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      A Boston Welcome. Fifteen Years Ago, Geo...

      Bis appearance was the signal for converting Fanweil Hall into " a perfect hedlam of ? - » and confusion—groans , hisses , and catcSfe twtw ^ te ^ S ^ with cheers for the Union , BiXIEL tt . SBBlE ^ Governor 3 J RIGG * S and " Jess LpiB J" In vain he tried to be heard : equally "in vaifl were the efforts of veil-known popular American speakers . Misrule and nproar " had th 3 upper hand . " Groans ! were given for John fibJ-L—wrings were formed on the floor , and impromptu Bis appe arance was the signal for converting

      orchestra ' s of " whistlers" having been found , dances \ rere commenced , —we suppose iu the sty le of those which need to make Ma so popular at Vauxhall . At leng th Mr . Thompson and his friends had to give up the battle . The gas was partiall y turned down , a policeman , by order of the City Marshall requested that the hall should be cleared , and so ended Mr . Thompson ' s renewed attempt to address an American audience .

      If he did not succeed in gaining a hearing he , at , least , had the satisfaction of appearing in print The speech he intended to deliver was printed , in extenso , by the papers , and some passages of it read exceedingly like a bitter satire-on the people , and the institutions of the States . Eloquent and impassioned , it is like every speech that Mr . Thompson delivers ; hut the expressions of his satisfaction at finding himself among the free and enlightened citizens of Boston , read oddly when taken in connexion with his actual treatment . The

      Anti-Slavery opinions of Mr . Thompson were not the onl y cause of his rough and unfriendly reception . It would appear that there is an excessive jealousy of foreign interference with the internal policy of the Union , especially by John Buxl . The groans for poor " John " were frequentl y repeated , and he was warned * not to interfere in our affairs . " Nove , whatever reason Cousin Jonathan may have for hating John Bull , we must say , that looking at the very free manner in which Americans take part in British and European politics , and public questions , they might be a

      little more republican , and less exclusive , when such visits are returned . Mr . Thompson , in Ids speech , happily adverts to the manner in ^ which such persons are received among us : — . Jn England , we are in the habit of welcoming tnsay of the citizens of this country to onr shores , and it has been my good fortune to have it in my power , sometimes to entertain at my humble board , the visitors who come among us . I trust that I may say we are not wanting , either in individual or national hospitality . Some of those who thus honour us , come on missions of philanthropy and

      leform . They come to turn us from onr evil ways , and to expose in the clearer light with which you are blessed , our national sins and deformities . They come to rebuke the spirit of war—they come to speak temperance—they come to point our distressed and struggling population to this land of promise , where no tithe-collector and rack-renting landlords spoil the husbandman of the fruits of his industry . I think I may take upon me to say , that they have hare not been ill-received . At least , I may say this—that those with whom I am identified , have ever given such good . men a warm welcome , and their best wishes for their success .

      Perhaps the main reason of their conduct , however , is , after all , to be found in the consciousness that slavery is the real plague spot of their institutions—the one blot upon their scutcheon , which gives the lie to all their boasts of superiority over the rest of the world . It is the sore place of their social system , to which they cannot bear even a finger to be pointed . Peace Conferences , Temperance Keforms , and similar philanthropic movements , are very different from an Anti-Slavery movement . In other respects , America sins in good company . If she is devoured by the spirit of conquest , and hungers after strange territory , none of the old monarchies can cast » stone at her . If

      a portion of her people wallow in the mire of intemperance other nations have their drunkards to lift out of the gutter . But America stands alone among civilised nations in its maintenance of chattel-slavery , and it cannot hear to have it touched h y strangers without wincing to the core . A lesson of deep significance lies in these facta—whether men , or nations , forsake the broad and safe path of justice , sure and certain retribation dogs their footsteps . The fate -of the most powerful and flourishing Federa"tion of . Republican States ever seen in the ¦ world , now hangs npon the Slave Question . At various periods of the history ofthe States it has threatened the destruction of the union ,

      and it is not at all unlikely that it may yet break it up . If so , the despots of Europe would rejoice . There would then be a chance of sowing discord between the severed States , of a vast and mighty Continent , which otherwise might be a powerful means of making Europe into a Federal Republic

      " N Bis Appearance Was The Signal For Co...

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      Moestain.—At A Meeting Of Members Held O...

      Moestain . —At a meeting of members held on the 25 th November , Joseph Farnell , senr ., Chairman , it was agreed to unanimously : — •« That 6 d . per member be paid towards the windin g up ofthe Land Company '; " and persons were appointed to collect of the members not present . Seeing that our London friends have suggested the propriety of calling a Conference to examine the bill about to be Submitted to Parliament , this meeting is of opinion that it is unnecessary and uncalled for , as it would entail a heavy expense to no good purpose , as it is likely clauses might be introduced which Parliament mi * ht not pass , and thus cause delay , the solicitor and Parliamentary agent having given notice that they will have to " vary or extinguish existin ? rights of privileges , if any , which may impede

      or interfere with the purposes of the said act . Ashtos-uxdee-Ltse . — The usual weekly meeting of Land members was held on Sunday afternoon , when the following resolution was passed : — " That we the members of this branch now present , agree to pay Is . each , towards assisting Mr . O'Connor in windin «» -up the Companv , and also call upon all the members of this branch to do the same , otherwise it will be impossible for the Company to get wound-up atall , and the property will be swallowed up in law expenses . " " We therefore call upon the members of this branch to pay up their levies , in order that all onr liabilities may be paid off , and the branch set free of all debts ; otherwise no claim will be made from the branch books on their behalf at the winding-up ofthe company .

      » Einxesi Tvokkesg Men.— A Lecture Was D...

      » EinxESi TVokkesg Men . — A lecture was delivered on Wednesday , at the Ennismore Arrns ^ Princesgate , opposite the Crystal Pabce ,, by William St Clair , the person prosecuted by Messrs . Fox and Henderson , for the active part he has ; taken in the Glaziers' Strike . The subject was " Great Workin" Men " The lecturer , in an eloquent and impressive discourse , showed the general advantage of working men obtaining information , as a means of elevating their condition in society , and spreadincr bappiness in their own domestic circles . He thin , ii an excellent and elaborate manner , dwelt on the varying characters , and commented on tne beauties in the writings of the following charactnem

      ters , giving many happy anecdotes respecting . —Shakespeare , who was a woolcomber ; Ben Jonson , a bricklayer : Eobert Burns , a ploughman ; Bunyan , a tinker ; Thomas Chatterton , who died of starvation } Allan Cunningham , Otway ; Tannahill , the celebrated Scotch poet , the loss of whose works Scotland will long deplore ; "Wilson , the author : of " Tales of the Borders , " who died under a cabstand ; Thomas Hood , the celebrated author of the " Song of the Shirt ; " Ferguson , the Poet ; Ferguson , the Astronomer ; Robert and William Chambers , Deuglas Jerrold , and a host of others , ineludin ? Thomas Cooper and Kobert Owen : on

      whose characters he passed a high eulogium . All these men had sprang from the working classes , and would confer eternal honour upon them . He then entered upon the wide field of those working men who had attained eminence in the Arts and . Sciences , including Kennie , Watts , and Stephenson ; and wound up the list by adding to them the names of his late employers , Messrs . Fox and Henderson , the greatest contractors in the world , and men of immense genius and abilities , whose fame as . engineers would never have been sullied had it not teen for their late unfortunate dispute with their Workpeople—a dispute in which he was , personally , the greatest sufferer , but of which he would not then speak . He then entered into some details of jus own life , from which it appeared that he was ac quainted with the Latin , French , and Spanish languages—had a knowledge of music and other

      accomp lishments—had written a orama—conuucteu a magazine in Stockport—and , in fact , seems to be a second Thomas Cooper . The large room was Trell filled , aud the lecturer was highly and deservedly applauded . This lecture is the first of a wriw .

      O'Connor Defence Fund. The Response To O...

      O'CONNOR DEFENCE FUND . The response to our appeal last week has so far been of a giatify Tng nature . T * letters received at this office prove that Mr . u Connors position has excited sincere and wide-spread sympathy , and that with proper aiTangements , that sympathy will show itself ir . deed commensurate with the occasion . System and organisation , however , are necessary in such cases ; aud , as this is one which especially demands prompt attention , it'has been considered advisable to issue a circular containing the facts briefly stated , together with directions as to the course to be pursued in the various localities . O'CONNOR DEFP . NPT ? ttttm ™

      The circular is so brief , and so much to the purpose , that we subjoin it , merel y adding our earnest request , that its suggestions may be immediatel y acted upon , throughout the length and breadth of the country . "Northern Star" Office , London . By the recent decision of the Court of Queen ' s Bench in the case of O'Connor v . Bradshaw , P . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., has been saddled with the costs of two protracted and expensive actions at law .

      A Select Committee of the House of Commons , after the most ample investigation into the affairs of "The National Laud Company , " pronounced its proceedings to have been conducted throughout " bona-fi . de , '" and added , that the personal-character of Mr . O'Connor , in relation to it , was unimpeachable and unimpeached . In the face of this Report , Mr . Bradshaw ,

      ( the Editor of a Tory journal published at Nottingham ) , accused Mr . O'Connor of personal dishonesty in relation to the Company . An action for Libel was immediatel y commenced , which terminated in the Jury returning a verdict grossly inconsistent with itself and with the facts , namely , "that the libeller was justified in his charges , hut that there was no ground whatever for any personal imputation on Mr . O'Connor ' s honesty '"

      The Judge , in summing up , acted the part of a hostile partizan , and misled the Jury into giving a verdict , which threw the entire costs of the action upon Mr . O'Connor . That gentleman tried the question again , by moving for a new trial in the * Queen ' s Bench . The case was re-argued at great expense , hut , as the " Times" expressly states , the Judges " shirked the merits of the case in a cowardly manner , and refused a new trial on quibbles—again subjecting Mr . O'Connor to all the costs . This is but the last of a series of proceedings , all of which indicate a determination on the

      part of Government , and the law authorities , to deny justice to Mr . O'Connor , and to refuse him either redress for wrong done , or protection against injury . The object is to " ruin him with expenses , " as advised by Lord . Melbourne years ago . He has spent his life and fortune in the cause of the people , and has never travelled a mile nor eaten a meal at their expense . All who sympathise with ah honest but an oppressed man , are called npon to come forward liberally , and contribute to sustain him in this unequal contest .

      It is requested that you will immediately take steps to form a Committee in your town , to canvass for Subscriptions . It would be advisable to divide it into small districts , to appoint a collector to each , to announce that the Subscriptions will be collected simultaneously on a given day , say Saturday , the 14 th of December , or Monday , the 16 th , and thus show , b y one general and hearty effort , that the people will not allow their advocate and champion to be victimised by Legal Frauds and Governmental Chicanery . Upon application to this office , collecting books , and every information that may be necessary , will be forthwith supplied to all who are desirous ef assisting in this good work . -

      It is recommended that a per centage on the amount collected be allowed to all who undertake that duty ; the amount of such per centage to be fixed by the local Committee . The funds should be remitted immediately ( per Post Office Order , ) to Mr . William Rider , 16 , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket , with a list of Subscribers ; and a due and full acknowledgement will appear in the " Northern Star" each Saturday . " A long pull , a strong pull , and a pull altogether "—now or never . William Eider .

      Monies Received Fob Ska Week Enmkg Tbdbs...

      MONIES RECEIVED Fob ska Week Enmkg Tbdbsbav , Decembxb oih , 1850 . FOR THE THE HOHESTY FUND . Keceived by W . Hides . — C . H . Greer , M . D ., Glasgow Is —R . Lundy , Htul II—J . . O ., Westminster LocaUty 2 s edit Peacock , Jedbure lfr-J . Shepherd , Halifax Gd—J- F ., Olossop 2 s 6 d—J .-EusseU , Rye 2 s fid-J . Parkinson , Embsar 6 d—H . Diigdale , Liverpool 2 s—R . Purvis , Shotleybridge 3 s—J . Wells , late of Bethnal-green Is—W . Haywood , Norwood Is—Burnley , per W . Baldwin lis—J . Ainswortb , Bury 5 s—J . Torr , Bristol Is—J , Oldfield ,

      HuddersfieldSsA . P ., Dunfermline 2 s—Norwich Chartist Association , per C . Sprioghall It—Manchester , National Charter Association , per J . Alcock Zt 10 s—W . Dunn , Netherton , 5 s 6 d—Nottingham , per J . Sweet 10 s 7 d—Miss Sturgeon , Willowstreet Is—M . Sadler Is—T . Whittaker . New Holland , near HuU 2 s Gd—Bury , per Mr . Jones 9 s—Journeymen Tailors , at Mr . Chapman ' s , Bradford 5 s—G . Cable 6 d—W . Brooks , Spil = by 2 s 6 d—T . Barr , Spilsby Is—Mr . Howarth ' s Family , Ilulme-3 s—A Friend , Wednesbury 2 s—From Kidderminster—W . Patdn ls-J . Eve Is—C . W ., Tutbury Is—a few Democrats . Kirkstall Forge , near Leeds , per C . Raistnck SsSd-FromMaidstone-G . T . Baker ls-R . Wallis ls-From Dethnal-green—T . Turner Is—G . Turner Gd—Chartist AssociationPaisley , per A . Robertson SL

      , Received at Land Ofdce . —S . W . ( 2 nd sub . ) Is—S . W Afiica Is—J . Moody 4 d—W . Chandler Is .

      WfflDING-UP OF THE LAND COMPANY . Received by W . Ridhu-tJ . Shepherd , Halifax 6 d—C . Pitman , Jersey Cd- ^ J . ' Parkinson , Kmbsayls—C . Pitman , Jersey ( 2 nd subscription ) Cd—H . Dugdale , Liverpool Is—Bradford ( Yorkshire ) , ' Land Members , per J . Connell Ills 6 d—From Wigtcn , per T . Bell—J . TurnhuU 11—W . Vickers ( 2 nd sub . ) 6 d—R . Tickers ( 2 nd sub . ) Gd—T . Roper ( 2 nd sub . ) Gd—B . Purvis , Shotley-bridge 5 s—J . Wells , late ,. f Bsthnal-ereen ls-J . Torr , Bristol Is —

      Burnley Gd—O . Jackson , Burnley Is—J . Oldfield , lluddersfield Gd—From Dunnsrmline—A : F . 5 s—J . F . 5 s—J . O . as—Dodhui 8 t-hrow Branch , per J . BowdenSs—Nottingham , per J . Sweet Is—Mr ; Brown , Whittington and Cat 6—Mr . W , Sturgeon , Willow-street Gd—Mr . Sadler Is—Five Members , Bury St . Edmunds , per J . Brabrook 2 s Gd—Brighton , per W . John , Brook Mills 11 18 s 3 d—Kidderminster , per W Paton 4 s—Messrs Lacey , "W . Robinson . M . Robinson , Cleavin , and Flinton , Scarborough 2 s 6 d—Messrs . Barker , Welah , and Tear , Northampton 3 s . 11 6 Gd

      Received at Land Ofhce . —Northampton s —S . DaJsail Gd—T ; Stonkey Cd . FOR THE HUNGARIAN AND POLISH REFUGEES . Received hy Vf . Rjdeb . —J . Torr , Bristol 6 d—Nottingham , per J . Sweet 2 s Cd—Efissrs . Sturgeon . Willow-street Is Gd —Dorking Chartists , per W . Roomes 7 s—Cheltenham , per E Sharland 2 s Gd—Mr . Frost , CrojdOn Is—Asbton-under-Lyne , per J . Taylor 21 , Received at Land Office .-Northampton , per J . Stanner 6 s Gd .- —Received by Jobs Arsorr . —Bradford , per U . Hinchcliffe lGs-part proceeds of Concert , held at the Rock , Lisson-grove ( Emmgijt ' eBn-« iade ) , perMr . Blake 9 s 4 d-J . H . ls-R . K . 3 d . AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER .

      Received hy Jons . ABSOTT .-Eseter , per G . Bird 2 s-W . T Aifield . Cambridge ls-M . Sullivan ls-A Friend , Oxforditreo 19 d-Thr ? e Friends 9 d-Rojton , per J . B . llorsfeUM cd-Washin gton Locality . King and Queen Foleystreet per Mr . lloherts 3 s-Merthjr Tydvil , per J . Owen 7 s Mr Mane , Brighton ls-Mr . Apps , Worcester ls-West « \™ v £ i . Ver W Turner 5 s-W . Nixon , per Mr . Monng STmSttinSm andCat , per H . Bloomtield 10 s _ Ljnn . jrSV-lwiV - ^ d 7 s-IP 3 Wich , per W . Garrardl * . puND >

      Received by John ABSorr .-Hawick , per J . A . Hogg 3 s Ipswich , per W . Garrardls . _ ' saassBfflasaiiKara » ssffAfflL « siaBgags -O . D „ Hoxton New Town 2 s Gd-Sheffield National Reform , League , per G . Clarkson Ss .

      Two Istebestiso Aokicultubal Rkodociions...

      TWO ISTEBESTISO AOKICULTUBAL rKODOCIIONS have just been introduced into France from tne Ecuador by 11 . Bourcier , formerly Consul-Generai of France in that country . The one is the red ana yellow hocas , which is ofthe form of a long potato , and has the taste of a chesnut ; the other is the milloco , which has the taste and form of our best potatoes . These two productions , which are found in great abundance in the neighbourhood of Quito , grow readily in the poorest land . They have been sent to the Jardin des Plantes , where no specimen of the kind has been before seen .

      Revival Of Chartism In Ireland. — Challe...

      REVIVAL OF CHARTISM IN IRELAND . — CHALLENGE TO JOHN O'CONNELL , ESQ ., M . P . tmsvtvat . np mTA ^^ .

      On TaesuS-y , the 26 th ultimo , being the day after U MuiT !? ' ? ^ Elections , tho usual weekly meeting cf some u 2 doze hangers on of the old Repeal BslusiorJ , " ft facing a week , a penny a month , and a s af lIui S . * year ,, " was held at Conciliation Hall ; a which , it appears b y tho Dublin papers , Mr . John O'Connell made a wanton and unprovoked attack on Mr . O'Higgins , for which he has assigned no better reason than that of his being a Chartist , and having had twice as many votes as Mr . M'Loughlin , who was the nominee of Mr . John O'Connell .

      "OhI" said this conciliatory gentleman , " it is a national disgrace to be thus ignominiousl y beaten b y a Chartist —( hisses)— by Paddy O'Higgins , the Chartist . ( Hisses . ) The > enerable patriot , the bosom friend of my father , turned out by the supporters of Paddy O'Higgins , the Chartist . " Mr . O'Higgins replies to this tirade in a letter published in the Freeman ' s Journal , of the 29 th ultimo , in which he challenges his assailant to an open discussion on the merits of Chartism .

      "PADDY O'HIGGINS , THE CHARTIST . " TO JOHN O ' CONNELL , ESQ ., M . P . Sir , —Be so good as to accept my sincere and hearty thanks for having introduced my name and the politics I avow , cherish , support , advocate , and stand by , to the meeting of the Loyal National Repealers of Ireland . I am under an obligation to you . In the estimation of you . Sir , and those lovers of justice and fair play who hissed an absent man , it maybe considered great presumption in " Paddy O'Higgins , the Chartist , " to think for himself at all . How dare he hold fast by the political creed which was for many a long day taught and advocated by the Liberator himself , but which latterly he placed in abeyance , in hopes of attaining some benefit to his country from the Whigs ? Is it a crime to be a Chartist ? If so show us where the crime exists , in order that we may

      abandon it . The Liberator did not think that it was a crime to be a Chartist , when he said at a great meeting at the Crown and Anchor , and also at several other places , " that he who is not a Chartist is either a knave who profits by the evils of misrule , or a fool upon whom facts and reason make no impression . " I believe that the Liberator spoke the truth . Do you believe it ? These remarkable words of that great man are on record . They cannot be blotted out even by sneers . May I respectfully ask you again , do you believe that the Liberator spoke trath ? Now , as I have already said , I do

      believe it . Perhaps it may be of some use to you to know the exact reason why the venerable patriot , Cornelius M'Loughlin , whom I respect as much , or perhaps more , than you do , was so low on the poll at the municipal election of the ward iu which I reside . Believe me , Sir , and if you do not there are several other credible persons who will give you the same information that Mr . M'Loughlin ' s position , which you seem to deplore , was entirely and exclusively owing to his having had the fortune of being your nominee . Had you not meddled in tho matter , 1 have reason

      to know that his position would have been very different indeed . It is due to the honest and independent burgesses who had the courage to vote for me , to mention that they did not give their votes to me in opposition to Mr . M'Loughlin , but because they knew that I rendered more service to the burgesses of this ward , than all the other candidates together , and , what is move , the candidates themselves , with one exception , will bear testimony to the fact . It is also well known that had I canvassed the burgesses , I would have been triumphantly returned . However , there is some comfort in knowing " That there is a good time coming—a good time coming . "

      You appear to have as great a horror of Chartists and Chartism , as tho « e who are ignorant ' of Catholicism have of the Pope and the Papists . This being clearly the case , it becomes my pleasing duty to subjoin the objects and principles of Chartism for your enlightenment , and that of all others who are mistaken like yourself . Now , with the view to put an end for ever to all misrepresentation and angry feeling about Chartists and Chartism , I hereby challenge you to an open , 1

      fan , and amicable discussion before a public meeting , either in the Rotunda or Music Hall , twelve honest upright citizens to be chosen as judges , six by you and six by me—the verdict of the majority to decide the points at issue , I hereby undertake to advocate the following propositions , and to abide by the decision ofthe twelve judges : — 1 st . —I shall prove that the means heretofore employed to Repeal the Union are not adequate to the end .

      2 nd . —That the People's Charter contains the surest , the safest , and the shortest means to achieve that most desirable end .

      . 1 st . —That in the event of failing to prove these two propositions , I shall pay the expenses of the meeting . 2 nd . —Should you fail to prove the converse of these propositions , you shall pay the expenses . Now , sir , you are a learned barrister with all the advantages of a most liberal education . I am not even half educated , and what is still more disadvantageous , my head is a wool-gathering , nevertheless , I shall enter the lists with you . I hope that you will not shrink from the challenge , the more especially as it comes from a man whom you and yours have held up to public ridicule for the last thirteen years . Patrick O'Higqihs . 15 , North Anne-street , 27 th Nov ., 1850 .

      THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER Is founded upon the pure and genuine principles of Radical Reform ; its motto is , '' Peace—Law-Order ; " and its object is , to secure a full , free , and complete representation of the people in the Commons House of Parliament .

      PKIXCIPLES . 1 . —That the power of making laws for this realm is , by the Constitution , lodged in tba hands of the king , the lords of parliament , and the representatives of the commons . 2 . —That it is required by the principles of the Constitution , that the whole body of the people should be really represented in the House of Commons . 3 . —That the present system of virtual representationis not real representation , and is , therefore , no representation at all . 4 . —That those who have no votes for electing representatives are the slaves of the representatives of those who have votes . 5 . —That where there is no representation , there can be no constitutional power of taxation .

      6 . —That the rich and the poor , being of the same species , are under the same law s of nature : and being alike capable of benefit or injury from their legislators , necessarily have in the election of those legislators the same right ; but the rich , in defence of their liberty and property , have every advantage which wealth , knowledge , and the purchased power of others afford them , while the poor , destitute of these , have no security but in the purity of legislation , nor any means of self-defence , but in the repossession of the elective power . The poor , then , have an equal right , but more need , to elect representatives than the rich .

      THE PEOPLE ' S RIGHTS . 1 . —That every male inhabitant of Great Britain and Ireland ( infants , insane persons , and criminals only excepted , ) is of common right , and by the laws of God , a free man , and entitfed to the full enjoyment of political liberty . 2 . —That it is essential to a man ' s political liberty that he have a share either in legislation itself , or in the electing of those who are to frame the laws , which although they ought to protect him in the full enjoyment of those absolute rights which are vested iu him by the immutable laws of nature , may yet be fabricated to the destruction of his person , his property , his religious freedom , his family , and his fame ; that , therefore , Universal SCMBAOB ig an inherent right .

      3 . —That it is a natural right of the people of this empire , and required by the principles of the Constitution , that they elect a new house of representatives once at least in every year ; because , whenever a parliament continues in being for a longer term than one session , then thousands who since it was chosen have attained to man ' s estate , ( that is to say , the age of twenty-one years , ) and are , therefore , entitled to enter into immediate possession of that elective power which is their best and most sacred inheritance , are , in that wise , unjustly denied their right , and excluded from the

      enjoyment of political liberty . 4 . —That it is , therefore , right and just that all the male inhabitants of this kingdom , ( infants , insane persons , and criminals excepted , ) shall fully , fairly , and completely enjoy tho elective franchise , that it is to say , Universal Suffrage ; that , in order to protect the poor elector against tyranny , the voting shall be by Ballot ; that the Parliaments shall be Annual ; that the Property Qualification shall be abolished ; that the whole empire shall be divided into . Equal Electoral Districts ; and that the represen tatives ofthe people shall be Paid .

      Thb Place Of Deputy Ranger Of Windsor Pa...

      Thb place of Deputy Ranger of Windsor Park , vaeant by the death of Sir Thomas Fremantle , has been conferred on Captain P . H . Seymour , one of the Equerries in Waiting to Prince Albert ,

      National Association Of , United Teades....

      NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF , UNITED TEADES . T S . Duncomm , B $ ., M . P ., Presideat , Established 1815 . . w »^ .-.. .., — .. ^

      " fiat justiiia . " MnEmM ^ , Mr ih * »& <*«*•« , ** ' IS ftwelyM . »? raise , or Seep up the geileral fl > Jl « -not tnL ne ? i ^ ar , dJy be said « 'at this would be a ¦ r : P t 0 be Punished , but to be welcomed and rejoiced —¦ . iStoabt Mux . . A Pamphlet of twenty-six demy-octavo Rages has been sent to us , with the following title :- « The Tinmen ' s Strike ; a Letter to Georg e Robinson , Esq ., late Mayor of Wolverhampton , by Edward Perry , Japan and Tinware Manufacturer . "

      This pamphlet , which has been compiled with considerable ability , under the immediate superintendence of Mr . E . Perry , like everything which emanates from that egotistical worth y , is replete with flippant impertinence rancour and gross misrepresentation . Ia the form of a letter to Mr . Eobinson , the late mayor of Wolverhampton , he takes the opportunity of publicly insulting that gentleman for his kind and generous efforts , in

      conjunction with some of the most disiuterested and experienced of the local magistracy , to bring the unhappy disputes between him and his workmen to an amicable arrangement . Almost at the commencement , he launches out iu the following impertient strain , conveying a direct imputation upon the motives of that learned gentleman and his colleagues acting with him upon that occasion , at tho personal request of Mr . Perry himself : —

      Before I proceed to dissect your remarks in the Wolverhampton Chronicle , before I strip them ofthe complexion which ingenuity has given them , and present them in that which ingeniousness should have made them wear , it may perhaps be necessary to open your eyes to the fact that other and infinitely greater interests than mine are involved in the resistance I am offering to the efforts of the emissaries of Trades' Unionism , whom you have thought proper to admit to your councils and introduce to the favourable attention of certain brother magistrates .

      You are the ex-mayor of Wolverhampton , whilst I am merely one of her most extensive manufacturers . You have no direct interest in the " strike " ofthe tin-plate workers , whilst I have an immediate and serious personal stake in it . Your connexion with it has been in the sole capacity of hearer of an appeal addressed to you , whilst- mine has been in the position of principal appellant . You , therefore , might reasonably have been expected to look much further beyond me and , my interests in the matter than it was probable I should look—to take a more enlarged and comprehensive view of other interests involved , and of « ifs remotest bearings , than it was natural for me to take . Your conduct , however ,

      affords too much reason to conclude that . I alone have had a view to the interests of the entire community of which we are members and of which you were lately chief magistrate . The important and obvious fact that the most vital interests of the town * and trade of Wolverhampton are identical with my humble personal interests in this struggle —nay , that the former are involved in greater proportion than the latter—appears never to have occurred to you ; for it is impossible to conceive that you would have pursued a course so palpably

      calculated to subvert these interests as that of vouchsafing aid and encouragement to their enemies , if you had taken cognizance of this fact . Now we apprehend , in this case the mayor and magistrates had nothing at all to do with any interests but those of the parties upon whose disputes they had been invited to adjudicate . We suspect they rightly performed their-jduty , in confining their consideration to the facts before them , and not assuming , as Mr . Perry would have had them , that "the most vital interests of the town aud trade of

      Wolverhampton" were m the slightest degree identified with the personal interests of so unimportant an individual as Edward Perry . He then proceeds in this strain : — Is the disastrous history ofthe neighbouring town of Kidderminister unknown to you ? and is it possible that you do not perceive that "Wolverhampton is threatened with precisely the same evil under which Kidderminister so long groaned , and from which she was so long unable to recover ? Do you not kcow what Trades' Unionism did there ?—what , if suffered to prevail , it will do hero ?—and what it is its inevitable tendency to . do everywhere ? Hare

      you yet to learn that a twenty-two weeks' " strike " among her carpet weavers plunged Kidderminister in distress for a long series of years , closing her manufactories , sinking or transferring her capita ) , depreciating the value of her property , paralising her retail trade , pauperising her operatives , and enormously increasing her poor rates ? And is it necessary for me to inform you that at the present moment , when comparative prosperity lias at length revisited her , the very delegates whom you are countenancing here are extending their operations to Kidderminster—are visiting that town

      from week to week , and exerting their utmost energies to plunge her again into the calamities from which she has so recently emerged ? If you are ignorant of this , or if you doubt my testimony on the point , I beg to refer you to their own weekly vaunts of their journeys and doings there , in the columns of a certain infamous vehicle of " Land Schemes , " " Trades' Union" schemes , and various other schemes for imposing on the too credulous operative classes and plundering them of their hard earnings , It is scarcely necessary to add that I allude to Feargus O'Connor ' s " Newspaper , " (!) the Northern Star .

      This allusion to the doings of Trades ' - Unionism in Kidderminister is peculiarly unfortunate , as all the evils attendant or consequent upon the strike , arose from the absence of , or from the imperfect form of the union of that period ; and that the Carpet Weavers of that town have , since they joined the National Association of United Trades , been entirely free from any attempts to reduce their wages , and that , under its influence , the very best feeling has been maintained , during the last two y ears , between the employers and employed ; and , moreover , tho extended

      circulation of the " Northern Star' in that district , has very much contributed to strengthen and maintain this improved state of things . As for the uncourteous terms used by Mr , Perry , in reference to that journal , we leave him in the hands of the editor , premising merely that the National Association and the working classes generally , are deepl y indebted to Mr . Feargus O'Connor , for his generous and disinterested conduct to the sons of toil . Mr . Perry then proceeds , in language which he intends for abuse , to bear truthful testimony to tho zealous and successful efforts of the

      Cental Committee , to extend the influence ofthe National Association to other towns , and to other trades , besides Wolverhampton and the Tinmen . Already , indeed , have the delegates commenced operations with other classes of operatives in Wolverhampton . In the Northern Star of the 2 nd instant , the weekly report of the secretary of the Trades' Union says : — " On Monday evening Mr . Winters attended a meeting ofthe Wrought Coffeemill Makers , of Wolverhampton , and , in a lengthened address , explained the objects , and principles ofthe National Association . The greatest interest was manifested , heightened considerably , no doubt , by the practical workings ofthe movement immediately under their observation . The result was , a unanimous resolve to join the Association forthwith . "

      And , in a letter signed " Frederick Green , " which appears in a later number ofthe same paper , I find it stated : — " Last evening Mr . Winters and myself held a meeting of the Iron Braziers , who , immediately after we had explained tho objects of the National Association , formed themselves into a society for the purpose of joining our union . They will pay their money on Monday next . " Thus is it clear , that these men not only have an interest , as the Times shows , in sotting no bounds to their operations , but that they ore sotting none .

      Mr . Perry , in a previous extract from the " Times , '' and by app l ying those remarks to the Central Committee , insinuates that they have an interest in fomenting discord between employers and employed . Now tho fact is , if the Central Committee have any personal interest , it is notorioufty of exactly an opposite character , Their highest interest is in a rigid and impartial performance of their duties ; which consist in preventing , and not promoting strikes . The secret of whatever influence or popularity they may possess among their members , arises not from the strikes they have promoted , but from the numerous disputes they have succeeded in reconciling . And Mr , Perry himself fcaows how streanously Messrs . Green

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      I * nd Peel stTe ' . the < P *« A case , tolbrhT k to an amicaBla arrangement ; to such an extent , indeed , as to extort from him unwilling —and very likely , insincere—compliments , for their prudence and urbanity . They first of all invited the masters to settle the matter themselves . A meeting' of the masters was held for that purpose , and failed , from Mr . Perry's ridiculous egotism , which disgusted the gentlemen who condescended to meet him on that occasion . Then succeeded tho Conference of the four masters and the I . ...

      men , at which conference not onl y did the Perrys consent to recognise the Delegates as arbitrators and advisers of men , but Mr . G . Perry expressed a desire that they should be present in that capacity . So much for "interested strike promoters . " This attempt failed , and in tho very last interview had with Mr . E . Perry , as tho representative and agent of the other three masters , did he repeat his commendations upon the judicious and conciliatory proceedings ofthe "strike promoting delegates . "

      As , however , it was found impracticable to induce the masters to make any , the slightest , concession—not to promote , but to prevent a strike—the men were advised to form a new "book , " framed upon a princi ple thrown out at the Conference , aud , as Mr . E . Perry says , "jumped at by Mr . Peel , " as affording a means by which the differences might bo adjusted . The prices of the four principal masters were averaged , and upon that average a new book was framed , involving a reduction to the men working at Messrs . Watson ' s and Shoolbred ' s— -a generous sacrifice which those

      men cheerfully assented to , rather than prolong the existing differences . An act of magnanimity which Mr . E . Perry , nor either of his clique seem capable of appreciating , much less of imitating . It seems not possible for Mr . E . Perry to deal with the simplest fact without so distorting and twisting it that it loses not only the name , but even the appearance of truth ; and thus , to serve a momentary purpose , he chooses to magnify this reduction to sevon shillings a week , and offers this as an example ofthe benefits conferred by the

      unionist delegates upon tho Tinmen not on strike . Let us , however , assume that Mr . E . Perry is correct—as those prices are still full ten per cent higher than E . Perry ' s—what a damning fact against himself , and those for whom he confessedly is acting . This seven shillings , with an additional ten per cent ., which we may reasonably take at three shillings per week , makes ten shillings—the measure of the plunder , so dishonourably , so wickedly wrung by him , from the fifty men whom he has been thus wronging for the last nine years , upon his own showing . This annual exaction would

      amount , for the whole period of nine years , according to Cocker , to £ 11 , 700 , as the difference upon fifty men ' s wages for nine years , between the prices paid by Mr . Walton and Mr . Perry . We cannot , for the life of us , perceive how the town and trade of Wolverhampton can be interested in the continuance of such a wholesale system of pillage . It rather appears to us that the Tinmen might have been benefitted , if Mr . E . Perry had been as just a man as Mr . Walton , and the town and trade of Wolverhampton materially advantaged , by having

      a well-paid , well-fed , and well-clothed population . He then endeavours to throw upon the National Association the responsibility , first , of the heavy levy now paying by the tinmen for the support of those who , by their neglect in keeping their payments of 2 id . per week , according to the rules of the Association , have rendered themselves ineligible to its pecuniary support , and are thus the means of subjecting the trade to an additional levy ; and , secondly , to the alleged distress of some of the wives of those unfortunate dupes who have thought proper to leave Mr . Perry and his agreements . We have a very short and simple answer to

      these charges . Every man who joins the National Association hasa copy of its laws ; and if they neglect to fulfil their part of the contract , they are themselves responsible for the consequences . Every tinman who was eligible to the support of the Association , and required it , has received their full aliment , according to rule , being 12 s . 6 d . per week . As for the unfortunate women and wives of the weak men , who would thus sacrifice their own liberty and the happiness of their wives and children , we can but pity them . They are not members of the National Association , are not entitled , and have not received one penny from its funds . The Central Committee advised—and this

      advice was acted on—that every man who entered into those disgraceful agreements , after the commencement of this struggle , should be expelled from the Association . And they further advised the tinmen to have nothing to do with these men ; and so scrupulousl y has this policy been carried out by the Central Committee , that when Mr . Perry ' s hired men left their work in a body , they were advised to

      immediately return to their work , which they did . Mr . Perry is perfectly aware of all this , but with his usual disingeniousness , he seeks , through this pamphlet , to create a prejudice against us , which he knows Ave are not obnoxious to . To such an extent , indeed , does Mr . Perry carry his audacious insinuations , that we are indirectly charged with being the abettors of every species of violence , and even of murder , as the following extract will show : —

      I sincerely wish I could here close my statemen of the evils inflicted upon our misguided operatives ; but , serious as they are up to this point , more serious ones have yet to be related . I have hitherto referred only to the physical debasement which the men ' s tempters have entailed upon them ; moral debasement has , I fear , accompanied it in too many instances . On this head , however , I wish to touch sparingly . I would fain believe that as far as evil influences have been suffered to operate on the working men concerned , there are few among tho hitherto manly operatives of Wolverhampton who are not yet proof against all attempts or tendencies

      to convert them into assassins or abettors of diabolical proceedings of any kind . It is with this feeling that I have hitherto attached little importance , ana made no public mention of one or two instances of personal violence directed against my property and persons in my employ . Some unseen miscreant aimed a deadly missile at the head of one of my men whose wiser conduct bad rendered him obnoxious to those on " strike ; " and I said nothing of the circumstance , although the intended victim was working in one of my shops when this attempt was made from without . Some petty depredations , too , have recently been directed against my premises ,

      of which I have made no complaint . I was silent on those occasions , because I was unwilling that my inability to point out the actual offender or offenders , should render the men generally suspected of participating in , or abetting this sort of conduct ; and also , because I was willing to believe that no Wolverhampton operative was the perpetrator—no Wolverhampton operative capable of such atrocity . A brother manufacturer , however , has communicated to me a circumstance which , if it does not prove that some of our own operatives have been rendered ri pe for the actual perpetration of the most diabolical crimes , too greatly tends , I fear , to show that they have been induced to extend their

      sympathies to such perpetrators . My informant thus writes : —' ¦ ' I forgot to tell you that there was a collection in our Tin-shop , for the two villains who threw a canister of gunpowder at a Sheffield manufacturer's bed-room window , with a view to murder him ; and I believe the collection was general throughout this town , as regards the Tin-trade . " The series of atrocious occurrences in Sheffield , of which that alluded to forms an instance , are doubtless not unknown to you . It was in reference to some of them that the leading article in the Times , from which I have already quoted , was penned ; and it mig ht be well to quote the portion of the article more immediately referring to the case mentioned by my correspondent ;—

      It is not necessary to give the extract from the " Times "—it was inserted at the time in this journal , and commented on . But Mr . Perry seems to act upon the princi ple of "throw dirt enough—some of it will stick ;" and the following clumsy attempt to wipe some of it off , but shows his matchless hypocrisy : — I am aware that I have no warrant for saying or insinuating that the individuals who are leading the Wolverhampton tinmen on the present occasion have acted as the Times says there is almost irresistible evidence the leaders of the Sheffield workmen

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      acted ; nor yet that they afd & pable of eo acting Mischievous and disgraceful as the conduct of the S * and others sent among us has been , I snouid be very sorry to act so uncharitable towards w h ™ - accuse them of designs of this kind . Bufc tinn fn « ° mmS ! U (^ tipn m » de to me as to the collec-B ^ , Wi Shc ¥ , i miscreants be correct , I think thJSmftn ? f , fl ^ 0 ,, ous ( " P iWt ovinrGd ' «« ia & TT ^ ^ 1 , 1 , 1 , i » tlld l , »»! l ^ mnr ^ 5 fnm . « l f ° SPU * ' t eXistcd anJOn 2 WolVCrhnmpton tinmen before they submittcl to the guidance of these men ; and I can well conceive how mflammg the angry passions ofthe operatives as " tfaesp parties have inflamed them may excite such a spirit , even when not intended .

      As regards the story of the , canister of gunpowder , we know it was charged against some of the workmen of Sheffield ; but we said at the time , as it turned out , that it was a base fabrication ; and it is a foul libel upon the tinmen of Wolverhampton to say , that they ever subscribed one farthing for any such miscreants . And here again the cloven foot protrudes itself . More than one year before this new gunpowder plot , we believe a subscription was raised among the tinmen of Wolverhampton , aud other towns , to defend Drury , Bulks ,

      Hall , and Marsden from one of the most diabolical conspiracies by the "Perrys , " of Sheffield , that ever was hatched against innocent men . Palpabl y absurd as the distortion o £ this simple fact is , he thinks it is of a sufficiently bygone date to escape detection ; and he seizes upon it , therefore , as a fit incident to damage the character of the tinmen in the estimation of their townsmen ; and to insult , by imposing upon the credulity of the respectable gentleman to whom this pamphlet is addressed , and to those who are to be favoured

      with its gratuitous circulation . We are no peace-breakers , nor the advocates or apologists for peace-breakers . We believe there has been very little of it during this struggle ; but , certainly , the strongest instance of it that we know of , was that of Mr . ex-Town Councillor George Henry Perry , who was fined £ o for a cowardly and ruffianl y assault upon one of the tinmen . The important meeting at the theatre—the meeting among the hired men—the ignominious rejection from the Council—the adverse verdict of the magistrates , are circumstances following each other so rapidly , as arc well calculated to intensely wound and lower the pride of the Perrys : hence the bladder of gall , which he has thrown with so much vehemence

      at all those who have in any way contributed , to his discomfiture . Mayors , magistrates , tinmen , and Chartist , strike-promoting delegates , are alike bespattered and smothered with his dirty filth . Perry , with his usual disregard for truth , asserts , that he did not apply for the friendly offices of the mayor and magistrates , as mediators or arbitrators , but for protection . If he could have charged any one with having injured him in person or property , he could and would have demanded and obtained that protection , not in the private office of

      the mayor , but in open court . But the fact is , he applied privately to that gentleman with the intention of ear-wigging him with an exparte statement of the case , and thus drawing from him a prejudice , because one sided judgment . Mr . P « rry appears to have forgotten ; that hewas making a very improper application to an upright and highly honourablemagistrate . He will not soon forget the prompt and dignified reply he got to his application ; "No , Mr . Perry , I cannot listen to any exparte statements . I must have both parties before me , and I shall then be most happy to tender my good offices for the arrangement of these

      unhappy disputes . " This was the substance , we believe , of what passed upon that occasion . A day was appointed for hearing the case , and the mayor himself condescended to write a letter—we believe at Mr . Perry ' s requestto be read by Perry ' s foreman to the men , inviting them to appoint a deputation , which Mr . Perry immediately designed should be four of his own creatures—not those , be it understood , who were the real parties aggrieved —not those who were on " strike , " but four of his own hired , but still mutinous slaves . It was to the manly firmness of John Lawley and another—who though among them , are not of them—that we are indebted for the blowing to

      pieces this consummate dodge . We dictated the only terms that we thought the mayor ' s proposition would bo met with . The men were firm , and Perry , though almost mad with vexation , was compelled to submit . The terms were accepted by the mayor and himself , as is proved by his attendance , although he tried to induce the magistrates to exclude Messrs . Green and Winter from speaking ; but it was the condition upon which tho proposition of the meeting was assented to , and had been accepted hy the mayor , who very properly overruled—for the sound reasons assigned—Perry ' s objection . There is not one of these facts that Perry can , or does deny , he only distorts them to suit his own bad purpose .

      We must postpone , until next week , the conclusion of our strictures upon this studiousl y insulting production . We , however , append a translation of a letter we have had forwarded to us , from one of the Frenchmen who have been so infamously kidnapped by these delectable brothers . William Peel , Secretary . 259 , Tottenham-court Eoad . Wolverhampton , Dec . 2 , 1850 .

      In the name of the French workmen , I write to you unreservedly . We were deceived by Mr . Perry , manufacturer . He came himself to us at Paris , and we conscientiously asked him if he came to seek French workmen to undertake work that English workmen refused ? He replied , "No ; I come to seek you to work for exportation . " With this understanding we started , but , on our arrival , what was our disappointment on finding that the journeymen Tin-plate Workers of Wolverhampton were on strike , in consequence of three establishments being unwilling to pay the price paid by other masters . We are eight French workmen , and on our arrival they forced us to sign an engagement which they did not offer us at Paris . We do

      not understand the English language ; and , seeing that they had advanced us money , we were obliged to sign an engagement for six months , at the price they paid the English workmen two years ago . Bear in mind , that the French custom on the side of the workman is to be independent , and not to injure the workmen of any nation of the world . We signed the night we arrived ; but , seeing the state cf things , we were not willing that those who came after us should sign . If they return , we shall be happy , and we will do all we can for this object . This is not to deceive you ; it is a thing easily proved . We were unacquainted with the cause , but it will not be repeated . I salute you , A , Somnet . '

      The Co-Orettative Prikcifle.—Strong Exer...

      The Co-orEttATiVE Prikcifle . —Strong exertions are making in tho manufacturing districts to give further trial to the co-operative principle of labour . At a meeting of factory operatives , held last week in the Old Meal House , Manchester , to sympathise with the weavers in Warrington , who have recently been thrown out of employment by the disastrous turning of a mill , which gave work to 1 , 200 hands * and also to encourage the hands of Sir Elkanah Armitagc , of Pendleton Mills , in their present re « sistance to what they deem a lower rate of wages than they are entitled to receive , some curious

      statements were made with regard to the power of the working classes , by co-operation , to raise themselves to a comfortable and independent position . Mr . Chappell , ono of the principal speakers , said that the weavers of Sir Elkanah Armitage , nowupon tho " strike , " determined to do something permanently to benefit themselves and their families , had united their small means , and having secured a mill in Pendleton were about forthwith to commence manufacturing on their own account . In . Bacup . he said , there was already a similar establishment in operation , conducted by working men , who keot 300 looms constantly working . . He

      alluded also to a scheme on a smaller scaie in neywood . Some manufacturers and cottage ownera had manifested a desire ^ j ^™ WSl ; when tho latter took the best method of defending themselves by joining in the purchase of a plot of land upon which was to be erected a row of housea , with an eng ine-house at the a shaft was to extend right rooms ( in each of which up ) , so that they could thus selves . A co-operative corn yielded a proBt of * 5 Q a far , Chapped

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 7, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_07121850/page/5/