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H ^ SfiEMOtJi AFFAIR . . ' - - - — '' ¦¦" t&T ' " " -- . ;¦" ¦ . ¦ THE LATE ITRE ^ J ^ r THE STOCK - ; ' EkejK&SGE . ' Benjamin AlEaotL , a ybnnginan , was brought up to Wenhip-street Police- Office , on Friday week , ( iargedvitli hating be « i accessory to the death of Emma Grips , a female ' , of about 17 years of age , trith whom fe had coluibrted . The prisoner had Been prerionsly committed to the Uew Prison , on a . charge of having stolen some of the bed furniture from the room he and the deceased had occupied . Since theperiod ofthe above examination circnrnstances inrolxmg . ieziotu consequence * to persona not before implicated have transpired , which tend to sire fiie affair the most mvsterioiw as veil as the
mosttragic and romantic air . It will be remembered that about the 14 th of January last , & few days after die destruction of ' the Royal Exchange , a fire waj xoostprondentuSy discoteredin the Stock Exchange By the remit of the inqniry then instituted . the occurrence was regarded as purely accidental . It would appear , however , by some very strange particulars which , came out in evidence before the coroner ( Mr . Baker ) , at the inquest held on Saturday at the Griffin Tavern , I / eonard-street , Shoreditth ( within a few doors of the house wherein the tragical event occurred ) , that a great deal more importance should nave attached to the embryo conflagration , and that the occurrence was not so endrely accidental as had been imagined , Upon
the day on which the body of the deceased was found , Meadows , the parish beadle , having been called in , took possession of certain letters , which he found l ying upon the table , and which be afterwards transferred to the custody of the coroner . Mr . Baker , on a perusal of those documents , the contents of which are hereafter detailed , felt himself justified in calling upon ' the Lord Mayor , with whom he communicated upon the subject . The first of those letters was addressed to John Han * mond , E ? q . » manager of the Stock Exchange , and was signed "Emma Allison , late Emma Crips . " It was written in a large scholastic hand , and ran as follows : — - " . -
Feb . 28 , 1838 . D a * Sr , —I hope jtralrffl excuse the liberty I have taken in prettuniag to&ddn » ywa , mad by the time too receive this , we shall be no more . 1 mott solemnly declare that it -was my father * bo aet fire to mer Stock Exchange . I have not time to write more , as sajrhopra tie ixumbezfa ; but my frther trace before tried to turn me and nfj sister , but proridentiaUy . the faiHTTf burnt omt , ± niL , Ii ^ iti g . yiyhti ^^ the fire was oat , or he emahQ j would hare burnt us both , « nd set the Stock Exchange on fire . —I Teaaaa . &ax Sir , touts regpectfullv , ( Signed ) BMAIA U&ISON . ite EMMA CRlPS .
"P-&- Akurier and tetter hnsbud so vomzii cotdd have . 1 am about to leave the world , but I cannot leave it with a lie in air month- Oace xaortTl cantun you , the Stock Exchange is uot safe—beliere the words of a d ymj ? woman . " * As may be naturally expected this document gare rise to the utmost consternation and surprise amongst the members of the Stock Exchange , and the consequence was that two gentlemen , Jlr . VVakefield and another , belonging to that body , were deputed to attend the inquest , in company with a solicitor . The first witness was Mary Crips , who being sworn , deposed that she was sister to George Crips , the father of the deceased . That George Crips was senior porter to the Stock Exchange , and
had been so for the last thirty rears . On being shown the letter addressed to Mr . Hammond , of which the above is a copy , she said she hadno doubt whatever that it was in the handwriting of the ceeeased . The . witness being only in the habit of residing occasionally with the family , when out of place ( she being a servant ) , she was not able to throw much light on the manner in which fbe affairs of the family were conducted . The second fetter ^ was addressed " To Mrs . Allison , 8 , Capelconri , Bartholomew-lane , " and was signed " Ben , Allison . ' This , at a subsequent stage of the inquiry , was proved to be in the handwriting of the ¦ anfcrtnriate man-now in custody , and written to hi * mother . It began , "My Dear Mother . " but the lord Dear was afterwards erased . The letter ran thus : —
" 3 Iy-mother—By the trnw you receive this I stall be no more . Yon have said allycra WJoJd wrairwt my yoar wife , "but a kinder and more affectionate wife n < - > ian cunld ever wi * h for ; jm > wife ever loved her husband as Emma Jo ^ aiw , bat she in a victim to Sarah ' s lies . It is her dying wish that "Lncyshonld have herbox . So no more from " vow dyinsaan , . . ¦ ' " BEXJJLXIX ALUSOX . " " P-S- —LetL-acy hare myboxanil content * . ¦ __ . . ¦ "Emma Allison . ' The evidence was taken . "
Some other papers , containing pencillings in the handwriting of the deceased and her unhappy paramonr . were found by Dr . _ liner on the table in the apartment , and were put in and read , but were merely iDnstrativeof their agitated state of mind , and were wholly unimportant . It being now thought advisable to have the prisoner Benjamin Allison present , the inspector oi the G division , who was in attendance dunng the inquiry , was despatched to the police office for that purpose , at the commencement of the proceedings ; but Mrl Groyes the committing magistrate , declined interfering in&e-matter ; ana the prisoner wa > , of course , not forthcoming . - = '
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CASE OF EXTREME HARBSHIP .: FACTS ARE STUBBORN THINGS . Si 3 iCEL C 0 LBJ 4 AK , n ^ meirork-knitter , apparent i y tr » nty-five years of age , modest in his appearance , and respectful in his behaviour , was . brought before tfce County Magistrates , en "W ednesday week , on a efcarge preferred by John "Woottey , { - rovernor of the Basford Union Workhouse , of having left the house for more than two days , without lea"ve , and taking with him the clothes ( those he stood in ) belonging to the tFmon .
The circumstances were shortly these : —Ou the -22 nd of November , Coleman , who has a wife sod two children in the workhouse , at the expense -of Annesly parish , obtained leave of absence for two days , to seek for work ; not able to succeed , his friends , rather than he should return , engaged to maintain Mm until he should get-work . On-Sundsy u ? t , having got a-frame , he -voluntarily went to Basford , to communicate the glad news to his wife
, - . and to arrange to take iier and the children " out . immediately , A friend went with him , but agree-- tfjto the order , "that no person be allowed to ' tee ¦ a . mmate , without a ^ rrittea ^ eranssion from a Gtjardian , " a refasal was giren , and Cokmauwas taiai into custody . ¦ C » n Tuesday , the case went before the Board , and the Guardians directed "the ; man to bebroughi before the magistrates , to be eomairted to the tread-wheel .
Tae magistrateg -rery closely interrogated the yomgaan and the Gxrrernor being unable to conp ^ di ct him , ih ^ T bedded It would be Tery hard , I " ^ eed , to ^ uaish . Mt& , "when ^* " " as eviaentiy I anxious to reBeve the parish of the burden of I aamtaining himself ; wffe . and-children . Jlthe I ^ ° v raor woula ^ " ^ - fe the 8 ioes and stockings I ihehad ou , he jsrid he would manage to tate Ms ' I laiml y away iminediately ; but tins the Goverao ^ I rg » ued , could not be done . ; I Colonel Coape could not think of committing the I "Sft M fil * * appeared -so very hard . His goods |_ m bsen sold , and himself stripped of ererv thinr , I vr re he veat to ae P ^^ « " then > vh « n tnere , tewas detained becanse r . had not a ahillinirto I Mess himself with . Tr& . . they took his means ^ om « m and then they pnaslaft mm lor not possessing
I Mr . B . Martiu coincided with what the Colonel I sad said , and that the man might not lose his I frame , ( unless he had already lost it , by being kept a prisoner firom Sunday last , ) he ordered him to 1 u ? 11 to ^ ' r ^ ' ^ ° Tuesday , next before the 1 Boaid of Guardians again reprfflent 8 s case , ¦ bt-1 ttg that fiie magistrates iad ^ Scctenended hrm , aao on "Wednesday , to appear at the County-hall , to I SM wer if any charge shonld tiien be preferred I againft him . -
1 How raanr miles will this poor fellow have tav ellea before he is liberated from this trumpery I oarge ? "Wh y did not the Guardians , when he had 1 - "fr > r 0 ^ ' " er Km ^ assistance , instead of putting 1 «* parish to expense ^ in taking out a \ sun ? mons 1 1 * nenamg before the magistrates ! I and endeavour-I -g to send him to the tread-wheel !!! If I T treatment in doors , be any thing like as 1 is * ^ courae ado Pted out of doors , he I Va ^ ** - keep away , when he could go amongst 1 tfw ^ ea 8 es M ^^ that maie Ae Poor L 8 W I tin ?? ' ^ ^ ^ * && system , it was no uncommon 1 IS ^^ raefl caarges against theinmateg of the 1 Z ^ , Hou 8 eofIndas ^ y > «^ we are right glad I £ , ColoneI Coape and Mr . Martin have let leir
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SPECIAL MEETIKG OF tsb LEEDS TOWN COUNCIL . On Monday last , pnrauant to notice , a Meeting of the Town Couoeil waa eontened forthetranjaeddn of special business . : ' ' _ The MATOB , in opening tnebunnets of tbrmeet mg , said it waa necessary that he should inform the Council of what had been done in reference to the notice regarding the overseen . He begged , therefore , to inform the Council that he had directed th ^ Town Clerk to address a circular to the several overseen
requesting them to pay the arrears of Boronghrate which they severally owed . ThUhadbeenixwffectaal . and they had in consequence been summoned , ana were , he believed , present to answer lor them « elve and show what reason they had for the non-payment of their respective sums . It was , therefore , for the Members of the Coundl to proceed in the business as they might think proper . It might be right to inform them of what were the arrears in the several Township * . The total amount of arrears was £ 688 19 s . 4 d .
v Mr . Wright then moved that the oTeweers who had never paid anything should be heard first . Seconded by Mr . Cadmax and carried . Mr . Bosn , sondtor , was then introduced to the Comual . He said he appeared on behalf of the township of Temple New * am with regard to the hamlets of Osmondthorpe , Skelton , and Thorns , which were within the Borongh of Leeds , though part of a Township not within the said Borough ; and also onbehatf of the Township of Seacroft with respect to the hamlet of Coldcoates : also on behalf of the Township of Faraley . On the part of these overseers he was ready to show cause why warrants of distress shonld not be issued for the old rates :
iri reference to the non-payment of the last rates he had nothing to say . After refuting sdme ' statementa that had been made calumniating theve overseers , Mr . Bond said he did make certain admifeionB for clearing the way , such as that the Council could decide on the matter—that they had acted with fl » strictest legality , that the Towismps were all in tbe Borough , cfec He considered , however , the main question to be "Can a Borough rate be eniotcedunoo Hamlets within the BoroogK . ' wttc * are parbl « a Township , tike remainder of . which is out of Uie Borough , the Xowv&pi ^ generally , and not the Hamlets severally , maintaining its own poor . " A Borough rate laid before the last act could not be enforced at all , upon any township . He admitted that the Council had fall power to issue warrants to
the overseers ; but the oversee r * had net the least power to issne anywarrantt of distress upon any part of theinhabitants of any townshi p or hamlet . They could not therefore be compelled to pay out of then ownj > ockets what they had no power to enforce from the inhabitants of their respective townships , and ¦ which was not sanctioned by any Act of Parliament . It would signif y nothing to say that such power was imphed , for no implied power could enable the overseers to enforce payment of any taxor toll . The power must be expreised . He referred to 1 Victoria ch . 8 , in which it was folly stated that tbe overseers had no t » wer . This he therefore stated on the authority of Queen , Lords , and Commons . The high constable . therefore
, might issue hisprecepts rheoTerseere dared not obey them : and they dared not distrain , because they had no indemnity that they might not be actionable ; and whatever they might pay themeslvea , they could not be allowed any thing in making up their accounts . Mr . Bond then entered into a very ablp exposition of the several statutes which bear upon this important question , and proved satisfactorily that according to the present state of the laws regnlating the collection and payment of County and Borough rates , it was impossible to force payment of any rates levied prior to the last rate . The facts and arguments of the case , when divested of the verbiage of law terms amount precisely to the following . It b
appears y the Municipal Corporafions Reform Act , that the Council have the same powers in reference to a Borongh rate that the Justices in sessions have in reference to a County rate . These powers are to make a County rate and levy itnpon all the townships within the County . The overseers in each township were either to pay the County rate out of the poor rate , or to raise the amount by a separate rate upon all property liable to the relief of the poor within the township , which in effect is the same thing . While all the powers of justices in reference to a County rate were given b y the Municipal Corporations Reform Act to Councillors in reference to a Borongh rate , - RopcnvertrhaUver was given to the overseen . They
( the oversew ) could not distrain for a Boronghrate as they could for a Connty rate ; the payment of it by them t > ut of tbe poor ' s rate would be no discharge , imd could not be allowed by the magistrates in passing thrir account * , because ' no charge upon the poors rate is lawful escept sanctioned by the express words of some Act of Parliament . Now the Act of 1 Victoria , chap . $ 1 , recites to the effect that no authority is given By the Municipal Corporations Act to the churchwardens or overseers of the poor of any parish or place to pay a Borough rate out of the poor ' s rates or otherwise to levy it upon the inhabitants . The act then goes on to impart the powers which they did not before passe&s . That act therefore ia deciaire of the
opinion of the whole legislature ; because if the < -Municipal Cprporatians . ftefbnn . kct contained « eelr powers 4 t would ha » e been eBtaely 1 iniiebe * sarj £ io pass a new oae for the purpose . That w * s the case on the part of Parnley wluch was wholly ? within the Borough . But even jTFarnTeyi : being wholly within the Borough , could be charged , sfill that would not be decisive of the question with regard to thehamlets . It has already been seen that the overseers are to pay the County rate , either out of the poors * rate , or to levy it by a separate rate upon all property- rateable -to the poor in the township . But utese hamlets are only parts of a township , the remainder of which beine out of the boroueh . it m
conceived is not liable .. Their proportion of the rate , therefore , cannot be levied out of aia the property in . me . tbwnship rateable to the relief of the poor--which is the only assessment the overseers can make for a connty rate ; neither can it be paid out of the poor ' s rate , because that would be paying a debt due from only aparf out of a fend raised by taxing the whole . of the township . Not the Act of 1 Victoria , chi 78 , sec . 29 , recites to the eflfect that the hmite of boroughs extend in some ca 5 es over parts of townships , leaving the remainder of them out of the borough , and that the overseers may , in manner greeted by the Municipal Corporation Reform Aot , lex ? a borough rate upon such parts exclusively of
tne township as are within the borough . But this , act is inoperative ; because it provides that tbe overseers shall levy a rate " in ' manner dtrectedhj the Municipal Corporation Reform ATpi , whereas that act directs jro maxxer of raishsg the Tate at all ! And moreover , - it is repugnant to the subsequent jAatute of 1 Victoria , ch . 81 ; and when one act is repugnant to another , that which last receives the Royal sanction repeals the other . The 1 Victoria , ch- 83 , sec 3 , enacts to the effect "thai in erery case in which any parish or place , liable tp * support its own poor , shaft be partly within , andjoartly wiQamt the borongh , flie Council of the Borough shall appoint a person to act as overseer for , such-Dart of
such parish as h witbirx fie borough ^ for the purpose of collecting the Borough Rate : and such person : ghaH have the same powers as if Tie was appointed iw overseer of the Poor under aDylaw ' now m force or hereafter to be enforced . " Thw act therefore "remedies 'the defects , and supplies the powera . omtted in-the former acts ; and nnderit , if the la * Borough rate i ? made in due form , they would _ not OTer the least resistance to the payment of snehrate . But until ; that act was passed to meet the caie ol these hamlets , no Borough Rate x » uld be enforced againrt- ^ Safni ; and thereibre-theV did resist ^ tfce paymo ^ if the former Borough luttesv So far as I ie ^ rde ^ ihe Court House Rates / M * . Bond begged toTemmB . fte Council that these ; hamlets had never paid a . . ferihing ; and simply because tbere ' wa » » 6 person had any power to levy it . He mentioned tms fact
as being entirely in point with the present question . It was true these hamlets had said Church Rates , but this had nothing to do ; vitiiibe Borough Rates in any way .. It only , then , renjalfleafor him t » notice the opinion of the Attorneji lieneral , which had been cited with mixa eonfiden # on the question . He considered thft ^ jjnnion of ^ Attorney-General not worth anything , because , in act , it was not an opinion upon the question in debate . That question was , "Are these . hamlets subject to the Borough Rates ? " Now the AttoraeTtreneral said nothing about hamlets ' , he had merely said that all the tmenships were liable to pay the {*«*• In conclusion , then , Mr . Bond thought he nad shown irafBcient cause why those townships and hamlets should not be subjected to the payment of these rate * , inasmuch ai the law directed nothing m any way as to the manner in which they were to be collected .
Alderman Hail . perfectly concurred in the opinions stated by Mr . Bond . He therefore moved that the old rates be not enforced from the hamlets of Osmondthorpe , Skelton , Thornes , and Coldcoates ; which was seconded by Alderman Wbioht . Mr . Gauxt Thought it would be better to refer the matter to a Committee to whom powers should he given to take some opinion upon which the Council wuldreiy ; ( disapprobation ) he thdoght the Council were not yet sufficiently informed upon the question to come to a decision . Mr . Baker , in conformity with die opinion of Mr . Gaunt , begged to move , that Mr . Gavst , Mr . BrwATEBj ^ nd Alderman Musgbave be requested to investigate the matter and to report to the next Council Meeting , they having power to take such legal opinions on the matter as they might think ¦ ¦
proper . _ : The opinion of the Town Clerk was asked upon the question , which was that so far as the hamlet were concerned he thought Mr . Bond wa » perfectly right ; and he could not by any means advise the Council to prc « eed io enforce payment of these rates . He did not , howeyex , see Ins "wbjso dear with re **> ?! arnl 8 T . ' - ¦ . » - Tlie Mato * tbonght if the Town . Cleric was » dear in his opinion there was no necessity for going to ainr fer&erespeBse , tince it was plain these rates eoTdCaaW « BS » n » d 7
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• ^ Wermaa . Mo ^ BArB objected to beiog on the Uraunatee , because the argument * of Air . Bond ^^ J ^ n ^ kun 11 » a . t it wm impoaribW to enlbjce tEr ^ & ^ I ^ % Tottb replfeli that he jra » convinced Aey could nol enforce th # rates . £ « d S * £ ^\ ' «?¦ he fv ¥ ^ He na ^ seMom SXJ ^ ^ . ^ M » a « tt ! sfactory exptenataon , & £ « ££ 5 ^ 5 ? t gpngnte on " anyTtfuestion ^ M ^ lS ^^ Jfev ?^^* - ( Hear , tear . ) fli 1 ti ^ T ^ w » Ml T * " amendment and the original motion was carried . » The ^ MAToa ^ theb aaid . that they would have to addresa themselves to the conodwafoaof tfca ; townanipot rarnley . . , , ; . ^!! * BI 0 S Ttt 0 ^<^ i tiwy ahodci not
. J ^ ^ attemnt to force the payment of rates from that township . fox Qi % same reawns Mr . Bond had asnjRied . - ; - . ¦ ¦ . : ¦ / ¦ - ¦ . ¦;¦ ¦ . ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦• . ¦ ¦ - ¦ . ¦ ; ^ - :. ¦ ¦ ¦ , - The opinion of flie Matob was asked on this matter afao ; to which he replied that the act of a Victoria , said that churchwardens or overseers ooold not levy a rate , neither could thev pay it out of the poor s rates ; and it was therefore useless to attempt to enforce it . . Mr . Bakee however moved aa an amendment to the motion of Alderman Wright , his former amendment for the appointment of a Committee , substituting « the Township of Famley" for "the fourhamlets . " Mr . Wright therefore withdrew his motion , and Mr . Baker ' s was carried , Mr . Bono thanked the Council for the patience
witn wnicn they had heard him , and begged to state that he should , be very happy to render any assistance to the Committee in his power . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) - . The overseers of the following townshi ps were then called to the bar of the Council , to show cause why they had not paid their rates . ' . [ To each township the reason assigned is affixed . ] ABMi , Ev . r ~ The overseer had met . with an accident , whereby he had been so severely lamed that he could not collect the rates . Bradley . —The state of trade was such that the overseers could not collect the ratea . £ 100 woqld be pajd thisweek , and the rest as won asfioasible , Beebtoh . —The Mayor » wdo « vbjd # T > f USktSSkad thenx had \ a $ a . paid according to the old valnafio *
WQicn . wasf-considered as the standard Valtiatiori Heapinqlev . — -The overseer for this township « aid that from what he had heard since he had been in the Council-room , he thought they were not wise in being always so ready to pay their rates , as they had paid many sums which they had no legalright to pay . He believed they had paid £ 800 illegally . At Any rate , he thought they ought not to be called upon till other townships had paid up , as they had always been foremost in paying their rates . The Mayor thought that was anything but showing cause . ( Hear , hear . ) When should they be able to pay them ? The Overseer : Before the 25 th of this month , if they were compelled to them .
Holbeckpay . lne amount ot rate due from this township was £ 445 . They had yet paid nothing . The principal reason of this was the depresrion in the atate of trade The overseer believed it would be possible to raise nearly the whole of the rate in the course of a fortnij | ht , if they w 6 re to summon one-half of the parish before the magistrates ; but trade had been so bad that it had been found difficult to obtain as much money as would afford relief to the poor . Perhaps they might be able to raise nearl y the whole of their arrears during the present month . Hunslet . —The rates had not yet been collected . Chapel Allebton
. — p early the whole of the rateB had been paid . £ o \ had been paid that day , and the rest wonld probably be paid within the month . Potternewton —The overseer Raid there was onl y £ l . 8 s . 4 d . owing , and that would be paid that day . Wobtley . —The reason wh y the rates had not " been paid , was the poverty of ; he township . Owing to the new valuation , the rates had been very considerabl y raised . 1 he greater part of the burden lav upon the cottager who seldom paid before the six months were nearly expired . But an endeavour would be made to discharge the debt this " month . Leeds . —The overseers had nothing in hand . They were continuing to pay , and would pay the whole as early as pos-SJDJ © . . - - " . '¦ ¦ ¦¦'
TOir . V CLERK 8 SALABY . After the business of the overseers was decided , which occupied nearly three hours- — Mr . Clarke rose to propose his motion relative . to the salary of the Town-Clerk . He entered into a variety of arguments and calculations to prove that the salary was exorbitant , and moved that £ 400 was an adequate compensation for the discharge of hi * duties . . Alderman Weight seconded the motion . Alderman Bywateb regretted that this question should be discussed again at no early a period , because it was subjecting the Council to a great inconvenience to be bo frequently debating on this
Question , as well as causing the Town-Clerk a great deal of uneasiness . He admitted that it was an important pecuniary question , and thought the inhabitants of the borough ought not to be unnecessarily taxed . At the same time , it was equally requisite that so responsible a servant should be properly rennr-« W > He ahonW , -therefore , move , tfiat ttntte S Mruemen . who were so ttroaiousin their opposition should be appointed a eonunlifee to invesbgate the duties of the Town-Clerk , and to report to the next meeting of Council . Mr . Pease seconded the motion . , Mr . Chabueswobth rose to support the original resolution . After all that bad been aaid , he had
seen no reason to change hi * mind ; but , on the contrary , his conviction of the exorbitance of the sum was more firmly established . He considered that uie salary of £ 600 was an exhorbitant expenditure of the public money ; and he should never rest satisfied till zt was brought down to a lower scale . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . De&bam said , that at a former meting lie had proposed £ 600 , in the p lace of £ 600 , as Ihe salary of theTown-Clerk : and he had done so on the consideration that the salary ofUhe Committee-Clerk would be saved . He found , however , that thatgalary had not bean saved , for there was a valuable and active Inspector taken from his duties among the police , ' to fill up the place in £ he police-office whk ; h
Mr . Wood had formerly held . WellmighHhe over-# eers complain of difficulty in raising the rates , when they had such demands as Qua to meet . It was certainly a very pretty thingf for a mad ; when he got np on Monday monimg , to be mre that he had £ 10 -a-week , whether he did any thing or nothing : and with that sum he thought Mr . Eddiwn would be content . He would , theiefore , move a further amendment , that the salary be £ 600 a-year . This motion was seconded by several Councillors . Alderman Hall certainly did not like to disturb the resolution so recentl y determined upon although he wa « of opinion that the matter had not been duly considered at the time the Council voted £ 600 . If
however the resolution was to be distBrbed , be should vote for £ 400 . He was aware that an estimate had been made of the cost of the work , at the scale of lawyer ' s charges } but thatwas not the vfew of the question they ought to take . They ought to consider what ought to be the salary of a re # peotable iadividual who would devotehis whole time to the situation . ( Hear , hear * hear . ) : Mr . Bower fljought £ 400 a ^ reiriuneratioh , but to go beyond that was reajly horrid . ( Loud lau ^ iter . ) if «* ey looked to the case of the overseers , he thought there was ample reason for . reducing the ? 4 ar JS *?!' ' * ? considejed . he-would be the best fnendofMr . Eddisonwho Toted for £ 400 , and then to let the question be settled . If they did notdo that
he wan sure that £ 600 would become , a byword at every election . ( Hear , hew , and 4 » agirter . ) K he : were to call his constituent ! together , he believed that nineteen outrof twenty wodH'ttink £ 400 a great deal too much . . - ; . . ° i 3 > T- v II # " illsoir after a lon i "Peech in whielihe lauded the * ttfcf £ Qn 8 of the Committee appointed to eOQ 1 ^ i ^ # ^ . duties of thi ^ Town Clerk , said he *»« w ^^ SS ^ * * ™> atepB if he wa » cwtrmced of hM ^ twr , Imt no powilar considerations should ever iuflneB (^ Imn m his judgment ; in-feet he would not allow fiat " many , even of fte more regaectable burgesses , were competent to form an opmjon of the salary of the Town Clerk . ( Hear ,
nearj ) Me was not ao -anxious to maintain his position in that council if it wag to be maintained at the expense of forfeiting his convictions ( hear , hear ) of what wasnght and just ; and he would not for any perspective political advantages sacrifice the honest convictions of his mind arrived at after so carefal an investigation of the matter which had occupied between two and three days . ( Hear , hear . ) After a vanetyofotherobservationgpr . Willianisonmtimated that if the Committee were to be used in this soft of way aftertheir labours , he would never stt upon another committee ; or if he did , it would be as seldom as possible , and without conunittee meetings the bunnessof the Corporation would be at an end . ( Hear , hear . ) He should "therefore more another amendment which ( though very wordv ^ was to the
enect £ tnat it . would be Inexpedient to reconsider the subject of thejown ClerVTsalary daring the present year . " Itformed apartof the expense of the current year , and at the close of that timeit would be competent for . any gentleman to more for a new enquiry , but until then ne thought n < oi good whatever would-result from proseeotmr such ettqjnry . - Mr . Fairbairn seconded tte rwointion . ' Mr . bun BuRKow sAonia * otgive ' a 8 flent Tote ; It was . troe that he had been npon & » Committee ef Inquny , and ptedfox £ 6 » jijuthanadonly ' been able to attend one meeting , and findinr that the Town CJerk ' s duties were coomderablf Kreaterthan he expected ^ he roted for £ 600 . Sine *} tV * , however a I * % ? ^^ " ^ to the inaW * Md ft ^ ught the woA might be done ibr a » le « B * lary ( Hear , near . ) H > did not fatend Jn-anr , wa * to reflect upon fce Cont oi ^^ & ^^ iSfcfwiS an honestman tmrtA W ^ fS- ™ I > w 1 £ L "" I ^
jaato ^? et himgdf ripagafe ^ So ^ igSPt He sIh ^ M , Prefer * , ^ pp ^^ rVB ^ AaSSSSI ment . _ , " ,. ~ ¦ ¦ - ¦' . . ' . ¦'¦'¦¦' . ' , ¦ - ¦¦' . - . -: / : ¦ - . "¦ Mr . Baker then rose and made verrlNHfiMtilu which he accompanied with action inawftv ^ S ^ S
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f W 9 »« h oFia « xnfii ^ oi » fte question , and of life tm ^ ***** of ; % « peaclt j » asifollb ^^ He M {|^ fjaUednponayiij conititoeata to ^ r ^ defiian ^ lccoiiht w ^ a ^ mh ^ - ^^ nift conBtitawtai li ^ iilDBld So ^^ v ^^^^^^^ P ^ ^ < Gt " ^ k S ° htem F ,. of ' ¦ ¦ * wn ^ kmade fiy Mr . - ! 2 r ^ "thaterentually his niotidii would&cafnedy ' : andhintedtbatMr . Oariwimeantt 6 * a&Ttit by ponulte agitation ^ Me fhe * turnedwund ^ po ? Mr . iJurrQwe , ^ . whoiaheattacked with ^ ferocity , « nd by the employment of a great deal ; of snarn jogic , reduced poor Mr , Buttowb to tbe lblldw-™*^™?* ™» 1 / 4 fe « : : « tha t either Mr . Bu > - i
r "" o , wa « on tne uommittee ; had come to aann-« TOV «^ n » ioB » ori ; thit he had , lafel / been mfluenced ^ jrthelove of popular : approbation ; " He did not dwrw Mb inferences ^^ i rom either ^? tnSa JJ W ^ e « af $ r in tended it to ; tein % Sa S ¦ S . aF : i *^ ^ ^ me to an ^^ ringdand ^ oiidosibn ^ fe ?? * ^^^^^^" iJn ^ tto ' rjeamenSbfSy ^^ ° » mittee ] prthat if he had riot « emetow Sf « ° ncUiri pn , but was influencedby » 1 oto of popular approbatipn , he was not an fionetfmaju iS Su- P roce ^^ compare the present ida * V $ M # P !?™; , which . he iHvanably f « versed the order « f .
wgicui "ueni reference to antecedents and coise-S «^ ssi Hp ^ smsfeas A ^^ s t&c ^ a ^ T ! " ^ *^*« ¦ Mr . Bo ^ EB ^ mhis usual good humoured inanner fi ?^ S ^ ^ elV as t ' coroner j ^ WteDye what I believe Mr , Blackburn longs to swap situations withhim ! " ^ Laughter . ) ¦ v r *^ -. After a great . many speechesfrdm other gentJemen none of which were of much importance , tne Mayor rose to put the question to the vote . ' Several resohmoaswere before the Council out of which the
Mayor . s ^ ected . two fol ^ ^ their consideration . Hetheh proceeded 4 Q , (* ay isprnetbihgwhich # as so unintelHeible that not onehalf of the Councillors understood wKajt i heTOfiant . ; Hiswords were ^ som ^ tiim glike-the following "Al ^ aay as are ^ of opiniou that the amefidment ofl ) r . taamson form jpartofS questaou from the wbrd that in the original motiou say |* No ras . many asare of a contrary opinion say « Aye . " , Several Councillow Objected tothia way of putting the question , to which objection the Maycer rephed b yrepeatmg the s ^ fe unmeanihjr terms several tunes over . The Councillors not liking to be considered such dolts ias not to be able to compreaend-Mr . Tottie Bavea . Tnomeinia . rv pnnaan *
thatthequestion shpuli be put to the vote in that way . There were then for Dr . Williaaiaon's amendment that the ^ salary reinaia as it is for the present year 33 : for Mr . Clarke ' s motion for £ 40015 r Noes . Messrs . Baker , Barlow , Bateson ^ Beckett , Win ., Benyon , Brown , ; Bywater , Cadman ^ Clapham Dickinson ; Fairbairn , Gpodmah , Hargreave , Holdforth , Hpldsworth , Hunter , Jennns , Lawsom Maclea , Musgrave , Jan ., Musgrave ^ Wri i ., Pawson ] Pease Potts , Priestman ^ Shackleton , Smith , Stausfeld , Tatham , Watson , Wilkinson , Williamson , S ^^ ^ v Aye 9 * " ^ 1 VIe 8 srs - B ow er , Bramley , Qtiffli ehar ] e sworth ; Clarke , Derhanij Fowter ! Hall , Hayward , Hebden , Moss , Rogers , VVhalley , Wilson , and Wright . /
When the Mayor announced that Dr . Williamson a amendment was carried , a scene of confusi on ensued which baffles description . Several called upon the Mayor to putthe question of £ 5 Q 0 which he seemed unwilling to do , saying the amendment wascarned . A greatmany . members then rose arid protested against the decision , declaring they did not understand it at all , and that they fally expected the question of £ 500 tobe put : many of them had voted " No" against the £ 400 expecting that £ 600 wouldbe tried . Even the proposer of £ 500 voted "Aye" ( for £ 400 ) no doubt entirely mistaking the nature of the Mayor ' s design .
Mr . CHARLESwoRTH « aid " . . that he should put a notice on the paper for a ; reconsideration of the subject at the next Cbuncil meeting . ( Loud cries of No , no , no , and Yes , yes . V Many of the members went away completely , disgusted , and notwithstanding all the efforts of the Mayor to keep the meeting together nearly me whole ot them went away without waiting to see the issue of any of the other eight notices pn the papers A motion . of adjournrrieut was made and secondedwhich the mayor neglfcted to pnt ; and after much confusion the whple of the councillors except five or six went aw ay leaving the Mayor in the chair . Of course the meeting was then dissolved . : : v : ^ /
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THE ADDRESS OF THE RADICAL ASS& CIATION OF ROCHDALE TO THE RADICAL REFORMERS OF G REAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . ; B ^ swg ? . ^!^ w become a niaxim founded on rearoiMuid philosophy , that all men , descendants of *?* ¦• W the ^ ame stock , beings of one and the same nature , possess , or rather ought to possess , th ^ jame equal and uqequivocalrights . Itisthe opinion of yotir brethren the Democrats of Rpchdale , that whatever constitation or law Ja compacted or enacted in pppontion to this principle is tyrahnicaland despotic , and that i t can neither become sacred by time nor sanctified by custom . That the only institutions that can be fonned to cbntribnte tp tie happiness , the protection , and mutual benefit of the millions , must be enacted ^^ on the principle of equal rights and by mutual consent . The rights of man areTounded in his nature ; he is endowed with faculties that
give him a consciousness of his equality to those who monopolise and usurp those nghfe . It is only while he continues ignorant bfhis position in society , and of his relation to it , that he can be oppressed with impunity . That we , the working men of tMa nabon , are oppressed , tyrannised over , and pur rights monopolised , is too trite to need repetition . Then how long ahall thMstaterot things exist ? How long shall Bntain ' ti sona , our nation ' s boast , suffer themselves to betrammelled and enslaved by those unions of corruption ? We had wme faintliope that our grievances wdold be partially redresaed even by a VVhig administration , but since we h ^ veseeu the Minirterial declaration , made by their
mouthpiece , JohnRussell , against anyrarther ' extension of the Suffrage , —theirttyranuical conduct towards bur brave and patriotic brethren in Canadai ~ -their base and inhuman persecution of the Dorchester labourers ahd ' the Glasgow Cotton Spmherij for daring to oppose the rapacious capitahsts , and demanding a just remuneration for thdr labour : when we see their base and despotic conduct in . thrusting that ** Hell-be-gotten" law ^ miscalled the Poor Law Amendment Act upon uij at the point of the baydnet ^ an act wh ich is contrary to all ; cdnatitu- tional \ ti * or Justice ); whence seehpw . therinotion of John Fielden , Esq ., th ^ brave and honest advo » cateof equal rights and equal laws , was met by . We- Whigs , Tories * and Maltbusian Sham Radicala in the House of Commoner | when we see' diese and other tyrannical aetrt . fflicn fuitTiA wn / lin » t . n « ,: i :
tary to coerce the people of Bradford , and the ] gendingof the London police and other spies to watch i our pubhe-friends in these northern oistriets , —we i » y that having witnessed these aggKessibns under a i j « elf-teTmed Vliberal" Government , we have ^ no longer ' me least ijpnfidence in ^ ther Tones or ^ Vhigs . ; From uuftime forward we deem them equally flie enemiew of the people . differing in nothing but this , ( that whOithe Tory robs us as a barefaced . highwayman , th »> Wbig robs us as the hypocritical pickpocket . We / tiierefpre make a solemn vow of mdignauoii against such actSj . and such men as perpetrate ^ em ; and | , we solemnly declare that he ] j ! tut
- . o « uBBjjiiuBiiw enemy ip me people . WB » y wikAfor nothing , but " make ready : ' » and be tnathatftno sword let him sell his garmentand bwjpue / ' $ M ) te xxii . 36 , Hear that * ye men of Birminghaml v ' ... ¦ ¦ . . ; - ¦/ .. ¦ .- : . ¦ ¦ . ' ; -. ¦ : ¦• • - ¦ ¦ .. ' : . ' . - - ; ; v - ) $ & $ i a . i taxatipri and legialatidn , otherwise ttian . ^ re ^ resent » tipn pf the great body of * he people ^ unjustand ^ ranmc ^ and that resistahce to ° P 5 ?** 55 " otlr ^^ natutal as welt as ; constitutional ngnt ; that therefore resisiaace to the pre » e » t state ! otthhigs , whenever practicable , is ^^ justifiable ! Brethren , we are convinced that a House of Com- ' mons ^ constituted of fundholders , land-owners , lord * , n ? K ^ ° ? rabMVmgnt 8 , barristers , bankers , East and West India proprietors , placemen , monopolists , andatto 8 toftitle , dpfunderer 9 , as the present Housaiisi will never legislate , for the benefit of the millions . Y / e therefore are sure that petitioning to such men 18 UtterlV nBPIP » a . gnil > ho | . in B ^ a A . . ^> Ja
" honourable , " » humbly petitioning , ' and ^ ' humbly praving , " is to use the language of ^^ slaves , and not of freemen . Lord John Russell called the people pf England ** rabble , " when the income extorted ^ from ueirlaboTtr amounted to ^ ei ^ ht ^ itwomiffibnsatei'ling . « Tell might the apostate insinuate an apology for the shameful cost of foreign embassies , andliint that the pension roll was abnoat too insignificant for legislatwe notice , when the Dt&ief of Bedford femily alone has , in landed grants -and Ministerial emoluti xnente , £ 68 , 000 per annuin I The British feriala . tore has acjied as if the people had no rights ^ Now tne . wowe hate rights ; but kings and princes have J V ? 5 «^ P «> P ) e ^ either standin need of cnea iers no ? ptecedente to prdve their rights | iio ^ of ; professional men to interpret them , f hjoae aWjwmwttb ; ^
: « o , w * . * cue uespouc , as weu as tte' fteev thOMh ! S-25 i 5 * W t ^ town «•¦•**»?¦** ^ rbogli ^ so S ^ fP'fw . fs ^^^ rorlpij ^ *! one . riven timr , and ^ WfW ^ flNw MoSenA mSngoi ; S ^ S ^ ttSi 2 ?^ * ** *• ^ S ^ wfe « b&ic © lM 'nreuw ^ ona | U 2 a&o& maybe carried into effect feS ^* «» t « dtt Wed t to be «* Jbd fl » « w «* iwww Ateodaaomrf Great Britain and Irebndy—
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WSSSftu * dutnet members , to meet a * certam ^ D ^^ V te ^^^ ^ *« Kafter , > atUtafeSKf 1 & gp ^ nche ^ of ^^ pciation , to dSI wlS ^ g » to be taken in order tp gain otot polScal
fiS , - ;^ wtv - recording ; oar thanks tp our Swpected , and xmcompromiged friends , ' Messrs & ^; & 9 W *<* r # hterre , Jolm ^ Be ^^ TaykJt , Beaumont , and the Rev . J , R , / Stephens for their able adjoea ^ - aud toaparalleled exertions in tpe cause of ^ justice « nd hninanlty . - ' CSigned ) ^ 0 ^^ JAS . NUTTALL . Secretary . THQS . LIVESEY , TreSer . -.: ¦''¦'' ' •¦ ¦"¦ ¦ ¦ . "¦ . - . ' ¦ ' . . ' . ^ :. COMMitTEfc ' . - ¦ " '¦ ¦ : ¦'¦¦¦ - ; < : < :-WM . SIMPSON . WM . RHODES . EDWARD HANSON . ^ AMESSTANDRING . WM-BAKEi HUGH CARTER ; WALKER KAY . JAMES TAYLOR . JOSEPH TAFT ,
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^^ 'SlfW ^^ P ^ ON ' , •;¦; ¦ ; % ;^« - ^^ JS ^»* erf- ^ ^ 3 ittgour ' .- ' .. ¦ ¦; .- , FEtiww-WoRSMEijr ;^ jrieply to youfc address prW sented to us ,. for . our . exertions in behalf of your peraeCttted bTethren , we return you bur most sjii « w ^ J ^^ o ^ m ^ atodnngheatlfefftlKe . awordof jugtice . > fe are wieldinr » t for you alone ; no , when we , beheld yourcom-Wttee , dragged from their happy homes , Uke miscreant yiDams—we eo * r avaricious capitalists stretching ^ forth the » talons of destruction—we saw in the imprisonment , of your committee ruin and desolabon sweeping pur owa hearth * -we saw if we allowed greedy capitalists to float their bannerfctriumpha ^ t an pne case , they had got the key of our d 63 tracti 6 nHihat
soon , very soon , would ; famine and misery howl through the land like a destroying ? angeI . / :- ... . . ¦; . ; ¦ ¦ ¦ . ; - ; " . ¦ ¦ ..- ¦ ' ¦• • ¦ . ;¦ ¦ ¦• ,. - " - . : ' - : ¦ ¦• , - . ~^ If ^ in ^ opposing the deep laid schemes of a tprant government , we have had an arduous undertaldflB , vet we have been steeled for the fights and nerved Tor the battle , with the cohciousnesa we hftVebeea tiglitmg for justice ^ struggling for mercyi Ye ? , when . public opuiion ran mghagamst us—when a base hireling press , with a few nonburable excep-Upns , which shall nevei-be forgotten , branded us as defenders-of asgassination—of cold-blooded murderers—when father , mother , wife , and brotherpled withusi to relinquish the attempt-and when the very men who should have stood by us in the day of advert sity--thehpur : of battle—wheh they , ^ % ith fiendish mahgmty , turned heel upon us , and shouteddemagogues , that consciousness braved every foe , every obstacle ^ : . ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ . ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦•*¦
. And when struggling against so powerful a foe , deep-rppted prejudice and all its cursed concomitants What wild emotions till the soul to see gratitude strewmg our path with posies , powering forth its balmy sweets tp cheer us on to victory . wBut Gotton-spinnerB of Glasgow , thank not tie Trades ' ^ Committee alone , what would they have done , what could they have done , without the valuable _ assutance of pur many frieiidB . Tp Dri John 1 aylor , of the New Liberator , we are indebted for being the first to throw dpwrx the gauntlet to the oppressors , . to . the heroes you have named—to-the ' Cpmmittees Who have so ably done their duty in this gT ? at national struggle—to Mr . Gemmil and the
council lor so ably earrying through theproceedings —to each and all of our supporters the Trades Committee of JSta ^ ow ; ponr forth their heaVt-felt thanks , and n 6 pe they will continue their exertions tuljushce , be obtained , . This is indeed aa eventful era—never were there plans so well concocted— -schemes so deeply laid as there are at the present moment , for the destruction of our liberties-rthe total annihilation of the rights of labour . They have tried their utmost with the poor Cotton-spinners , every means has been resorted to for a conviction on the foul criines libelled against them , but they have failed . In the investigation Which is to take place with unions in general , we Can St > ea . t for OldMcrnar na fur gins am . ^^ . ^ . aA—aJ . ¦ ¦
_ i . —™ . —r ~ . " ^^~ " ~* O "" ., -. *^' . *^* . ** w lib CSIG WJUWIUCU i tbey may examine as far as they may , and find nQthingwrong ; , if we have afair trial ; if the same plansbenottnedtocpnvict as were tried with the Spinners , which , God forbid , —forbid it justice , that anyhpnourable irieniber may be forced to protest against any witness , as was done m Edinbuigh , by raising hishand in wild extacy to heaven , and saymg he spake , and i » pake advisedly , when he said a certain witnessis a perjured villain : but let them do what ^ iey may f trttth will cimqner , ^^ justice ; shall triumph . ^ Tieworlringfmaa ' s OTfr x ^ tewtion—his only covert from the storm—his only sanctuary from thetempest ; his onion ¦¦ ¦¦ V .-- V . v ^ :- :: .. - r- : 4 > . s- ' ? , - ' r ^' wairise " .- :. '¦ ::
In towering grandeur to embrace the skies ;" Meet every atorm , meet every inquiry- ^ standing like the everlasting rpckflj throwing back the vile insinuatoions thrown against it , like the surge of the tempestaous ^ ocean y \ &t the demon tyrant Wage his unholy warr-let the fawning parasite Bow the supi pUant ine&r-let the traitor be the traitor stffl . Though bribery , periury , and villainy do their utoost , the ; . . nghta ot labour ^ will be ^^ maintained- ^ union will be victorious . Let working men stand to Oieir order and demand their rights , and , standing bthemstill
y , , maintain them . Be calm , firm , determined , resolute ; make nnion yoiir guiding star vjuutioe your helm , peace your object , and you shall conquer . " \ ; : / - * Union walls are high and grand— - Union walls , if iablj manned , — Unionwa ^ are made td stand . Against the strongest foe . We are , Fellow-wOrkmen , ^ the Trades' Committee of : Gla 8 govr v - ' : ¦ ' - . "' - ¦¦ ¦ : ' - -. ' . ¦;'¦ - '¦ ' '¦¦¦ ; ' . ¦¦ . ' . - ; "" . ; THOMAS GILLESPIE , Secretary . March 8 , J 838 i v ; '
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li t 1 t 1 " ] t t - i i i 1 EDINBURGH , . A public meeting of the working classes was held last Tuesday week , in the Calton Convening Room , to petition Parliament for a remission of the extremely harsh sentence of the Cotton Spinners ; and also to petition the House of Commons regarding their SH ™^ . ^ ' cttminittee for enquiring into trades unions . The firstis now receiving signatures among the trades ; and the second will ~ he immediately dispatohedt 6 ; Mr Harvey , sfened > y the chauman . The first petationwas adopted witiiout opposition , as it is now clearly seen andifelt by working men , tod many who live oh working wmythegen iry \ that the poor spinners have met with' an undeserved fate ; but the other petition occasioned very along and
inter-, estmg discussion , which terminated in an amendmenVthat we ought not to shrink from an enquiry into the unions ,, and that much good might rwsnlt front that enquiry . The petition itseK is an answer to the objections . It was enthusiasticall y adopted with only two dissentients . It is as follows . The Petition , j&c ^ .: ; :.-. "' " ¦ , ¦¦ , ; :-: '¦ : ¦ ; y - : '" .:: v ;¦ . : : : .- :. % Your petitioners mountfiilly approach your Honourable House in contemplating the new and hostile attitude it has lately assumed towards working men , and the frowning unfriendly spirit it has manifested towards the righte of labour , thereb y affording new prooftjif any were wanting * - that the sacred rights of the millions find . no pfotectiori intyour Honourable House . ' -.: ' ' . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ .. ¦ ¦ ' -: ¦ ¦ ¦ ' : ' -.. ¦"¦'¦ .: ' ... . .. : ¦ '
. Your petitioners forming a portion of those , who n » t ^ nly . constita te ^ ^ the strengttis thedefeuce , buteven the wealth of the kingdom ^ deeply deplore that the great ftnd of their existence , the daily cultivation of theut moral and mental powers , has hitherto been lamentably OTetfookM : * jji your Honourable House , which has long exercisea its yariojas functions' more m accordance wittf the « piri (; of tyranny , thanHad of liberty , H pne day , pne ; four , ofwmchis worth a whole feterniiy ^ bona age ^ Itui ' qjite notpribiis to your , petitioners this is ' the ; case jTiecause your Honourable House mtKedeflancepf the voice of the " people , expressed ten ^^ ttousand time * o ^^ to rule over a nation -donnstinK « f *• : tntAtJiir * s
, « teves , mstead 6 frliatobghtto be a inighfy nation of virtuouB ^ appy ^ freemen ; alayes whose animal lectual by fai capitalistand&e laa ^ va ^^ ito ) very classes , of Mtc& j / oitr Hmqurable liouse it com-P ° * " \ i «? % tt ^ refoie , % is , thatMdi House ^ ^ na » l > e > n ^ wfolly deficient in the discharge of ; its highest dubes , providing for the ed ^«^ of tfie ^ whple people , giving equal rights and" equal prot <} ction to all , and feeding the hungry , and clothing tbe naked by- a ^ irell regulated tyitem of «*^ rc * Ua ^ « iriculture . ThenrillkmBfeeltheyiaVea right * oh five tneir
comionaDjy t > y » e pwaerate wdout a nsntu ;' and by the nroduce of theconmionproperty of matt ^ the earth , ynwite neverfailing . abundance to sati sfy the wants : of every living thing . They ,: ieel themselves robbed % misgovernment of a juitshjare . of the blessing * of natmre , and consequently injured both in body and mind ; and the whole elements of ^^^ societykept ina « ontinuatg *« te ^ dtcdnftisipii and discord . Your petitioners in newlng ^^ the mass of human wretehednejs , m ^ ryy *«* ie , l ^ d premature deathexpeneiiced by mflUonajren « Uost ittte * xagdom ^ teft y ^ woteajle Hotwe , tkat thaw ev& chtenyaTJ ^ ^ Toi «| foT « rriinent , and that , having
mentff ^ hwpf ^^ Htt ^ tibeTbrtirtter theli ^^ t shW mtl ^ fc ^^ tbe&SSdM they feel tibe iron naad offcmmdowdy totjiySS ? t ^ be ^ rmgahuiMirwi tim ^^ ewo ^ wessiTeTy on Obe labwmngnwn Htsm & Ifaeridu bmch a state
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< k so <^ ty crime ^ will ever adst , acd ? i | tevit » bly Ms ^ i s i i much formed , will ever press down and endeavour to > iw - ^^ ^ of nnw presentedlabonrj ana T hen m aasgunfortunate condition tiia dafled ontragea result from such opp ^ in * feelinm f « 5 Bli ; Your petitioners , ^ ^ therefore , think ^ it xmimrti&rnii m * «^ the ^ edi gnity ^^ Bo ^ S ^^
^ rig ir . ofafewstrayj ^^ tol , ^^^ by , Umons , when the whole bf the great causesS ^ tejgn are blindly ov riookedS ^|^ , X . ^ . petitioners protest , against such bigotei talatiori , attemntmg to purify the ¦ streamswhea thefountamrheadisftlledwith pollution , attempting as ypurpetafaoners beheve b y tfce enquir /^> Unions , to crash the rising power of ^^^ working men . ^^ K : ^ vmg them we onk remedy for the ; eVai complamea oUt ^ rty , anda mil Meqnalpartid ^ g ^ g ^ ^ P ^ cal privileges and ^ benefits of Your petitioners ttrotest afrtnnat annTi + *;«;«» ' - ~^
, qumes which arenpthing else than straining at Siat » and _ swaUowmg camels ; and which provl there is u ^ er theW ; the heart , nor the Sesire in your Hon . House toremoye the mighty evfls and galling WlZrV * t ?* ?*^™** te * ^ feea areundeniagyjubjected . Let the ^ pice of ypurpetitionersW heard by their representatives in Parliiment , GivS ttiemmen of their own chpicfe ^ to meet you front to I ™! J [ 1 our examinations into the regulations of ™« f . 1 rade « and f then , they will challenge invesfagataotkand bow to your decisions ; till 'deb ^ & : they will not be Reduced to take ai ypar t ul * £ examination which will either terminate in smok ^ or morer likely in still further circumscribing S very little power workirier men noiweso TUo f- * vf
great ptodple ^ for * hic & ybur petitioners shall evtr contend ; and from the advocacy of which Ufey ; wfll never be turned aside by any device whatever . If justice toworking men be the object of your Hon House then in the name of common sense—in the name of justice—m the name of God before whom all men are equal , and who created all men to b » gPW * 0 ' -wWBi raise your mighty arms and sever t&gir chains . that the wearied captives may go fortli strong " lit the possession of new powers and privileges , and rejoice in the possessiph of Universal hbertvi and , then , your petitioners win be in duty bound ever to pray , or , if you please , pray without ceasing . ¦ ¦ : - - :-. " : ' .. ' . ^ . " ..-... - . >¦ '¦ .- ¦ , .., . ¦ . ; . ¦
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POOR LAW MEETING AX OLDHAM . On MondW last , a mee&ig was holden at Oldhain , at which the following resolutions were unani mously and enthusiasticially carried : — ] ; 1 . That labour is the source of all human pro- " P er jy ; and without a ^^ surplus of labour had been performed , and of property produced , no ^ accumulation of property could have taken place . -2 . That the primary object of afi legislation ought to be ^ , to , secure to the labourer the wfiplefruit of Ms labour . - . - ¦ : '¦¦¦ - . ¦ ¦¦ - / : ¦ . . - . . <¦ ,. ¦ ¦ .. - . - ¦ . ¦ ¦ - ¦ . ¦ ¦ - ¦ . .: ¦ -.
, 3 . That the case of the Dorchester labourers , the denial of relief to the hand-loom weavers , the refusal to revise the State Pension List , the settlement of the enormous Civil List , and the Poor Law Amendment Act r clearly prove that the present Government are the plunderers , instead of being the protectorsof theprpductivei labourers . ^ it * '¦ t * - l e national political writers agreethat where no protection is imparted , there is no allegiance due ; : ¦ , ^ : . - ¦;• , - .: r 5 . That it is an indisputable fact , fliat the varibu * classes of capitalists have the sole nOwer of TOaKnir
and , aduunistering the laws , which are almost uniformly aone for their own benefit , and to the detriment of the productive labpurenr . - 6 , Thatfor all these reaso&s it is high time for the manual labourers to n&tct frequently and deeply for the causes of their present hardened labour and re ^ dacedwages ] because past ^ ^ experience proves , that until ^ heylay their handstand- hearts , and purses together , / theircondition ( badasitis ) wfllbe graduallygrowing worse ^ d wprs e , ^ mtil they are actually star > -edor worked but of existence . ^
7 . That to prevent this dreadful calamity , to correcty extend , unite and stre 0 hen public opinion , this meeting deems itnecessary to revive the Oldham Radical Association , on the principles of ' UriiversatSufrrage , Annual ParuamentSj Votebi ^ ^ ot . Equal Representation , and no Pr oper ^ Qualification . , . ; r ^
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CQTTQJyT ^ Mn ^^ 3 ^ E G ^ TeS ::,: ;; - ?; , iT ; ip ) lJ ! | § | ^ . On Mondarlast , there vfa ^ apublfcmeetiiig held in the Social ; Institution Room , Hnddersfield , ta receive Mess . Me ; Nisi , Campbell and Cuthbertsorv and to hear from thoge worthy todivianals the par ^ ^ r * - ****? ^ jke , trjaL gentejace ^ and treatment of the five Scotch patriots . At ^ ight o ' clock , -the honr appointed for commencing buauiew , Mr . John Li ^ cH , ; of Huddersfield , one of the hbnestest and best patnpte of our town , took the chair . TJie great room was literall y ^ erowded to : suffocation . Mr . Leech opened the proceedings with , a few ^ prefatory ana well-mrected pbsfiryations , after which , - Mr . Me . Nish prpoeeded to address the people He ppurtrayed , in . elpquentl y simple language , th » manner in which slander , insult / and injustice had been heaped upon the whole body of Glasgow spinners . He clearly showed that atftRe hunuane intentions of that body were ^ tortared mto ground of accusation against them : ie particularly instance *' the rule , with respect to the expenses allowed for the burial Of a departed brother , which ini the books and ! regulations appeared under the head "Funerals , ' * fov which £ 5 was allowed ; and wMch , by the authorities , was construed to mean compensation for murder . He accounted for the death of Mrs . Me . Phearson , whi » died some 26 years since , and which was caused b ^ r a froKc of lads and lasses courtinir-. who unmtentipnall j feU onthe oldlady , andhastened her dissolution ( but with which the men were charged upon this trials , some of them not being in existence at thetime . . ¦ / :. ~ :-,: . ¦ . - ^* _ Mr . CAMpBEtLjF 6 nowed , explaining the treatment of , and the cotispiracy against , tKe spinners— -that manner ; in which the press had prejudiced even the Juryv and the wild ^ age of public animosity which had . beeni raised again » t the men put of Conrt . H& exjplained ; satisfactoril y , that all those acts which , were ^ said to ^ be committed by the men , went at that ' mtacal juncture to frustrate ithe oljects which th © , body had m view , and which themasters dreaded the . accomplishment of , namely , an understanding with the men , which was frustrated , as speculation ; inevenredu cedlabourwashazardou 8 , incon 8 equence of the stagnation in trade . ; Mr . Cuthbertson then accounted for the unjust amount necessary to conduct thi * single trial . He explained that the object was to exhaust ttie sympathy of the English ; workings men and then to leave the accused to their fates . He . said that , it was the opinion of the Scotch people that-had ^ it not been for the timel y assistance of Oastler , Stephens , O'Connor , and Beaumont , in England ; and Dr . John Taylor , in Glasgow ^ that the men would have died by the gallows , but that these agitators- succeeded in alarming and arousing public opinion ; he then showed that a little from , each would relieve the conunittee from the demand to which , they were liable , and the virtuous men of Huddersfield pledged themselves to jfalfil their part oltthe . covenant . - .. - : v' - . - . ' . ;;• ; :. ¦; -v : r : . x . . . - - ¦ ,. . ; .: ; :: ¦;¦" ., Mr . Feakgijs O'Connor next came forward ind was received -ypith . the' heartieut welcome . He said working men of Huditersfield , ^^ i hope i i dd iiotpVtrade ^ ysetf upon / A «» meeting . jf ! Noi- % di and loud cheers . ) : He then addressed ^ the meeting at && Siderable length and sat down loitdli ch ^ j ^ thing , could etual '¦' i $ ey ) tt ^ 1 ffil&y ^ tfi ^ te- . ^ t Huddersfield , men and women ; for th * women were thank God , there , to ^ hear ^ the real etory of their oppressed brethrenf and nothing conld- be Setter W ^^ F ^^^^^^ pejWte ^^ P « f » ^^¦ ¦ ?« £ M ^ Nisa ^ ftSjt , recoontg the atro-^ w ^ n % ^^ pyte | iia « t *» wnich led to the iWucfc occurred during ttelti&tft ' -tfnkei . Mr down ; to > fh » terminaSb ^ ^ W ^ tiM'Muti ^ Cp * MBEaT 8 oir wtimm ? U ^ Sam ^ e ^ iminciBl fiffi ^ i ^ J ^^^^ incurred by the trial . t . - > * 4 ^ m ^^ 0 ^^ ' $ mSM ^^ r ^ J 5 ^ w , lM *» Sctisu each uiiaeetakmgcito pay its ; K ^ jw bn /? bf'ffie ' de pK" This was a ^ ieed * npon . ; -T ^ i delegates have doneihear duty . * 8 ^ d re turn ; to Scqtland with pur approbation ^ and the approba-Ji ^ ttOT the working men of Engird , for ttfenr very instractive andsuccessmltour .. ; . - { -i ; ... ;^ i ;} , vi' ;
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 17, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct997/page/3/
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