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      The Northern Stir. February 7, L§52.

      THE NORTHERN STIR . February 7 , l § 52 .

      Jiist Published, L-Inio. Cloth, Price 4s.-Bj Post,*»- «^ The Eights And Dutie S Of Fhuj. I'Ertt.

      Jiist Published , l-inio . Cloth , Price 4 s .-bj Post , *» - «^ THE EIGHTS AND DUTIE S OF FhUJ . I'ERTT .

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      By Jons biso-rut . . Aem 0 5 t searching 'TheAnthorof thiswwk entersup < mone oftte nw ^ ^ ^^ expositions of the 'Bights and Dusks of l « ?"' j wC canno t too pLases , which we remember to have , ? et ** " ' , " thc fundamental strongly recommend it totliose who wishito m £ " fame ^ ,,, 6 , to see principles of Political Economy , ana . « «« ' ftarieS 3 ana a tb ? se principles applied to oastmg lastuunons uj ^ jost writer ,. —SoHiiEM Stas . Are-Maria Lane . London : Wmttahs r and to . Aje-M ari

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      MEUOItt AND POBMAlfoF WASWSGKW . Now PubUihing The rnhe « FBB 2 TO OF THE PEOPLE . ' I EDITED BT G . JULIAN HARNEY . nnopu cosiest * of >* 2 , Satmbat , February 7 th , 1852 :-1 rUnudnP-onle ' sletteronthe Queen ' s Speech and the Openn' of VarKamenC PahnelSton xai Bo ™ aparte , the Continental p * . « »• , _ , _ . " 4 < j « lria and America ; Kossn &' s Reception and rn £ eL in AnWlca ; 3 . « Our " glorious" Institutions ; 4 . Memoir of Louis Xapo ' eoa Buonaparte ; 5 . Memoir of Washington ; C Reri » ws : 'Carijle ' s Life of Sterling , ' ' Tennyson ' s Poems ; 7 . yotcsaad- 'oifinjs ; 8 . Picture ? in Sm ' fzerland : 9 . Gerald Mass ? v ' s Xew Po . -m , Part i ; Our Rear Column . Also A PORTRAIT OF GENERAL WASHINGTON' , Price Tes £ e Haif-pekce . So . 2 , Vtill be ready for the Trade on Monday , February 3 th , and every succeenius Monday . London : Published by James Watson , Queen ' s Read Pass age , Paternoster llov . To be had . on Order , of aR Publisher * and Xews A gents .

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      C EXTliAL CO-OPERATIVE AGENCY , Instituted under Trust , to counteract tho system of Adulteration and Fraud now prevailing in Trade , and to promote tbe principle of Co-operative Arsocir-tious . Trustees—Fdward Vansittart Nealc , Esq ., ( founder of the Institution ); and Thomas Uuglies , Esq , ( one of the contributors ) . Commercial Firm—Lechtvalier , Woodin , Jones , and Co . Central Establishment—7 C , Charlotte-street , Fitzroy-sguare , Lindon . Branch Establishments—33 , Great Marylebone-strect , Portlandplace , Loudon : and 13 , Stran-atreet , Manchester . The Agency intends hereafter to undertake the execution of aR Orders for any Mnd of articles or pr duce , their operations for the present are restricted to Groceries , Italian Articles , French Wines and Brandies . A Catalogue hasjust been published , containing a detailed list of all artie ' eswith tlie retail prices affixed , with remarks on adulteration . Price Gd ., or fent free by poat for ten stamps . Also a wholesale price list for Co-operative Stores gratis , or by post for one 6 ramp .

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      iJii'ORTAXT SOCIALIST PUBLICATIOXS ! BOBBR 7 OW 23 'S jOXjrHKAt . THIS JOUHNAL { Published weeldv , price Ose Pesst , and in monthly parts , price Foc & rnscE ) , Espiuns tne means by wluca the papulation oi the world may be phiced trithiu nen- sad vary superior circumstances , and provided with constant beneficial employment , and thereby enabled to enjoy comfort and abundance , and gre . it social advantages ; and thc direct means by which this change may be effected with benefit to all classes . The addresses on Government , on Education , to the Deb gates of All Nations to the World's Fair , and on True and False Religion , which have lately appeared in the pages of tfcis Journal , have been reprinted in the form of cheap pamphlets , and wiR be found to contain information of the deepest interest . Ihe Eleventh Monthly Part of this Journal is now ready , Price 4 d . Also the First Volume , Price 2 s . Gd .

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      rutEAT NATIONAL STANDARD THEM ATRE , oppufite the Eastern Counties Railway , Shoreditch . Ins largest and most elegant Theatre in London . Pn-ji'MEroK—Mr . Jons Dorcuss . Glorious hit of the new Hebrew Drama , which has created quite an unparalleled excitement ! Delljhted thousands hare witne ssed fins * Pfend : d prcdnction during the past week . andh « ve " tes-„ w toumphant success of it b y loud and enthusiastic applause . -Notan order admifed-the public press excepted . AP « S & IKS * 0 C 0 CSt ' autnce of fte mcr & ** s , admiitcd every " derfu ^ Sr" rf Mr * SanT ^ k ^ *• ** Atel and Ws Wt , n " On >!« iW , and all the week , IheJIebr & s Tribe of Mom' or tie Greek Heroani the Jewish Zaiaen , withueWdresses , sc-nery ' and astounding effects . " *«»> -L-uery , After which , Hercules , King of dabs , in which Mr . Ham Carles win appear . «*»*« wnu To be foRowed by the Revolving Globes of Fire . ToconcaldewithltorX- lfeaaM ; Cr , Vie Dogs of the Glen in which Mr . A . Alwl and his Wondofal Dogs wUI api « ar ' Dress Circle Is . Cd ., Boxes Is ., L-pr * rRoxes 9 d .. Pit Stalk Sd ., Pit Gd ., GaL 3 d . Stage Manager—Mr . R . Homier .

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      Ou. - Correspondents Will Oblige Us Grea...

      Ou . - Correspondents will oblige us greatly by attending to the folowwg general instructions : — fhe earlier we can receive their communications in the week , Ihe more certain they are of being inserted . This is the case espfriiilly with letters upon general subjects intended for tlia coluums set apart for' Frte Corr . spondenee . ' ¦ Re ports of proceedings of Chartist Bodies , Trades , and Co operative Societies , 4 c ., ; lion ! d be forwarded immediately after their occur recce . By this means a glut of matter is avoided at the latter end of the week , and consequent curtailment or non-insertion . Reports should consist of a plain statement of facts . All communications intended for publication should be written on one side of the paper only , and addressed to the Editor . R . Jones , Leeds , ( ted w \ H . Cottle , London . —We -are compelled , through press of matter , to postpone your communications till next week . "We have received 3 s . 83 . in postage stamps in a blank envelope . Will the remitter have tbe kindness to forward his name . J . Resiles :, Chickenley , has our thanks for his information .

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      THE 10 HIE 11 STAR 3 ATE 7 KDAY , FEBRUARY 7 , IS 5 &

      Winding Up Of The National Land Company....

      WINDING UP OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . It is with feelings of the deepest regret we call attention to the proceedings hefore the Master in Chancery relative to this Company . The continued persecutions , and the varied obstructions which Mr . O'Coknor has had to encounter in connexion with it , seem at length to have affected his mental powers , and rendered him incapable of giving the explanations required from him . This fact is so ohvions , that we are surprised the Master permitted

      the renewal of examinations , which , while they led to no useful result , were of the most painful aud humU Mating character . If the proceedings were regulated by the strict forms of a Common Law Court ; there mi g ht he s o me excuse for this course , hut as it is with the equity of the matter , and not strict legal f o rmalities , the officials appointed to wind up the Company ha v e to deal , w e do not see why they shoul d press Mr . O'Connor for information , which he is cle a rl y not in a fit state of mind to g ive them , when that information may be got by another method of inquiry .

      As far as we understand the position of the affair , it is briefly this : —The accountant has ascertained the exact sura of money paid by the subscribers to the Company , and wishes Mr . O'Connor , as the acting Director , b y whom , or under whose directions , the whole of these funds were expended , to account for their application in detail . U p to a cert a in point these fuuds are , we believe , accounted for , or at least a dmitted , aud the principal inquiry is directed to a comparatively small balance , including the proceeds from the sale of several allotments since the passing of the Act for "Winding up its Affairs . It will bo remembered that Mr . Gkey , the accountant appointed by the Select Committee of the House of Commons to examine the accounts , while he reported decidedl y as to the honest y with which the funds had been

      man a ged , at the same time ' expressed a strong opinion as to the defective and irregular manner iu which the hooks and accounts had been kept . Transactions so multifarious , minute , and extensive , would have taxed the skill of the most experienced accountant and a staff of professional clerks , to classify and keep with that precision and clearness which is necessary for the satisfaction of a ll parties . But the Company had not the services of such a professional staff . The accounts were honestly hut not professionally kept . All the materials for the production of a proper balance sheet were in existence , hut they were not arranged in the methodical and business-like form which conduces so much to the orderly dispatch of business , and a clear uaderaiandiner on all matters of detail . If that was the

      case in 1848 , when the Company was in the receipt of l a rg e fuuds , and its machinery still in working order , what must it be now , when funds have long ceased to flow into its Exchequer , w hen its offi cer s have been dishanded , and its hooks , documents , vouchers , and papers , dispersed in various quarters ? Clearly , the equity of the case demands that the respondents to the queries of the Master in Chancery should have the same land of professional asssistance as that which enables him to put those questious ; we believe that the members at large would not object to the expense coming out of the estates . But if this cannot he , that theservices of anefiicientaccountantshould

      b e obtained b y some other means . We must say that w e a re s urpri s ed , tho solicitor of the Company , who during its operations received so much of its money , should have suffered the inquiry to proceed without eng a g ing counsel to watch over and elicit , as counsel alone can do , the case of Mr . O'Connor and the Directors . If this had "been done at first , all parties would have heen spared the lamentable exhibitions in the Vice Chancellor ' s Court this week , exhibitions which can only tend to heap needless odium upon this unfortunate Company , and , wo believe , unmerited obloquy upon those who had the management of its affairs . Even had the fund s come

      out of his own pocket in the first instance , we believe the Solicitor would have gained by such a course in the end . As it is , it is not yet too late to adopt proper steps for ahusiness-like and impartial inquiry , and the production of accounts of expenditure verified by such vouchers as will satisfy the Master . Wo are informed by those who have the best opportunity of knowing the fact , that ample materials for this purpose are in existence , that masses of them were lying on the table before Mr . O'Connor at the very moment he so repeatedly declared he knew nothing about them , and that if these materials were put into the hands of a practised accountant , the result would he not onl y honourable to the personal character of Mr . O'Connor , but beneficial to his pecuniarv iu .

      terest s , by showing the Company to he in his debt to a considerable extent . At present , so clumsil y lias the inquii y heen conducted , that it almost seems as if he had appropriated the funds to his own use , and refuses to account for them . What is to be done under such circumstances ? This is an important matter . It is one which pecuniarily affects tens of thousands of s u b sc r ibers , and a large bod y of allottees . It is more than that ; it is one which , to a very considerable extent , affects the character of the working classes , and their claims to participation in the government of this country . They aro bound to show the other classes of society that , h o wever they mi g ht have been mistaken in their speculations and expectations as to the results of the plans of the Company , that at all events its affairs were conducted honestlv ' and

      honourably . However great the loss may be to individual subscribers , the collective affairs of the Company should be fairl y and clearl y wound up , and the blame or guilt , if any there be , distinctl y ascertained and laid upon the right shoulders . For this purpose we venture to suggest the propriety of a subscription heing immediately entered into , to retain the services of a professional accountant and a barrister to conduct the case of the Company , before the Master— au app lication for the necessary time to produce a properl y authenticated balance sheet , would no doubt be immediately acceded to . The expense could not be very great . In any case it will he much less than the present deplorable and unsatisfactory inquiry now going on ,

      the cost of which will all havo to bo taken out of the estates , before the Shareholders can receive one farthing . To protract such an inquiry , therefore , is not only gratuitous cruelty to a man whose mind has broken down under an accumulation of the most grievous disappointments and reverses , but at the same time to swallow up in law expenses the whole of the available assets , and probably , as a conclusion , to leave the entire affair in as unsettled a condition as it is at present ; to perpetuate unfounded obloquy on the character of those who took part in it , and to lay another stumbling block in the patli oi all those who may in future attempt the great and god-like task of endeavouring to improve the condition of the industrial millions .

      We have never had , directl y or indirectl y , the slightest connexion with the Company . We have no pecuniary interest whatever involved in the matter ; nut we feel strongly , on the grounds we have stated , that it is important it should be terminated in an open , strai ghtforward , and honourable manner , whatever may be the pecuniary loss to individuals . If the suggestion we have thrown out meets the approval of those directl y interested , we shall be happy to receive subscri ptions , and to place ourselves in communication with the friends of Mr . O'Connor and the Company , for the purposes we have named .

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      AH subscriptions will be duly acknowledged ; but , to bo effective , they must be forwarded promptly . Delay will ruin all .

      The Whig Alliance With Continental Despo...

      THE WHIG ALLIANCE WITH CONTINENTAL DESPOTISM . The separationof peop les and rulers is now complete in Europe . In sp irit and intention our Government is as despotic as the Autocrats of Russia and Austria , or the blood-stained and perjured tyrant of France . Tho long looked for Ministerial explanations on the first night of the Session revealed the astounding fact , that the Whig Cabinet approved of the sanguinary , atrocious , and traitorous course pursued b y M . Bonaparte , aud of the summary confiscation of the lires aud liberties of a whole people , whenever either of them interfered with his desi gns or his interests . This approval was not

      confined to Lord Palmer ston , who was ostensibly dismissed for manifesting it in an informal manner , but , but , was , we are told by the Prime Minister , participated in b y himself , the President of the Council , the Colonial Minister , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , and , in fact , by the Cabinet as a whole . In Lord John Russell ' s opinion , M . Bonaparte ' s coup d ' etat will conduce to the welfare of the peop le over whom he rules ! In his op inion , also , the press of this country has acted very wrongly , because it has called things by their right names . If his Lordship could ' put it down ' as Louis Bonaparte has crushed and silenced

      the press of France , no doubt he would do so . There would be great danger , however , in any attempt of that kind , and , therefore , his said ' lordship' contemptuously tells the Press that it does not represent tbe opinions and feelings of either tbe Government or the people . of this country . He goes down on his knees to the successful wholesale murderer and p lunderer , and begs that he will not make the mistake of supposing the Press of England speaks

      for the Peop le of Eng land . No such thing . He and the pack of family imbecilities he has gathered around him , are tho true voice of the nation , and they respectfully assure the Dictator that they quite approve of his perjury , his murders , his transportations , and his confiscation of property ! There is a logical connexion between all these things and the treason to the Constitution by which they were heralded . When M . Bonaparte resolved to set aside all law but his

      own will , all the other crimes followed as ; m inevitable sequence . Hip position is in itself a crime against the laws of God and man , which can only be maintained by the commission of other crimes , until at last the hideous burden becomes intolerable , and the nation , by one simultaneous and convulsive effort , shakes it off for ever . Lord John must accept all the consequences of the policy as well as the policy itself . Sad , indeed , is it for this country that Ministers of State should dare to utter such sentiments , but sadder still that the assembled senators and representatives of the nation should applaud them .

      But what is it to lead to ? In Austria and Belg ium newspapers have already been suppressed because they have written the reverse of comp limentary to the Dictator . Lord Granville , the new Foreign Minister , has sent messengers from the Foreign Office to seize on private correspondence from France , which it was supposed might tell too much truth to be palatable to the tyrant . Is the next measure to be a censorship at his instigation in this country ? The thin end of

      the wedge has already been inserted by the Lord Chamberlain ' s rigorous excision of all political allusions in the pantomimes of this season . Despotism , like the cholera , spreads fast . Downing Street has been attacked by the disease , and in their paroxysm they assail that mi ghty power , which has been justly called the palladium of liberty , and which , with all its defects , is tlie strongest guarantee aud safeguard of the freedom and the progress of this Eng l a nd of ours .

      Besides this question , all the others mooted on the opening of the session sink into insignificance . The personal difference between Lord John and the late Foreign Minister as to ministerial etiquette in the preparation of despatches is a mere p iece of redtap ism not worth the momentary notice of any sensible man , save that the setting up of such a paltry pretext for the dismissal of so important a member of the Cabinet , provesjit is not the real cause of that dismissal . When Russell and Palmerston both agreed that Louis Bonaparte had done rig htl y in abolishing the Constitution he had sworn to maintain ; that he had done ri ghtly in seizing in the dead of nig ht the

      members of the National Assembl y ; huddling themwithout even tho formality of inquiry—into filthy prisons , and pulling down the Hall in which they met ; that he did ri g ht in butchering the unarmed a nd help less multitudes on the Boulevards , and in expatriating every man of note , intelligence , orinfluence from the country : when these two ' noble lords ' agreed ou those points , surel y there was no cause for their parting on the ground that one had preceded the other in conveying the intelli gence to the triumphant Usurper . But nobody is deceived b y this flimsy excuse . The Continental influences b y which the expulsion of Palmerston was brought about , are pretty well known . The real offence was his recep tion of the Kossuth deputations ; and ho

      fell in consequence of a court intrigue against him , headed by one who up to this time has wisel y kept himself aloof from such interference . It will be wise for him to continue that abstinence in future . The Court will m & vtttam « . vU the more p leasant rel a tions both with tho Parliament and the Peop le , if it refrains from mixing itself up with the political or the personal policy of foreign powers . The Prince Consort will ' speedil y discover that all the popularity ho has gained b y other means will vanish if he abuses the influence of his position , or makes it subserve interests alien to those of a free country . In the m e antime , th e political horizon looks g loomy . Such avowals as those we have a lluded to , are signs of the tendencies of our rulers and legislators not to be neglected . Forewarned is Forearmed .

      Conspiracy Of Capital Against A, Labour....

      CONSPIRACY OF CAPITAL AGAINST a , LABOUR . A few facts in connexion with the continued strike of the Master Eng ineers require to be noticed , in order that we may keep up with this important struggle . It appears that the emp loyers are not satisfied with the power of combining themselves , but are resolved to prevent by law the power of their ' hands ' to combine in future . They deprecate any interference , either legal or otherwise , with their

      establishments ; but the same immunity is b y no means to be enjoyed b y the workmen . Finding that they are playing a losing game , and that the men are too firmly united , too well supported , to bo forced into the speed y and abject surrender which was anticipated , they h av e app lied to the Home Secretary to hel p them to subdue their refractory slaves by force of law . Let alone' is excellent gospel so long as tho profits and the interests of the master * are concerned , but it is the hei ght of impudence on tho part of the men to imagine that it app lies to them . Tho capitalists have adopted , in their dealings with tho

      operatives , the principle embodied in tho proposal of an ingenious gambler upon a small scale : ' heads I win , tails you lose . ' The law of supply and demand , of which we hear so much , as the great motive power and regulator of society , i s not s o un d political economy , when it operates in favour of the workman . The buyer of labour , the dealer in any kind of merchandise may justl y and legitimatel y take advantage of surp lus hands , to reduce wages , or to raise prices . The additional gain is all fair according to trade ; but the operative , who is obliged to accept low wages when work is scarce and labour too plentiful , must not do the same when an extraordinary demand occurs for the kind of skill he has to sell . We see that the organs of tho

      profitmongers havo raised a howl of indi gnation , because the gunmakers have naturally availed themselves of the opportunity for raising their prices , presented by large Government orders to bo executed in a short time . It is admitted that , for years they have been in an exceedingl y depressed condition ; but that , of course , was the natural result of slack trade . Now , however , that brisk trade has come , they arc denounced for trying to get a share of its benefits . Greed y , selfish , unreasonable people that they are ! Why should they attempt to ' make hay while tho sun shines ? ' It is only tho Masters , who understand the gospel , according to the Political Economists , who have a ri ght to do that . Political Economy was not invented for ni ggers or workmen , but for their betters and so by way of teaching them their proper station '

      Conspiracy Of Capital Against A, Labour....

      and how to demean themselves in future , it is understood that Sidne y Smith ' s liberal friends - m & proteges have been endeavouring to persuade Sir Geor e Grey to bring in a cunningly contrived Bill , by which industrial independence and free action will be crushed as effectually in this country as the Press is in France . Of course it would not do to proclaim the real object of the bill in so many words . Not at all . The devil must put on the disguise of an angel of li ^ ht . So in the p lenitude of their benevolent anxiety for the welfare of the working people , a measure will , it is said , be introduced for the ostensible purpose of placing their investments in safety and security . Nothing more . Is it not delig htful to see such philanthropic and disinterested exertions on the part of these rich Capitalists ,- and this over-worked Whig

      Cabinet to protect the savings , and promote the interests of the working classes ! True ; it is opposed to the fundamental dogma of their economical creed , but they are so devoured by their new born zeal that they will , in this case , even give up kissesfaire for so good a purpose . But how are the investments to be protected i \ Y ny , simp ly by compelling every society of working ram to send a copy of their rules and objects for certification to Mr . Tidd Pratt . Such official censor will , of course , carefully strike out everything that- refers to support in case of disputes with Emp loyers ; confine the objects , and the app lication of the funds strictly to sick and burial purposes , and set in motion such machinery as will place the whole of the investments under the power of the Capitalists and Government functionaries , with power to confiscate the funds if ever the owners should dream of revolting

      against those who manifest such an amiable desire to manage their affairs for them . Is it not a very pretty scheme ? Is it not the more remarkable that such a plot against the liberties of the working classes should have been hatched at Whitehall , in the Home Office , when a few days previously the President of the Board of Trade repudiated to another deputation all industrial legislation at present on account of the Strikes . What made the

      difference ? Why Mr . Vansittart Neale , Mr . Hughes , and other gentlemen composing thatdeputa tion , went to plead for protection to the hard-worked ballaat-hcavera , for such protection as would prevent them from being utterly crushed by the merciless competition to which they are exposed . To all such innovations upon orthodox Political Economy , of course Ministers turn a deaf ear—when the Masters come—ah , that is quite a different matter !

      But we do not believe that if Sidney Smith and the rest of the gentlemen who say they and every British subject , have a right to do what they like with their o w n , have the unblushing impudence and brazen hardihood to propose such a measure , or any other for depriving the working classes of their present extremely limited privilege ? , that they will succeed . Though Thomas Buncombe ' s health is too much impaired to enable him to fig ht the battle of labour as he did on the Masters' and Servants' Bill a few years ago , there are yet one or two members left in the House of Commons who would denounce and expose the character of such an infamous measure . Exposure and defeat , in s uch a case , would be synonymous terms .

      In other respects the Strike presents the same features as at the commencement ; the men , calm , peaceable , orderly , but determined ; the Masters , hurried on by a consciousness that they are in the wrong , from one false step , and one violent and extreme-measure to another . Take the following as a sample of their moderation and humanity . A large firm in Liverpool has posted on the foundry gates the conditions on which they will reopen the works to their men . These conditions are , that the men are not to belong to , nor support , directly or indirectl y , any Trade society , or In any way whatever to meddle with the question of hours of labour or wages . They

      are further prohibited from assisting , directl y or indirectly , those who may belong to such societies , < r who are thrown on strike , thoug h , by a stretch of extraordinary humanity , this last restriction does not extend in all its severity to a father , brother , or other relative . These parties may receive an ' occasional meal' from their sons , brothers , uncles , or cousins , without violating the laws b y which their Masters prescribe the expenditure of the wages thty have toiled for , earned , and , up to this time , believed were their own ! But then , mark , it must be onl y an ' occasional meal . ' There is to be no assistance in money . Nav , not even two consecutive dinners .

      That kind ot assistance would be too systematic for the English slaveholders , who have as little respect for the natural feelings of those who toil to make them wealth y , as the American s laveo w ners for their chattel slaves . Is it not horrible to think that Mammon should so completely dehumanize these men as to lend them to imagine such barbarous edicts could be obeyed , or that the natural and the holy affection of parent and child could be sacrificed at their command , at the shrine of St . Five Per Cent . The longer the strugg le continues , the more g laring ly will it show the utter incompatability of the

      present system of producing and distributing wealth with the true interests of the nation , and of all classes hut a few selfish persons who , in their haste to grow rich , heed not th o ugh all around goes to ruin . They ouiiht , however , to pause . The nation cannot suffer without that suffering reaching even to them , and if they will persist in driving matters to extremity in this high-handed style , we should not wonder to see an emigration en masse of the intelligent and skilful engineers and mechanic s , whose productions are the real foundation of our manufacturing : and commercial

      supremacy , to some other country where capital is less tyrannical in its demands , and where labour may , at least , have a voice in settling the terms of a mutual compact , and a ri g ht to gratify the domestic instincts without incurring the hazard | of discharge and starvation . Should that day ever come , the emp loyers may write upon their establishments ' Ichabod' That which made and makes them sources of wealth , will have departed for ever ; and their capital , unvivified by labour , become a mass of rusty iron and mouldering bricks .

      Legal Protection For The Poor Man's Capi...

      LEGAL PROTECTION FOR THE POOR MAN'S CAPITAL . Class Legislation gives us * one . law for the rich and another for the poor . ' « It gives to him that hath much , and from him that hath little it taketh away that which he hath . ' The poor find the poet ' s line to be literally true : —

      The world is not their friend , uor the world ' s law . Not content with the possession of the land , tho mines , the fisheries , the machinery , and the capital of society—not content with all tho raw material and all the mechanical and scientific appliances b y which it can be wroug ht up into articles of consumptiontbe landlord , tho moneylord , the mill-lord , and the merchant claim and exercise the power of making laws in their own favour , and directl y intended to keep the labouring classes in poverty and disunion . They strengthen the strong , and try to make the

      weak weaker . Every attempt of tho toiling and trul y enslaved masses to break through their bondage , is foiled by the subtle and all-pervading influence of class-made laws . They find themselves fenced in and hedged round on all sides , by enactments which prevent them from taking a single step in advance it that step must be taken in conjunction with others of their own class . Or , if they are not actuall y prevented by specific laws , they must carry on any Cooperative enterprise in which they may embark , without the protection and security which the law affords to the enterprises of the wealth y classes

      _ To the individual workman , who aims at bettering his own position by becoming an employer aud living upon the pronto of other men ' s labour , the law exends protection , and adds power in proportion as he inr ^ fi ' o ? iif ^ IuM aggrandisement , olcollect , ™; well-being , is fostered b y our Legist tire code . The case of the National Land Company a Btaking lustration of this fact . The plans if m L r :. v i ? lmve becn « m ™> *>* ** uS t u ! hiC \ , i r VP P ° t 0 * Wn its objects the matter fc u plam that one great cause of its £ * £ to fuSf ;> of legal * ° ™ ^ S KJ" i ] lm' engagements as Shareholders , legal facilities for acquiring property in a cornnrnt . i

      3 S ! « - , ?" aud Protection fir the JZ n / J ? - ? . ' An "foliations as to the ZZl ^ Y Vipll VT hltQ t 0 « " realisation of the general plan could have been easil y rectified by experience , and any defects of the administrative machinery , graduall y remedied as they become eri .

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      dent in the working ; but the foundation of the who ] was unsound . It had no standing whatever i u aw ® and though its promoters expended thousands Je pounds in the endeavour to . g i v eit a legal staias the failed in accomplishing their object . As a consequent of that failure , Members violated their engagemen t to the Company . The operations in which the Dir tors had embarked , on the faith that these eng a e ments would be kept , and the funds regularl y supplj ^* were suddenly brought to a stand still , and the conge ' queuce was , tho failure of the whole plan . At the present time , when Co-operativo Societies both for productive and distributive purposes are bo

      , rap idl y increasing in every part of the country , Jt j peculiarly desirable that some practical and busin esslike steps should be taken to procure such an altera , tion of the law , as would place these societies ou a sound foundation . The question is sufficientl y ripe for a practical settlement . Within the last two or three years it has received a considerable amount of public attention ; and the evidence taken b y a Select Committee iu two succesive sessions , has accumu . lated a mass of valuable information , both as to the

      evils resulting from the present state of the law and the benefits that would accrue to all classes from new law , based upon equitable princi ples , aud applj cable to the exigencies of the times . Even tli 9 purel y mercantile classes are convinced that the Jaw at present , tends greatly to limit enterprise , to pre * , vent the profitable application of capital , and ret a rd improvements . The advocates of tho Co-operative Movement , would , therefore , in any effort they make for this purpose , find themselves supported by a class which possesses great political influence .

      But , in . matters of this kind , somebod y must assume tbe initiative , and put it in such a shape as i % likel y to secure the assent and support of the Lcg ] latuve . What is everybody ' s business is well-kn own , to be nobod y ' s business ; and if the Co-operati ve Societies wish to obtain so indispensable a securit y and protection for their future operations as tliat we have pointed out , they must'take their own affairs into their own hands . ' The object is not toluol , iained by mere talking . Indeed , the less mere talk there is about it the better . The people who manage to get' bills' passed through the Legislature don ' t VJtste much of their time or means in empty discus .

      sions or loud-tongaed complaints . Having made op their minds as to what they want , they frame a bill' by which they think it can be attained ; they send an intelli gent , practical deputation to London to wait upon Ministers and Members , dail y canvass both , and when the measure is to come before the House , they take care to ' whi p' all the friends and supporters who have been gained by their representations . This is , perhaps , not quite so stimulating to personal vanity as the applause which greets an orator , whose e loquence on a public p latform kindles the sympathies , and carries with him the passions of

      his audience . But it is better for all practic a l pur . poses . . ' Loud cheers' die away into silence , excited passions grow cool again , and the world turns round in the old way . Not so with work done in a workman-like sp irit , aud in a workman-like way . An act of Parliament passed by such quiet , but effective j agencies as those we have indicated , placing the combined investments of the poor man on the same foot , ing with the thousands of the rich , would bo worth a million of ' strong resolutions' and ' eloquent speeches , ' set to the music of ' enthusiastic and long continued applause . '

      There is no time to be lost . The Session has alread y commenced ; and those who havo had experience in these matters who know how difficult and tedious a process it is to bring members up to the voting point , need not be told that every day is of the utmost value . We venture to suggest that the provincial Co-opovntivo bodies should select two or three practical and earnest men to represent them ; and that these delegates , in conjunction with the Central

      agency in London , and the Council of the Society for Promoting Working Men ' s Associations , should forthwith prepare the draft-of a bill for the object in view . They would also have the support of au influential Association , which is in process of formation , but to which we cannot further allude at present than to say it includes Lord Goderich , and several other gentlemen , whose position in society cauuofc fail to give weig ht to any representations they may make to the : Government and Members of . the

      Legishture . If the work be taken up in this practical manner , and prosecuted with due perseverance and earnest * ness the great probability is , that before tho end of the present Session a substantial and a satisfactory settlement would be secured . If the various Societies take the same view of the primary importance and indispensable necessity of such a measure as we do , they will set about the work forthwith . Its accomplish * ment is essential to the success of any Co-operative effort in this country . The absence of Legislative Protection and security must at all times expose them to the operation of unfavourable influences which are beyond the control of those engaged in them . At present they are building upon sand ; we want them to lay their foundations on a rock .

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      National Association Of United T11ades. ...

      NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED T 11 ADES . T . S . Doxcombe , Esq ., M . P ., President . " Hit JUSTITIA . " "If it were possible for tho working classes , by comWmni among themselves , to raise , or keep up the general rate or ' wages , it need hardly bo said that this would he a thing not to be punished , but to be welcomed aud rejoiced at . "— Stuakt Miu . The further legal and other proceedings for the costs of the late prosecutions , alluded to l ast week , have sin c e be c n pursued with a ll ne c essa r y vi gour . On the 30 th ult ., Mr . Sergeant Allen obtained a rule

      absolute for ' Writs of attachment against Messrs . Peel , Green , Duffield , Woodnorth , aud Gaunt , ' tot their contempt in not paying the sums of £ 332 3 s . Gd ., and £ 205 Is . 7 d . ( together £ 537 5 s . Id . ) , being tho amount of the taxed costs in the above-named prosecutions . And upon the same day rules nisi were obtained against the same defendants and Charles Pyart , and their bail ( ei ghteen in number ) to show cause , on the first day of next term , wh y the recognisances entered into , on removing the indictments into the Court of Queen ' s Bench , should not be estreated into the Court of Exchequer for non-payment » f the above sums , amounting to £ 537 5 s , Id ., and we suppose such additional costs accruiug from the above named proceedings .

      In addition to this , we find the Messrs . Perry determined not , if they can help it , to be any l o sers , by what they call their patriotic efforts to maintain tb ** rights of capital , ' to do what it likes with its own- ' The following paragraph , taken from an obscure and low-priced local newspaper , will sufficiently prove the length , breadth , and substance of the 1 W patriotism . When we announced , some time back , tho fact of a public subscri ption b y tho manufacturers of Stafford " shire in aid of the late prosecution , it was impuden tly denied by W ynne , who , now , in a paper of « «/<* he is the acknowledged editor , proclaims tho t ; ict which he previousl y denied . The advertisement referred , to , expressl y states the subscription is open * to reimburse the Perrys for their expenses in the P ' 0 ; secntion of the agents of the National Association ' United Trades .

      It will be seen from our advertising columns that nn appropviatnwrk oi gratitude to the Messrs . Fcrrv , of this town , for thw ' 5 fl ' vices to the interest ! of the industrial ' eommuuity iu the recent prosecution ami conviction of iheagcatsof a formidable scciet )* ;; gaged in exciting and fostering ill will and mutual injury butween capitalists and labourers , is projected . h . Vt \ . understand that among tUcfwtmost names already on . " ; , subscription list are those of Earl Granville , her Maj stv's pii" *' . ' Secretary of State for Forei gn Affairs , who is a huge employ , icmiur labour in this and neiRhbourhw counties ; the yrinciF ' firms hi the Potteries , Messrs , Thorneycroftand Co ., Sparrows , »«» otker eminent firms of this immediate neighbourhood , and cei « ' - ' extensive houses in the hardware trade in London . mi -r " « " »»« * " « « uue in lionuon . . ii niu ?

      . . ... , _„ lhatis asitshould bo : for the Mossrs . 'Perry have deserved '' ot all who are interested in tbe roaintainancc of bkicp , hariso « , ' and mutual service between the possessors of capital and l . ' ^ f !' Wad the useful example they have afforded becn confined to " , steady and successful vtslstunce of the Strike among their nm »»«* ; workmen , stimulated b y the emissaries of an Association 5 iK »» ously bent in acquiring a footingiin . ) influence in Wolverliami" ? which must otherwise have e . vendedits operations to all tlie ¥ } ' ' wpal manufacturers or the town and neighbourhood , they >» f > . " have beep held sufficiently recompensed in tho flattering an " , fluentially-signed address which was presented tojMr . J >< " " 1 erry at tlie commencement of the past year . But -when it is "| > in mind that they hesitated not , after their own ends lm a " ., answered b y the return of their workmen , to institute "J | t " proceedings , regardless of cost , for the common benefit ota "!' . t on < interested in trade aud liable to similar evils , it must W " , muted tint anything short of the more general and subs-n "" mark of appreciation now announced , would have evinced a S" ' degreee of public ingratitude . Now we 8 trongly suspect that Earl Granville »'

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 7, 1852, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_07021852/page/4/