ) The men of Scotland had sent the masons on strike £ 500 . ( Cheers . ) Allen could not get merii and Grissell and Peto could not get supplied with stonr . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) The quarry men at Aberdeen met , and passed a reeolution that if their masters supplied Gri 8 sell and Peto with granite , they would strike work . ( Cheera . ) Grissell and Co . next sent to Peterhead , but were not more successful ; and then to Ireland , but all to no purpose . ( Cheers . ) Now
said the speaker , the masons must be supported in their struggle ; the : masters Muld not Bay they ( the masons ) took advantage of them , by having struck at a eeasonabls time : they did eo at a time when they stood most in need of employment . The case was before the pubiic , and it Was for the public to judge of it .: The masons began to inquire into the cause of tho present state of things ; they traced all their grievances to class legislation . The ariatociraoy used labour for their own benefit . Tae masons would not be put down , and they woald go through the struggle manfully ; they would rather want than succumb . ( Cheers . ) He hoped Englishmen would not suffer themselves to be trampled upon . The speaker , on sitting down , was loudly applauded , having acquitted himself in a very oreditablfi m&ririfir . .. ;
Mr . R ; K . Philp now came forward to propose the nrst resolution , and said he was proud to do it , as it afforded him an opportunity of shewing his sympathies for the masons . He concluded an interesting epeech by reading the resolution : — "That it is the opinion of this meeting that the masons lately employed at the works of the new Houses of Parliament deserve the gratitude and support of the trades of Great Britain and Ireland , for having so tnanfully struck against cruelty and oppression ; and that this meeting « ill render them all possible assistance . ' ' Mr . Owen seconded the motion , and eaid the grievances complained of were attributable to class legislation . ( Cheers . ) The motion was put and carried unanimously . Mr . R . K . Philp proposed the eecond resoktibn : —
. "" That this meeting admires the conduct of the men at Woolwich , Nelson ' s Monument , and at Dartmore , and consider that they are entitled to our warmest thanks for their manly conduct in coming out in defence of their persecuted brethren . " Mr . Cleubssos seconded , the resolution , which on being put from the chair , was carried . The Secretary to the society of masons , next camo forward and moved : — "That the thanks of the meeting be given to that portion of the press , which had afforded the masons ail opportuiiity of laying the particulars of their case before the public . " Mr . Sartin seconded it , and called on the meeting to support those papers that advocated the cause
of the maspng . He next ^ went on to point out the acts committed by George Allen towards him ( the speaker)—and concluded by hoping that support would be liberally given the masons now on strike . He was much cheered . Mr . VjnceiNt rose to support the resolution ; which he did in his usual style . He informed the meeting that the delegate from Londou was one of 'the persons who carried the . late National Petition from the Convention < iown to the Houses of Parliament . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Vincent was much cheered throaghout his address , but time woald not allow our reporter to give a report of it here . It was on general topica . This motion was put and carried with applause .
The Chairman before dissolving the meeting made some few remarks . Three cheers were given him , and three for the > Northern Star : the meeting then separated .
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was , that prejudice , in administering relief , would be abolished . ( Hear , hear . ) He had it from indisputable authority , that one Individual alone administered relief . Gould any one of the parishes obtain justioe under the circamatances 1 it wax also to do away with the frauds of shopkeepers ; had it done » hls ? why five of the principal articles snppli' d wei e not fit fi > r any humand being— -meat in particular . He hart it from a Very respectable , shopjeerper of the name of Giffbrd— - that & blind man ninety-three years of age , was separated from his wife . Mr . Bydw , a guardian , hsd told him that the pct » toe 8 were so rotten , you could squetzj the pulp ont of them—they were not fit for pigs ; tbe breatlwas so bad that Mr . Gasse , a baker and guardian .
hadI informed him the fl « ur had never been goo 4 fr ni which is was mude . The quality of the butter -wassuch that Mr . Ryder having tatt n a small quarjtity home , a gentleman asked him hud he a dead dog ia the koase ? all tbosp things clearly exhibited the fallacits of tha system . Did not this shoyr that peculation wua not prevVnted ? How diJ 0 Bcu ! t vena it under the present system to obtain- redress . Lunatics had been kept fourteen days without necessary medicine ; yet on complaint the ^ uardiaus refused investigation , gross neglect was lepeated , but the boatrt Rlossed it over . Chelsea was no longer a part of tho Unioni ; she hid seen its evils—demanded an '» i obtained a separation . H « trusted tbey would follow so good an c-xampie . ( Tremendous cheers . ) ' ¦ ; , ;'¦ .- : : , ¦" . ¦ . '¦ : . '
FearoI'S O'CONNoB , Esq . rose amid the most tumultuous , cheering " , to address the meeting . He said Mr . Chairman and Gentlemen , I owe lay appearance here tnore to courtesy than anything else . I have been invited to attend by many having a ureat interest in the lnatter- ^ tbe sufiFering people . I have not taken up my principles for the occasion . I have not stepped forward now because I find an extra drag upon my pocket aa a ratepayer ; no , I opposed the Bill when first introduced in the . House of Co ' nmions—I opposed its every stage , clause by clausa ( Applause . ) Hohaddone so on principle— ( cheers)—he was glad to flud they bad opened their eves ; ho trusted it was not to save their pockets only as -ratepayers , they had come forward , but thai their hearts were open to the cries of humanity . I would
rather this -wasa meeting called by those likely to want relief , than . •; of ratepayers . Mr . Hanson had said this was a rtational , t . ot a local meeting , and it ^ as no bull , although if an Iriahman' had said it it ¦ would have been . It was certainly a portion of the people meeting for a great national purpose . : ( Hear , hear , ) What , had those wboav he . was addressing no eye to see the object of the Poor Law Bill ? Was it Sot to . bring the working classes down to live upon stinking butter , rotten potatoes , cheese , and unwholesome flour ? We were told this-vras not a political question -but had it not been for the Times , with Whose general politics he did not agree , th « y Would have had you all . in Unions long ago . Had you Been united eight years ngo , as your best friends advised , you ? present object would have been effected long ere this . Let me caution you against the mere pocktt sayings— let it b « s taken up as s question of humanity . " Hei was a Malthusian , becau » if we h . id coed government , no . poor iaw would b » t&
quired ; but he was surprised at the statement relative to the woman who never complained , If the system drive theia to the workhouse , they ought to meet witii as good treatment therti as they would out . Hu . wwas it it was not so f Because applicants for relief had no votes , while those who gave the relief had . ( Load cheers . ! In the objects of the rate-payers' Association I entirely agree ; they hail marshalled their forces for the entire and total abolition of tire Poor Law Union . In this they had 'his cordial cOroperaUon . Had they proposed anything less , he should have felt it hi « duty to bave inoved an ameBdment . ( Hear , hear . ) As things were going on now , many of thosa who cam * there to resist an increase of rates would soon require rates for their own support Lost his feelings should lesij him into politics , he would conclude , but be was bound to say tho only means of preventing such things was to give to every man of mature age , and cf sound mind , a vote Jn making the laws . ( Applause . )
Mr . OConkor was was about to leave the meeting when a person from the body of meeting proposed tores cheera for ( yConncrj which was responded to most heartily . The resolution was then put and carried unanimously . " ,: ¦ After a vot 9 of thanks to the Chairman , the meeting broke up .
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THE STONE MASONS ON STRIKE , FROM THE NEW HOUSES OF FABtrrAMENT , AND NELSON'S MONUMENT , LONDON , 18 D IM WOOLWICH DOCKifABD . To the Public and tine Trades of Great Britain and ¦ ' ' - :. ; ' ¦ . Ireiand . ) ; ¦ ' ¦ .. ¦ : [ . ' ¦ - , - / ' .:. ¦ ' . ' ; , ,-. " For the trifling bait . (• called interest' ) of sixpenea or eiglitpence pt . r year for the use of o « e poasd , the ; productive , classes are ignorantly led , not only to providei : the capitalists with veapons to conquer them , but to endanger , perhaps lose ^ entirely , the miserable pittance whfck years of denial h \ v » enabled them to accumulate . But were these untVed savings applied to the purchasa of real capital , and the employment of the working classes by and / orlhemscves , a sufficient power would be introduced speediJy to overtbro # , hurl down , and destroy the dominion of labour ' s enemies . " . -
Brethren , —Very little change has taken place In our ; position since -we last addressed you . Each party are doing their best : the capitalists to perpetuate Out system of cruelty we have so irrefutably proved them to have practised ; totrards us ; and we to avert its consequences by the annihilation of its existence . We conHnne to receiveassurancea from those quarteni where applications have been made for itone , of tbe firm determination of the workmen not to prepare any . In the neighbourhood of Penryn , in Cornwall , seTeral of the granite merchants have formed themselves into " a league , " with a view to Btarye their workmen into submission . One of them had received an order from Grissetl and Peto to prepare specimens of their granite
for the inspection * of Burgess and Wajfcer , tbe Admi » rality agenta . 'Io secure the performance of this , be ordered two of bis oldest hands ( men that bad been in his employ from seven to eight yeaM ) to do it . They at once refused , and were diackarged . Other two were then requested to perform the work , but who , notwithstanding their ahopinates having been dischargad for refusal , also refused , and shared a similar fate . This attempt t coerce them was adopted towards all ia bit employ , with a like result * The other employers connected witc , the " league , " with the intention no daobt
of embarrassing our pecuniary resources , and ensuring our defeat , immediately suspended their work * , and ordered their men to take the places of those we have alluded to , as baying been dismissed their employment They spontaneously—" one and all "—refused , and are now , to the number cf about thirty , receiving aiinient from our funds . With this addition , the number now out is about three hundred and thirty , and it ia evident , from the part ' Government has taken In this affair , that the very existence of Trade Societies , so constituted as to be worth an existence , will materially depend upon the issue of &is struggle .
" To be or not to be , Jthat is the question . " We must , therefore , while again thanking all for tfie exertion and support rendered us , ia this arduous and trying contest , solfctt ^ -most earnestly solicit —for a short , titne longer , their co-operation and aid . . ; ¦ ¦; . : '" ¦;¦¦ ' :. ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - . C ' ; : .. ' ¦ . ; " : ¦ "'¦ ¦'¦;¦ ; . ¦; : \ y : - .. -:- ^ : It will not , we hope , be thought irrelevant to the subject before us , or to the object we all haV « , or should haTO in view , namely : — Bight ascendant , Might dependent , to direct the attention and serious consideration of the Trades to the few lines With which we have this week heiided . our address . . . " The productive classes , " says the author most truly , " are . Ignorantly led to provide the capitalists with weapons to conquer them . ' ' '
This is so palpably fevirfent- . to our every-day observa tions , that comment , or illustration to prove it rrould be an insult , even to less than ordinary observers of the erTecte existing usages have up an society . Those who are idle are rich , well fed , well housed , and well clothed . Those who are industrious , are poor , starving , housetesa , and ragged , toiling oa in perpetual ? orerty . But were the united " sayings of the working classea " - ^ the funds of their innnmerable socirties —which now , through the medium of banking and
otherwise " provide the capitalists with weapons to conquer and oppress them , " added to the profits * which , by unequal exchanges , ihey \ n such a variety of ways wring front- oar labour , appropriated to the ^ ^ employment of the working classes by and for themselTes , no other conclusion could be come , to bat that" a sufficient power would be introduced speedily to orer-. throw , hurl down , ani destroy the dominion of labour's enemies , " and provide thehonest and industrious producer with every necessary easeattal to his comfortable existence . ¦ . > .. ' ; ¦ - . ¦ . ' ' :- . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - .. - ¦ : ' - ... ¦ - ¦ : ¦ -. ' . . . ¦ . - ' .. - ; - '' - .. '•¦ . . . ¦
The privations bur turn-onts are enduring in cvr present contest sre the consequences of its protraction , and : that protraction the consequence ef disorganisation —a want of the existence of such a course of proceeding as that we have alluded to—a want of that cobeaiVeness and union , indispensable to the accomplishment of any object tending to make happy the sons and daughters ef honest labour . ¦ . ¦ ¦ . .. ; . ? ¦'¦ . '¦ \ ¦ , V .- - '; : : " ¦' : : - ¦ ¦ ' .-: ¦ ' ¦; ¦'"¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ Systeuiaiio and extensive combination—a eonceBt ™ tion of the means , tbe energies , and the talent of tb » working classes , is the only remedy we can discover for such a state of things . " Man in an isolated pesition i » incapability to perfection ; systematically combined be i » all bat omnipotent ; his aoblest powers are deTaloped ^ his spring of action , common interest } and end contem plated , anlversal happiness . " V :
Hoping to be excused for this , perhaps , small digres sion from the snbject of our strike , and that the attes * tion of the aeveral trades may at no distant period b » preflt > bly arrested in th « contemplation of being employed " BT AND FOJl XHEJtSELVES , ^ ¦¦ - ¦ , We remain , ¦ v ' .- / Gratefully yonrs , : , Thb , Masons' Socistiv Thomas Shortt , Sepretary . 6 , ^ gnes-rtreeet , Waterloo BoidL Xwnbetlu Jan . Wth , 1844 :
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DISSOLUTION OF A POOR LAW UNION , A putlic meetiDg , convened by the rate-payers of St . Mary Aebots , Kensington , was held in the Assembly Rooms , uext the Palace , Kensington , on Wednesday , January i » th , at halfrpast seven in the evening . Samuel * Hutchings , Esq ., was called to the chair ... :- ' . "' " .. - ¦ ¦ . ' •¦¦ ' . . . .- ' .. ' ¦' ¦¦' ' He said , the conveners of the meeting , in coming forward , bad felt it their duty to aid and assist the parochial authorities to withdraw Kensington from the Union , and place its parochial management under their own contrenl , so that they might know the applicants for relief , and not , as now , cause the peor to come miles without scarce a rag to cover them , wait perishing in the cold for many hours , and then , perhaps , return to tkeix desolate homes unrelieved . Then let us revert to our own management . He trusted the meeting would cordially mnite in the great object they had in view ' ( Ch ' eewi . ) ¦' ., ' ¦"¦ : . ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦' ' ¦ .. ,:.. ¦ ' ¦ .. ¦"¦'' . - •¦ y ' . ' . . - .-: ¦ . '¦ ' .. ' ' ¦ - ' ¦ "
Mr . W . S . Hanson Raid , this was not a political question ; it was not merely a local , but a national question of hnmanitf . Chelsea bad shown the bad effects of the Union ; and , as far as they were concerned , had been successful . ; Application bad been made to the Board of Gunrdians , but they had been defeated ; tbey had , therefore , token the present eoastitutional step * . The authorities stated if the Union was dissolved , they would not receive their money , consequently , they had to contend against interested parties .
( Hear , hear . ) A paid officer , under the present system , distributed relief for four parishes—what conid he know of the applicants ? Mr . H . then Submitted tho resolution , beiug a eontlrmation and adoption of th » proceedings of pctMnilnaiy meetings , em ^ ncing the rales and teguJ&tioni of the r&ki-payen * association , for tbe dissolution of the Union . ' . ' . '• : ¦ ¦; . ¦ ¦/•; . ' - !' : y-i . — ' / :. ¦ ¦ V - ^' The tesolntlon was Beconded by Mr . Btans . < John Phecivai ,, Esq ., rose , amid loud cbeew , to support it . He said , the New Poo » Law had signally failed here . One great boaab of the Poor law party
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 29, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct584/page/3/
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