Current:

Northern Star (1837-1852), 13th March 1847, Edition 2 of 2, Page 5, "CHAMBERS'S JOURNAL." Vox Populi vox Thi...

Page 5
Page 5
5 of 8

On this page

  • Departments (1)
    • polite XnttUfjytncfr
  • Adverts (1)
  • Text (19)
  • Transcript

    • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

      Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

      March 13, 1847. ^^^^ Ths Northern Star. ...

      March 13 , 1847 . ^^^^ THS NORTHERN STAR . 5 ~ — ~~ - — " ~~~ " ——* - ' " ~~ — ' ¦—— ^^^> W—^^—MM ^ i ^ M ^^^ fWIll I IM > I ' IlllWIIIllimunfc , , ^>^ fc . 1 , »* ¦ Th - Ullll—^ M | l | II

      Bb. P. U P. Torquay.—We Have Banded Your...

      BB . P . U P . Torquay . —We have banded your letter to tie linirectelirectorf . »» kt mi Wild , Mottram . —Much obliged for vourpleasjtjng letng letter . Your wishes shall be complied with at the naiex rmex meeting of the Fraternal Democrats . wWitiWitsE * . —We had previousl y received an account of thhesathesair « . , I HetI HethiwsctoK . —arrive * too late for this week . UHTKC 04 TKC 04 T . —Dear Sir , —I wish yon to be so kind as to wnoticmotice in tbe next Saturday ' s Star , that there will be tlthreethree sermons preached in Honcoat ' s ch . ipelnextSundday . lday , the Uth inst ., by tbe Rev . Mr . Fax , late minister oof ttcf tbe Independent congregation , Oldham . A

      colldeetideetion will be made after each service towards defrayiiing ing the expenses I bare been unjustly put to for deffeni fending the rights of the peopleiagainst a tyrannical j pri * priesthood . —Yours respectfully , A . M'Phabe . gg- Wg- We have to apologise for apparent neglect towards 1 mar many valued correspondents . Several letters of im-] por ) portanee mmt stand over .. Our columns , this week , I are are again completely crowded , and so much important i xnal matter remains on band , that we can merely add tbe i earl earliest attention shall be paid to tbe communications i of I of provincial and other friends , Iilr Dir Dxomgole , Warrington . —We will make use of your cor communication in our next ; it was impossible to do so so this week .

      Be Beceifts Of The Chartist Co-Operative...

      BE BECEIFTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND COMPANY . PER MB . O'CONNOR . SECTION No . 1 . ( BABES . WarWakefield .. £ 12 0 Holmfirth .. & 15 C JJfallfalifax .. 611 6 Macclesfield .. 5 0 0 tCrieCrieff .. .. 0 4 0 Glasgow , per if-ro . tfroydon 0 16 Sherrington ,. 012 0 JShoShoreditch 0 10 Whittington and ! I . aiI . ambley .. 4 IT 8 Cat .. 1 I G IBadtacup .. .. 3 12 0 Lambeth . « 1 4 S IBilBilston .. .. 6 0 0 Bristol .. .. 5 0 0 : BeiBennondsey .. 0 1 0 Bradford .. 3 4 0 T . T . Moore . jun ... 0 10 Smethwick .. 0 3 0 'KoKorwich .. 2 0 0 WakefieW .. 6 ll 0 ^ oXottmgham - 0 17 0 Stockport .. J O 0 ISn Shrewsbury . Xewton Buskell 02 0 1 rowell .. 0 13 0 Hull .. » 0 10 6 Ct Cheltenham .. 011 0 Oxford .. - 0 2 0 R < Rochdale .. 0 11 0 S . Mills , Mere , Mi Manchester .. 14 3 9 Wilts .. .. 1 0 0 O Colne , per Ashton .. .. * a a Her .. .. 136 Reading .. 020 M Mottram .. 2 15 0 HuddersMd .. 1 U 0 £ 72 _ J 7 4

      SECTION No . 2 . BSABIg . I Rilston .. .. 1918 0 Nottingham .. 3 4 0 I Pershore .. 5 0 0 Market Laving-C Clackmannan n 0 3 7 ton , per Love .. 0 ll 0 < Cirencester .. 4 0 0 Edinburgh .. 2 0 0 y 'Wakefield .. 18 0 Shrewsbury , per ( Calais . perLock- Powell .. 0 7 0 wood .. .. 5 0 6 Cheltenham .. 0 4 3 Glossop , per Bridgewater , lewis .. 9 14 0 Tweeds .. 1 17 0 Hull .. .. 2 10 3 Sornich , Bag-Somers Town , sjiaw .. ., 2 0 6 J . R . DartnelL . 5 4 4 Rochdale - 2 5 1 J Clitkeroe .. 0 10 0 3 fanchester .. i 10 6 " CuvUenbata .. 3 7 6 Macclesfield .. 4 0 0 Halifax .. .. 2 9 6 Old Shildon .. 3 18 9 Keighlev .. 14 5 4 Glasgow , per Devizes * . .. « 9 S Sherrington .. 1 17 0 Andrew Bnnnay 0 10 Birmingham , Crieff .. .. 0 18 0 Pare .. .. 014 0 Samuel Vizird .. 2 10 0 Whittington and John Fletcher .. 0 2 6 Cat .. .. 0 12 0 Win . Fletcher .. 0 2 C Maidstone « * ? * Crovdon « 1 12 6 Leeds .. .. 2 0 0 Teienmouth .. 1 6 6 Paisley .. .. 0 G 0 Thrap ^ tone .. 0 10 Bristol .. . 10 0 Ceo . BLshop .. 0 10 Bradford .. 5 0 0 Ceo . Martin .. 0 10 Daventry .. 0 11 0 Thos . NoweU .. 0 10 Smethwick .. 0 11 R James Mathers .. 0 2 0 Wakefield .. O 6 O Shorediteh „ 0 8 6 Hull .. .. 1 10 0 Lwigton .. 0 3 0 Korthwich , per Geo . Allinson .. 0 2 6 Dean .. .. 0 5 0 Square Bucklev 016 1 Markinch .. 0 \ o o Bridgenorth , per MonktonDcvcrill 1 0 0 3 . Shiproan .. 0 12 8 Newport , Mai-Bilston .. .. 1 0 0 0 mouth .. 0 2 0 Avlth .. .. 4 0 0 Ashton .. .. 0 8 o Semers Town .. 2 11 6 Gosport .. 1 10 0 Stockton .. ISC Stevenson , Callen 010 Binningbam , per Reading .. 0 1 0 Cordon .. 113 Finsbury .. 3 19 0 £ M 5 IS 0 $

      SECTION No . 3 . SBASES . Wakefield .. 9 10 0 Thos . Sparrow .. 0 2 6 Hull .. « . 13 4 0 Stoney Strat-TTm . Peddling- ford .. .. 0 12 6 lam , Lowbands 2 12 0 Cheltenham .. 10 14 3 Michael Sykes ., 2 12 4 Norwich , Bag-Halifax .. .. 0 5 0 shaw .. .. 3 10 0 Keighley .. 0 10 8 Rochdale .. 10 13 5 Devixes .. .. 0 14 Manchester .. 16 6 8 Barnlev , Clogg .. 5 0 0 Eccle ? , per Mr . Crieff .. .. 0 IS 0 Gregory .. 10 0 Thomas Hem- Stourbridge .. 2 9 2 niir . gs .. 5 4 4 Kencastle-upon-Joliultol ~ 0 5 0 Tvne- .. 5 0 0 John Andrew „ 0 5 0 Macclesfield .. 10 0 WUliam Wilson 0 2 4 OldShindon .. 10 0 Edwin Polly .. 0 2 6 Oldham .. 2 0 0 Henrv Smith .. 0 2 6 Glasgow , per Samuel W . Coller 0 2 6 Sherrington .. 1 IS 0 Joseph Bcnj . Col- Whittington and ler .. „ 0 2 C Cat .. .. 394 Bermondsev .. 0 10 0 Maidstone .. 10 13 8 William Seal .. 0 2 4 Paisley .. .. 1 14 0 Croydon .. 010 8 Bradford .. 1 16 0 Wm . Moodv .. 2 12 0 Daventry .. 9 0 0 Ellis , Baker .. O 10 0 Smethwick ~ 6 19 10 Mansfield .. 2 0 0 Marple .. .. 0 4 8 John White „ 0 14 Wakefield .. 8 4 4 Robert Jones .. 0 14 Stockport .. 2 0 0 Shorediteh .. 16 0 Ledbury .. 0 4 9 511 0 3 0 Hull .. .. 476 Henry Parker .. 0 4 6 Xor tkwich , ChariesRennie .. 0 2 0 Dean .. .. 0 2 0 Cardiff .. .. 110 Glasgow , Moir .. 5 4 4 Locgton .. 0 J 0 Do . Miller .. 5 4 4 Hindlev . Bowden 0 2 4 Markinch .. 5 4 6 Bacup * .. .. 1-10 0 Xewport , Mon-Bilston .. .. 200 mouth .. 0 ifi 6 Lot-her .. ,. 6 16 6 Ashton .. .. 0 4 0 Betij . Briggs .. 0 5 0 Go < port .. 0 C S ; Bcrmondsev .. 2 12 4 Northampton .. 12 17 I Birmingham Booth Town .. 10 8 8 Gordon .. 0 12 3 Reading .. 0 8 6 Nottingham .. 12 6 Buckhaven .. 1 10 0 lliiket Laving- Huddersfield .. S 4 4 ton .. .. 010 0 Finsbury .. 3 2 10 £ 2297 10

      Expense Fund. Chariesdooley.. 0 10 Lambl...

      EXPENSE FUND . ChariesDooley .. 0 10 Lambley .. 0 2 0 Cillingham .. 0 3 0 Hacup .. .. 18 0 Cirencester .. 0 3 6 Bilston .. .. 2 0 0 Calais , perLock- Samuel Brooks , wood .. .. 0 2 0 lloltor .. 0 2 0 Alexandria .. 0 3 0 Ix > cheo .. .. 0 7 6 Glossop . per Lewis 0 6 0 Camberwell .. 0 5 6 -Arbroath .. 0 3 0 Bridgcnortb , Hull .. ,. 070 Tweedy - 080 redlingham , Norwich , per Lowbands .. 0 10 Bagshaw .. Q 3 0 Westminster . per Rochdale .. 0 JO , ' . ' . Brown .. 0 10 Mottram .. 0 5 0 Ipswich .. 0 4 0 Holmfirth .. 0 1 0 "W . Frazer .. 0 10 Glasgow , per Sir . Fearn .. 0 10 Sherrington .. 0 3 71 Somers Town ,. 0 2 0 Whittington and Aewcast ! e-upon- Cat .. .. 0 0 11 Tyne .. .. o lfi 4 Lambeth .. 0 2 6 Parkinson , Fraw- Maidstone .. 0 6 0 don .. .. 0 2 8 Daventry .. 0 9 0 Eahfax .. .. 3 2 0 Newton Bushell 0 2 0 Devizes „ l 4 o Hull .. .. o 2 0 >" ewton Abbott .. 9 5 0 Maiicliester .. 5 0 0 Mr . Todd .. 0 2 0 Oxford .. ., 0 12 10 Thomas Hem- John Miller .. 0 2 0 uiing .. .. 0 2 0 James Moir .. 0 2 0 L-imbeth , Kufley 0 10 Markinch .. 0 10 "Wm . Moody .. 0 16 BooUi Town .. 0 10 Ovendea .. 0 10 Keading ., o 2 & Samud Bean , Hudderafield .. 0 5 0 Braiatree .. 0 2 0 £ 19 VJ 9

      Total Lasp Rrao. Jlr. O'Connor, Section ...

      TOTAL LASP rrao . Jlr . O'Connor , Section No . 1 ... 72 7 4 Mr . O'Connor , Section A ' o . 2 ... 145 16 01 Mr . O ' Connor , Section No . 3 ... 220 7 10 Expense Fund ... ... 19 19 9 £ 407 10 111

      Fob Ths B3.Nk. 8uras Previousl Y Acknowl...

      FOB THS B 3 . NK . 8 uras previousl y acknowledged 061 18 G For the Week ending the 11 th March .. .. 192 10 2 £ 754 8 b

      Enbatc-Jr.—In So. 13 Of The Rules Of The...

      EnBATC-jr . —In So . 13 of the Rules of the Xational Land Company , the charge for local expenses per share is stated to be threepence . It should be three half-pence . Themoroecurs only in a small number , which were Struck off before it was discovered . Taotus Martin Whielks ., Financial Secretary .

      Peeceifts Of National Charter Associatio...

      PeECEIfTS OF NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION Smethwick .. .. .. 010 REPAYMENTS TO MR . O'CONNOR ON ACCOUNT OF DEBT DUE BY DEFENCE FUND . „ Per Mr . Christopher Doyle . trowc and An , Market Laving . dm .. 010 0 ton .. .. 0 2 9 £ 8 12 9 MM ^ MM *

      Fok Williams Akd Jones, Kotuaghaa .. .. ...

      FOK WILLIAMS AKD JONES , KotUaghaa .. .. 1 4 0 Cbristofheb Doile , Secretary .

      I»Ext Miettkg Op Cosfbbksce.—Mr. O'Conno...

      I » ext Miettkg op CosFBBKSCE . —Mr . O'Connor ' s fOfipation . that the meeting of the Conference be acid at Lowbands , in the month of July , has been approTed of by the shareholders at Bristol and NottiDgkam .

      "Chambers's Journal." Vox Populi Vox Thi...

      "CHAMBERS'S JOURNAL . " Vox Populi vox Thi , Mr . O'Connor ' s astounding exposure of W . C . 's frauds and fallacies in relation to the Small Farm System , has excited great sensation amongst the working classes , and created an expression of opinion that wonld stagger the proprietors of the " Journal " could they witness the pile of letters we have received on the subject , all unanimous in condemning the three halfpenny " enlighteners . " From the mass of communications received , we select the following : — Birmingham . — At our usual weekly meeting on Sunday evening last , Mr . Dunn in the chair , the following resolutions were unanimously passed . Moved hy Mr . FusselJ , seconded by Mr . Porter , and parried unanimously : —

      That , bavins : heard the article read signed W . C ., emanating from William Chambers , and headed "A Word on the land , " we are of opinion that the object of tbe writer is to misrepresent snddisconrage the working-men In their endeavours to improve their condition ; and when we compare the said article with the previous one of 1845 , from tbe same individual—tbe one a complete contradiction to the other—wo consider the writer unworthy of the countenance of the peoplfc . and we call upon the working classes to withdraw their support from the Messrs . Chambers ' publications . Moved by Mr . Porter , seconded by Mr . Potts , and carried unanimously : — That tbe best thanks of this meeting be given to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., for his talented exposure ol tbe knavery of W . Chambers .

      Gtiscow . —At tbe weekly meeting ofthe Glasgow branch of the National Land Company , held at No . 27 , St . AndrewYsquare , on Monday night , March 8 th , Mr . William Dougherty in the chair , Mr . John Vcrner was appointed scrutineer for the next four weeks Mr . Jons Govajt then came forward and read from the Star the reply to the article in Chambers'Journal , amidst the cheers of the meeting . After reading it he spoke at some length , showing that the proprietors of that Journal had sprung from the ranks of the working men , and that although they professed to be public instructors , they were the deadly enemies of the working classes . He concluded by moving the following resolution : —

      That we have no confidence in the Messrs . Chambers of Edinburgh , as public instructors , and look with disgust upon their present attempt to mar tbe efforts of the working-men to raise themselves above their present servile condition ; and further , we return Mr . O'Connor our sincere thanks for his able refutation of their detestable rubbish . Mr . Joh . v Bbtak , in a speech of considerable length , seconded them * tion , and called upon all the working-men to do as he had done . From the moment he read their " Employer and Employed " he never had purchased one of their journals . — ( Cheers . ) The motion was carried , and seven new members were enrolled in section No . 3 .

      Similar resolutions have been unanimously adopted at Bristol , BarnsJey , Bilston , Lamberhcad-grecn , Llanclly , Merthyr-Tvdvil , Nottingham , Norwich , Rochdale , Sheffield , Smethwick . Thropstowe , Greenwich , Liverpool , Northampton , Wigan , and Leamington . In several of the letters from the above places the hope is strongly expressed that Mr . O'Connor will bring out a cheap publication to drive Chambers ' s trash out of the market . The S heffield friends suggest that Chambers ' s article and Mr . O'Connor ' s reply be reprinted irom ths Star for general circulation . » We should add that tho Weekly Express of Edinburgh , in its impression ot Saturday last , contained a very excellent letter from a working roan in reply to the article of W . C ., written of course before Mr . O'Connor ' s reply had been seen ia Edinburgh . The working-men are wide awake now , W . C . will no more find them napping .

      Snokeditcn.—E. Jones, Rq. Will Lecture A...

      SnoKEDiTcn . —E . Jones , Rq . will lecture at the Railway-engine Coffee-house . 122 , Brick-lane , on Wednesday evening , March 17 th ; subject , " Home Colonization : " cba h will be taken at S o ' clock . On Wednesday evening , 24 th instant , Mr . G . Wheeler will lecture at the above house , on " Spade Husbandry . " Somers-Tow . v—Mr John Gathard will deliver a lecture on " Practical Agriculture , " on Sunday evenins next , at Mr Doddridge ' s , Bricklayers ' -avms , Tonbridge-strect , New-road , at 8 o ' clock . A special general meeting wilt be held on Monday next , at 8 o ' clock . Disccssiox . —At the disoussion at the Princess Royal , Circus-street , on Thursday evening last , the conclusion arrived at was , that the " National Land Comjany's Plan v . as preferable tothe plan propounded by Mr Hill ; the former giving tbe land and something to start , whilst the latter only gave a room , without any prospect of the means of existence .

      Cnaitiisi National Laxd Comfaxt.—The Mai...

      CnAitiisi National Laxd Comfaxt . —The Maidstone branch of the above company continues to increase ; very many agricultural labourers have become shareholders . —Kentish Independent . Komax Pes . —Talking olSt . Peter reminds us of onr Governor's answer to the remonstrances of M . Guizot and the Portuguese ambassador , on the late escape of Don Miguel : " Our keys are not those of a jailer' . " Hobbible Mcboee is CoBE .. —A gentleman living in Cork has received a letter from a friend in Rosscarbery , containing an acccunt of a dreadful murder committed in that locality . A poor woman left her bouse in care of two children to go en some business . During her absence a man entered and tcok a cake and a little meal , tbe only food in the hut , to allay his hunger . One ot the children threatened to tell her mother , when he took a knife or razor , with which he severed her head from her body . The Other child raised tbe alarm , when she was despatched in the same manner . On her return the mother found her two children dead . Theferpetrator of tbe crime is said to bave been arrested . The nriterof this account also relates , that , in tbe same neighbourhood , a woman stols some vegetables , from want , for which she was comsnitted to gaol . On her discharge her children were found dead , having nothing to support life doling her imprisonment .

      Ad00519

      WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE . SPRING SESSIONS , 1817 . -y ^ OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , that the Spring JL \ Geaeral Quarter Sessions of the Peace , for the lVest Riding ef the County of York , will be boldcn at PONTEFRACT , in Muscat the Fifth Dat of Aran . xlxt ; on which day tbe Court will be opened at eleven o ' clock of the forenoon , and on every succeeding day at nine o'Clock . Prosecutors and 'Witnesses in Prosecutions must be in attendance , in the following order , viz .: — Those iu Felony , from tho divisions of Strafforth and Tickhill , Lower Ajrbrigg , Barkstonash , Staincross , and Osffoldcross , at the opening of the Court on Monday morning . Those from the divisions of Upper Agbrigg , Morley , and Skyrack , at One o'Clock at Noon on Monday . Those from the divisions of Staincliffe and Ewcross , Claro , and the Ainsty , ( being the remainder of the West Riding , ) and those in all eases of misdemeanor , on Tuesday morninj ; The Grand Jury will be required to attend at tho opening of the Court on Monday , when they will be iiutuediately sworn and charged , and ofterwartis motions by counsel will be heard . The Traverse Jury will > e required to attend on tha opening ' of the Court on Tuesday Morning , when their names will be called over ; the Court will then proceed with the Trials of Felonies and Misdemeanors , commencing with the trial of respited Traverses . The attendance of Jurymen will not be excused on the ground of illness , unless it be verified by affidavit , or proved by evidence in open Court . Solicitors are required to fake notice that appeals must be entered with tbe Clerk of the Peace before the sitting of the jCourt , on Monday , t * e first day of the sessions : and the list of appeals will be called over by tha Clerk of the Peace at half . past Eleven o ' clock of the same day ; and all appeals in which counsel are not then instructed wilf be struck out , and the hearing of such appeals as are not then struck out will commmce on the Wednesday morning following , at the sitting of tbe Court . That the Order of removal , copies of the notice of Appeal , and examination of the Pan . per , are required to be filed with the Clerk of the Peace on the entry of the Appeal : —And that no Appeals against removal orders can be heard unless the Chairman is also furnished by tha Appellants with a copy Of the Order of removal , or of the Notice of chargeabihty , of the examination of the Pauper , and of the Notice and grounds of Appeal

      I National Trades Association For The Pr...

      i NATIONAL TRADES ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF US ' - DUSTRY .

      " Union For The Hirion" The Emancipation...

      " Union for the HiRion " The emancipation of industry is at the present crisis an inexhaustible subject ; every trade and locality has its own peculiar grievances to complain of , all of which require exposure , and the advocacy of befitting redress . Our efforts in this respect are necessarily limited to the space allotted to us in the inestimable privilege we enjoy in the columns of this paper , and to the time we have to devote to write comments on whatever appears most important , or which is o £ tbe least postponable nature , or in advocacy , or agitation , or general remarks on whatever app 'ars to us best calculated to do most good . 1 here are numberless grievances which various classes ot work-people have to complain of , in addition to the great and general grievance of the want of a fair day s

      wage for a fair day's work . Compared with this monster , all other evils arc of secondary importance , and will generally be found to be of a consequent character . Hitherto , however , we have not discovered any grievance which the capabilities of our association will not be more than sufficient to contend with , In proportion as the great evil of inefficiently remunerated labour diminishes , other minor or dependant evils will also diminish—for example , if the wages of the journeymen tailorsof London were regulated on equitable principles , and were a fair remuneration for theirilabour . is it at all probable that such numbers ol them would continue their employment in the stews of the Sweaters ? We leave the question for men of common understanding and unbiassed judgment to

      answer . It is obvious to common sense that the want of befitting accommodation for workmen , in regard to the sanitary condition of workshops , is from their labour being undervalued . There are few trades , perhaps , which suffer more in this respect than the tailors of London . One great cause of the undervalue of their labour , anil the difficulty attending its effectual removal , arises from an over-stocked labour market . The fact of the tailors' grievances has been elicited and exposed by the operations of the United Tailors' Protection Society , bat which institution has no means ef remedying the evil . That important duty , whenever it is performed , will unquestionably devolve upon our association . Being a monster evil , it requires a monster power to grapple with it , and

      that power we flatter ourselves we possess . We can do in the case what no other institution can do but ourselves , vht ., we can help the sufferers to help themselves , providing t hat they put it in our power to help them , by uniting with our association . If the tailors of London , whose cause has excited so much sympathy throughout the nation , arc truly desirous of bettering their condition , by being placed in comfortable and well-ventilated workshops , and by being assisted to obtain a fair day ' s nage for a fair day s work , the means is within their reach , if they please to avail themselves of it . We emphatically call upon the better paid portion of the trade , who are in union at the west end of London , to rally round the National Association ; they may depend upon it the best means to maintain their own position , is to aid in

      protecting their oppressed and degraded brethren . The objects of our association arc avowed to the world , viz ., to protect industry , and to employ surplus labour . Doubtless there is a great amount of surplus labour in the market of their trade & t present , and that their industry is unprotected , the infamous sweating system bears ample testimony . That system has been exposed throughout the length and breadth of the land , public indignation has been aroused at the practice , and public sympathy has been excited in behalf of the sufferers . Their condition was associated with the " Song of the Shirt , " and it was manifest that , had it been practicable for the public , who became interested , to effect a discontinuance of

      the sweating system by any ordinary effort in which they could engage , they had the disposition to do so . That excitement has } in a great degree subsided ; some cases may have been partially removed , but the great amount of injury still remains . Great numbers of workmen , women and children , are dragging out a most miserable existence : inhaling pestience with every breath , their wretchedness is deplorable ; and every day that they remain without using au effort to extricate themselves out of their thraldom , tends , not only to deprive them of health and all domestic comfort , and to shorten their existence , but also tends to pepetuatc the system with all its injurious consequences . Now , if ten thousand of the tailorsof London were to unite with our association ,

      every day would tend to shorten their present miserable condition . Our efforts would soon be exerted in their behalf , to induce emplo yers to conduct their business , in regard to giving out their work , in accordance with sanitary regulations that would be devised , and which would instantly improve the condition of the work-people . We have no doubt whatever but Messrs . Moses and Hyams would consider that we were very impertinent , and would tell oui agents to mind their own business ; but they would soon come to learn that we were then engaged in our legitimate business of protecting industry and seeking to employ surplus labour ; and that , in order to effect our ; object , wo were disposed to institute rival clothing establishments , which could undersell theirs , and still we could give better wages , and

      eraploythe workmen in comfortable and well-ventilateo rooms , and that public sympathy would be enliste'i to respond to our efforts to improve the condition oi tho > ork-people , who , should they in numbers become members of our association , would shortly be eligible to obtain the amount of support which its rules provide , they would be enabled to withhold their labour until their reasonable requests were complied with . With these considerations in mind , emplovers would sec that by doing a measure of justice to the work-people , they would prevent the danger ol rival establishments being instituted , which establishments , from the fact of public sympathy being in favour of the workmen , and opposedto the horrid sweating system , they would unquestionably obtain a sreatshare of public suoport . The surplus labour

      market would by this means become reduced tothe present employers , and a rise in wages would very probably soon be the result . Should the masters , however , accede to the reasonable regulations which would be devised in order to prevent rival clothing establishments being commenced , the condition of the work-people would be equally improved ; bat should they not succeed in the first instance , a short time would be found sufficient to effect a complete change . The remedy , therefore is . as befere stated , with the workmen themselves . Previous to the present opportunity , they had no means within their power by which they could assist themselves ; they were utterly hopeless , and public sympathy was ineffectual in relieving them . Now that the means is within their power ,

      it behoves them to put their own shoulders to the wheel , calling upon Hercules in a befitting manner , who will not fail to help them effectually . These remarks equally apply to the condition of all other classes of workmen of every trade , and in ail parts of the country . The grievances of workmen ef the same trade generally re-semble each other in a greater or lesser degree in ail parts . The tailors of Glasgow have resolved to unite with the association by the 1 st of May . Possibly they may not have the sweating Grievance to complain of to anything like the horrifying extent that it is practised in London ; but we doubt not that their situation is capable of great improvement , which is sure to be effected in due time , and we hope they will be followed by others of their business . Much good is now doing in Scotland by the instrumentality of our missionaries and

      agents . We entertain no fears of our zealous agents soon tiring in the good work in which they have engaged . Their labours are those of justice to the oppressed , and love to their fellow-men ; and none need engage in this good work who are desirous ot holding it as a sinecure situation . The only inducement we bave to offer to those who arc disposed to assist us is , the consciousness of doing good to their fellow creatures . We grant no sinecure pensions , nor do wc give any gold or silver medals emblazoned with fulsome inscriptions , but we insure the most active and useful of our agents and missionaries , that they shall enjoy the full reward of all the conscious ' ness of being instruments of doing good that th « y shall respectively merit , and the monument of a good name amongst their fellow men , and these we consider are the best rewards and inducements we can

      offer . Tbe Central Committee of the above flourishing institution held its usual weekly meeting on Monday last , T . S . Buncombe , Esq ., M . P ., in the chair . The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed , the financial account read and received , and upwards of 100 letters read from different parts of the country . The case of the silk pickers of Manchester was dis " cussed , when it appeared that several of the employers are endeavouring to reduce their wages , and the silk pickers are endeavouring to establish an uniform list of prices , that tbe employers may compete honourably ; and also the case of the reduction iffered to their hands by the firm of Stocks and Tait , of Stockport bk-ach works . It was resolved that Messrs . Peel and Parker be authorised to see the men and tbe employer in both cases , to endeavour by mediation , to settle tho differences , and report thereon to the committee .

      3 fr . Williamson reported be had waited upon the block printers of Crayford , the result of which was eminently satisfactory ; those who were members were confirmed in their opinion of the association , and those who were not , desired the necessary information to enable them to became so . A deputation from the London Co-operative Society of tin-plate workers waited upon tbe Central CommitU * , and informed them that one of their employers bad offered an extensive reduction to his ban is , giving a full detail of the case . It was then resolved that Mr . Bush do accompany the deputation to the employer , when , after a lengthened interview , lie decided he would no t give more than the reduced price ho had offered . Ihe cocamitteo . immediately resolved to recommend th « board of direction of the sister association to employ tbe men , ilr , Robsou reported be bad visited the \> Q <)\ and eho °

      " Union For The Hirion" The Emancipation...

      makers of Oxford , he found tho whoJe of the members present at the club house . Itappeared by the statements made , that the principal or respectable portion of the employers paying best wages have signified their intention of reducing prices , unless the trade compel some of the other employers in the town to give the same wages ; when , after a leng thened and animated discussion , it was resolved that the latter-end of a term was not the proper time to seek to advance the lower shops ; they therefore a « j . urned the question to a more favourable opportunity . In the meantime , the menurato stud to the committee a detailed account of the number ef shops paying best waives , the number they wish to pay best and second-rate wages , with the number of men employed in each shop ; to enable the committee to judge correctly upou the subject . It was resolved that the seven frame-work knitteriof Oadby be recommended for employment tothe board of directors of ihe sister association .

      Mr . Goldin , district secretary of Manchester , reported he had attended a select meeting of operatives to arrange a staff of officers to form a nucleus for future operations in carrying out the plan of the District Association of Trades . He attended a large meeting of silk small-ware wtHVers . and addr « ssed them for upwards of an hour upon the subject of both associations ; tlie result was a resolution to join forthwith . On Wednesday evening , a delegate from the silk smallware weavers took his seat and paid their subscription to the District Committee . Also a delegate from tho fustian cutters of Manchester took his seat at the district meeting , they having joined the association to the number of 4511 about threu weeks since .

      MANCHESTER . —On Tuesday ho attended a delegate meeting of strippers and grinders of Manchester , representing 34 milUand 4 , 000 individuals . Mr . P ., as the association ' s agent , was received most kindly jbeansiv . reu greatly to the satisfaction of the assembled delegates every question put to him , and succeeded ia retnoaug every doubt which previously existed . An unanimous vote ot confidence was ppssed in favour of the National Trades Association . A committee was appointed to devise the most clfoctive means to ^ raise funds to p » y off the arrears due by the boil / to the association . A vote of thanks was eheuringly given to the People ' s champion , T . S , Duncombe , Esq ., also a similar mark of respect to the agent , and this very important meeting separated .

      ilr . Peel begs to a-: sure the central commttte * that this was really one of tho most important meetings he WwWi »* tte honour ot attending , inasmuch as the proceedings of the whole of that branch of the cotton trade throughout Lancashire will be governed and influenced by tbe vote of this evening , and it will also impart a consiiSerable impetus to the icovemeiit among tbe spinners and weavers . On Wednesday bo attended the district committee meeting . On Thursdiiy he attended a meeting of the silk pickers of Manchester , to obtain information for the central

      committee , upou several grievances which many shops oi this body are now suifering under . The bust feeling was manifested . Votes of confidence in the Central Committee , and of thanks t » Mr . Peel , for the interest be liad taken in their behalf , were passed unanimously ; with another emphatic and grateful acknowledgment of the unpurchased and unpurchaseable services of Mr , Duncombe in favour of the rights and interests of the working classes of the United Kingdom . On Friday he waited , nith deputies from the Hand , loom weaverj of Wiuislow , Gatlcy , and Gets Cross , upon

      Mr . Holt , to induce that gentleman to reduce the length of his cuts from 59 } yards to 02 , the average length of other employers . Tho deputation ivns received with great civility by Mr . Holt , who , at length , promised to leave oft" weaving that particular fabric , as he complained he could not get a market for them at a remunerating price . As Mr . Holt has several warps by him , which would ba thrown oa his hands , the deputation agreed to continue weaving them until tlie 1-t ot April , after which Mr . Holt was informed no more would be taken out .

      On Saturday Mr . Peel went over to Opettshaw and Droylciden tom . ike arraiigcmtnts for a meeting in that vicinity . A meeting will iu conseg / jenee be held on Friday evening , the 12 th inst ., at tlvu New Inn , OpensUaw , to bear tbe principles of the National Association explained , Several of the cotton masters have announced their intention to ^ miike a reduction in the wages j the bunds appear fully determined not to accept it , but prefer working short time , from a well gnwrned ocii ' ef that nith the present reduced stock on hand , and the large American importations soon . expected , a re-action is inevitable , aud if they consent to a reduction now , they may have great difficulty in gettitis an advance in the summer . Therefore the universal watchword is , " Short

      time and no reduction . , i . Mr . Peel , by order of tho central committee , will leave Manchester on the 17 tlt of March , on a tour of agitation through tbe cotton districts of Lancashire . Apiogramme of his route will appear weekly in the Star , On Wednesday , the 17 th , he will attend a public meeting in Preston ; on Thursday , 18 th , at f ' arrington ; on Friday , 10 th , he will bo at the Masons' Arms , Blackburn ; on Monday , 22 nd . be attends thu- block printers of Sabden . He proposes making Clitlieroc the centre of his operations tor that neighbourhood , aud requests that any bodies desirous of joining the "Monster Association" will coin , municato with him at the earliest ' moment , to be lelt at the post-office , Clithtroe . The attention of the cotton trades of tUe under-mentioned places is particularly requested t » this notice : —

      Padianc , Whalley , New Church , Million , Langridge , Barrawford , Gisborne , Colne , < fcc . Communications forwarded on or before Monday , the 2-nd , will be in time for the programme for the next week ' s Star , PAISLEY . —On Monday , a public meeting of tho weavers of this town was held in the Leigh Kirk , at ten 'j ' eloek in the forenoon , to devise means to resist tho reduction attempted by a few employers on shawls . The Chairman opened the business in an able manner , urging calm consideration and a fair hearing for all . Tbe following resolutioas were proposed and supported by excellent addresses , and carried unanimously : — 1 st . That the present attempt of several employers to reduce the wages of their workmen by reaistin ^ the list ol prices , and offering to pay by the shuwl without reference to tho amount of work therein , instead of by the thousand shots , is most unjust , oppressive , and uncalled-for , and at this titneof wido-sprcad distress among the working class , is most cruel , and calculated to increase the iirctehednt'Ss of the people .

      2 nd . That we recommend weavers to refuse work offered under the list , and pledge ourselves to stand by each other in resisting ihe encroachment , 3 rd . That tbe only mwiiis vf our securing ourselws against thu encroaching spirit of the employers , is by joining the National Association of Trades lor the Protection of Industry aud Employment of Labour . All three were carried unanimously , ilr . Jacobs was then introduced by the chairman , who entertained the meeting for some time on tho mean attempts of their employers aud the future prospects of the weavers under the auspices of tho National Association , amidst the repeated cheers of the meeting , which closed about four o ' clock , full of confidence Jn their efforts . EDINBURGH . —Wednesdav . —Atu-nded the district committee to report progress and arrange for meetings , and gave thorough satisfaction .

      Tiiuiisdav Evening , —A public meeting of the cabinet and chair makers' branch of the National Association , was hied in Cranstone ' s Hali , Bailie Fife C ose . The chairman opened the business with a very able congratulatory address . The secretary read the minutes and reported progress . Twenty membets had joined since the last meeting . They were now one buiidnd and thirty . The tyler now announced that a deputation from the branch of the National Typographical Associati » n requested to be admitted , to lay the case of the men , noir ejected from their cmplij . v , before the inciting-. Admission granted . The depuration wont through the particulars of the rase , and urged the men had not struck ns stated by the masters , but the masters ejected them ,

      one informing them as a reason " they belonged to the Union . " The dispute commenced through the injustice of the masters in giving manuscript to the men by the piece toset up , and some MSS . were very difficult to mainout , and took the men much time to set up , and then , after it had been sent to the author to be corrected , t , iving the altering to a day workman , thus taking the best part of the job out of the hands of the men who began it and had done the most difficult part of it ; and because tbe Association supported the men in resisting this injustice , tho masters cried out , "You are interfering with the arrangements of our offices . " "Have not we a rie , Ut to do what we like ^ vith our own offices V The following resolution was carried unanimously : —

      That we , the cabinet and chair makers' branch of the National Association of Trades , do agree torender all the assistance wo possibly can to the printers thrown out of employ , and that whilst we congratulate tUvm on thepowsr of their own Naional Union , we would draw their attention to the fact , that the National Association of all Trades will give to each trade more power , and therefore urge on them the necessity of their association joining the National Association Ur the Protection of Industry and Employment of Labour . The deputation thanked them heartil y for the sympathy they had extended toward their brethren , and hoped the day would soon arrive when the desirable junction should take p ' acc , and thoy become all members of one " monster association" of the " ordtr of industry . " The deputation retired .

      T ac rules for the guidance of the society were then read and confirmed , and ordered to be printed : agreed that tho printers out of employ bo given the work . We wouU draw particular attention to one of the rules to the following effect : — " That any cabinet-maker , Jfcc , bringing aclear card of the National Associ ation , shall be admitted free , or otherwise assisted if in need . " This is a good stop towards the formation of a thorough National Cabinet and Ch'iirmakers' Association , rendering reciprocal assistance and information , at much less contribution and expense than any CaMnctuiakcrs' Society ever before formed in Britain ; it can be extended without any extra expense , into every town in England , Scotland , Ireland , and Wales , —an exteusion long attempted by well wiiher * in the trade , " but in vain . " We have in . voked the spirit of Union t-.- oar aid , and she hath come to our assistance . "

      Mr . Jacobs was called on , and delivered a brief address on the many grievances they had endured , and the prospect now before them of shaking off the galling burthcus imposed cm them bj upstart masters , It was a

      " Union For The Hirion" The Emancipation...

      duty they owed to thefair employer , to make the " blacks ' paj a fair price . FniDAV . —A public meeting of the trades of this city ' was held In Adam . siiunre Hall , to hoar a lecture from the association ' s missionary , Mr . Hobbs in the chair . Mr . Jacobs , the lecturer , entertained a most attentive auditory for about two hours , with an overpowering amount of facts figures , arguments , and illustrations , which drew for h their frequent applause . At the conclusion , the following resolution , „ ero carried urr-i . imously , by acclamation ;—

      • \ 't » ? , " * 0 PCn , ti 0 n 8 ° < rn ,, e societies and isolated unions have proved the incflici , „ Cy of their power to grapple with the power arrayed w „ it them ¦ that a national organisation of trades is ' necessar , to realise sufficient power , wealth , and influence , to obtain for the workers a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work that having heard tho very able exposition of the plans ' aud prospects of tho National Association for the Protection of Industry , we deem it the sure means to achieve our great object , and therefore determine to be members thereof , and use our best endeavours to get all the trades of Edinburgh to join forthwith , "

      2 nd . "That tho thanks of this meeting nra eminently due , and hereby given , to T . S . Buncombe . Efq ., M . P , president of tne association , for the great assistance he has rendered tbe people in that office , and also for his manifold labours in their cause , both in and out of the House of Parliament . " 3 rd . "That the thanks of this meeting aro due and hereby given to the proprietor of ths AortA « ni Star , for his generous off . r and application of tiro columns of his patriotic paper to tUenffaivs of thi « association . " Thanks were then given to the missionary and chairman , who replied , and the meeting separated .

      Polite Xnttufjytncfr

      polite XnttUfjytncfr

      Worship-Street .-. Alleged Combinm-Ios O...

      WORSHIP-STREET .-. Alleged Combinm-ios of Workmen . —Oa Monday , James Dorsal and Charles Judge , journeymen hearth-rug makers , in the employ of Messrs . Collins and Co ., manufacturers , in Bethnalgrcen , wire charged before Mr . Broughton , tho sitting magistrate , with having assaulted with intent to intimidate , William Barrett , a journeyman in the employ of Mr . Argent , a hearth-rug manufacturer in the same part of the district . Mr . Wakelin , tho solicitor , supported the complaint , and the hearing of the case occupied n very long time , during which the court was crowded by workmen , who evinced the most intense interest in the proceedings . From the evidence , it appeared that the defendants and others in the employ of Messrs . Collins ,

      belonged to a trade society , from which Mr . Argent ' s men were excluded , and those excluded wore called " dogs . " One of the witnesses ( a soeiety . man ) , being questioned , said they applied the term " dog" to tho « e who did not act right towards their fellow . workmen , and he admitted that those who worked for Mr . Argent , an ! were net society men , were on that account called dogs . On the night of the occurrence in question , the defendants , and others belonging to the society , repaired to the Royal Oak publichouse , frequented by Mr . Argent ' s mfcn , and proclamation bdng made that "des wen present , " a quarrel arose between Bursal and the complainant , and they stripped and fought several rounds .

      The witnesses for the complainant proved that he was first attacked and struck by Bursal , and that , while he was stooping during the fight that ensued , the defendant Judge , also hit him a blow which knocked him senseless , so that they were obliged to carry him from the publichouse to his employer ' s premises . O .-i the other side , sevf-rnl witnesses belonging to the society endeavoured to make itappear that the complainant was t ! j 0 aggressor , in which however they failed . Mr . Broughton , after i xp . itiating upon the evils of these trade combinations and quarrels , convicted the defendants , and sentenced Judge to pay lifts ., and Dursnl 40 s . penalty , or to be imprisoned respectively for two months and six weeks , The fnus w .-re immediately paid .

      Felojjt and HoRSE . STEiti . vG , —A tall well-divssed nvm , named Edward Ross , displaying a profusion of black mustachios , was placed at the bar on a warrant , before Mr . Arnold , on Tuesday , upon the following chargts of felony and horsestealing . Mr . Superintendent Plumb , of the Kentish constabulary , stated that on the lltli of last month the prisoner called at the house of Sir Frederick Thesigcr , at Tonbridge Wells , to visit a relalive of his , who is in that gentleman ' s service , and in the evening bargained with a livery-stable kcoper . named Ralph , for the hire of a liaek , valued at £ 20 . to convey him the next day a few miles beyond Tonbridge , The prisoner bore such on imprsing appearance , being attired in the undress of a military officer , that n 0 hesitaion was made in letting him have tlse animal , hut

      several days having clopsed without its being returned , ap ; licatton was made to the local police , and tho witness having obtained n warrant for the prisoner ' s apprehension from Mr . Fisher , a magistrate , pursued him to Scvenoalcs , where he found that he had attempted unsuccessfully to change the hovse for another of less value , ami thence to the Hackney Road , in which he had disposed of the animal to a cbair-mnnubcturer , named Davis , for £ 7 13 s . This was the fi .-st charge , and here the witness lost all traceof tha prisoner , but having at length ascertained that he had been visiting the butler of a gentleman in Montague-place , litissidl-sipiare , he called upon that person , who preferred the two following charges against the prisoner : —The butler stated th ton the IClh of February , the prisoner , -nith whom

      he had oecn previously acquainted , called at his master ' s residence , and npresrntiBg that lie had been recently appointed to an office- in the Customs through the influence of Sir Frederick Tliesiger , S ' . ud that he felt ! iim < elfin a very awkward position , ns he had to enter upon liis new situation tho nevt day , and having only his military dress to appear in , r questid him to lend him his credit for a new suit of clothes . The butler , upon this representation , and knowing that his relative « as in Sir Frederick ' s service , not only lent him an entirely new suit of his own , to be returned in the course of a week , but also advanced hira a sever , ign for immediate expenses , with which the prisoner left the house , but had not gone mort'tban ten minutes when the butler found that he had been robbed of a gold watch , breguet , and guard-chain , and two seals , of the value o ? mure than £ 20 , and the former of which his cmplover

      had made him a present for his long services . The trace of the prisoner was again lost until tbiit vnorn ' ng , when tho witness received a communication from the Horse Guards , in answer to a description the witnesshad inserted in tho ifite and Cry of the various robberies , and stating that the prisoner had surrendered himself up to the military authorities as a self-accused deserter , and ontlve witness proceeding thereto apprehend him upon the warrant , be discovered a duplicate of the butler ' s watch in his pocket , from which it appeared that it had been pledged at a pawnbroker ' s in Tottenham Court , road for £ 4 10 s , on the very day it was stolen . Mr . Arnold was of opinion that the most advisable course for the superintendent to pursue was to take the prisoner into the country , where the first and most conclusive of tho robberies had been perpretrated , and the prisoner , who exhibited tho utmost coolness and indifference

      during this recital , and declined sajiiig anything , was removed in the custody of tho officer to tha railway station fur conveyance to Tollbridge . WANDSWORTH . — A House fired Timorcu DitiiNKEMSL-ss . —On Monday , Harriot Fierci > , the wife of a carpenter , living in Polygon-buildings , Clapham , was brought before Mr . Olive on a charge of having been drunk and incapable of taking care of herself . The charge arose under the following circumstances . On Saturday night , between eight and nine o'clock , information was brought to the station house on Clapliam . common , that the house , No . 17 , Polygon-buildings , was on

      fire . Inspector Creed , Sergeant Emerson , I ) V , and about twenty of the police , proceeded tothe house immediately . They found the flames raging in an apartment at the top of tho house , and which tho prisoner ' s husband rented . She was there in a state of speechless drunkenness , and they were obliged to drag her out by main force . It was full twenty minutes before the fire , was got under , and not before the bad and bedding were utterly destroyed . The landlord of tbe house refused to allow ihe prisoner to remain there , and she was t : iken fo tko station-house . Mr . dive told her sho was lucky in not having been charged with arson . She appeared to have been a severe sufferer , and she might be discharge ! .

      THAMES . —Thieves on IUilwavs . —On Monday a well-dressed country looking boy , ot good address , named John William Holloway , was brought Mont Mr . Yardley , charged with having stolen a lady ' s purse on the Blaeknall llailway . It appeared that on Sunday morning , on the arrival of tho Woolwich steamer at the Blackwall terminus , and while many of the passengers were hastening towards the train for London , the prisoner , who was on the platform , was seen by Philcox , one ot the guards , to snatch a purse from tho blind of a lady , as she was about to stop into one of tbe carriages . Philcox immediately seized the prisoner , who attempted to slip from his cloak , but he could not unhook it in time . The ladytook thepurac , which contained sold and silver , from the prisoner , and departed with her husband hi the train . The

      prisoner was given over to the custody of i eltham , a railway constable , and lie gave several accounts of himself . One of them war , that he came down by tho quarter te eleven train from London , to proceed to Woolwich ; and another , that he came to Blackwall for the purpose of taking a walk along tho river side . There were two well known swell mob thieves on the platform a fewseconds previous . They loitered about the wharf for a short time to ascertain what became of the prisoner , and then made off . A praj cr book and a few ti itling articles only were found on the prisoner , who rcfinioii to state where he lived , or give any information about his friends . Mr . Yardley said he nut-t have soroo account of the

      prisoner from his own lips before ha thought of parting with him or disposing of the easo . The prisoner reluctantly said he came from Wells , in Somersetshire , and that ha was fifteen years of age . His father was a paperhangcr . He had been living with bis aunt , a Mrs , Smart , who hud lately opened a small public house in the Waterloo-bridgeroad . She maintained him , because his father and grand * father were getting poor . Mr . Yardley said it was a matter of complaint that thieves congregated about tho railway slalions ] on the arrival and departure of the trains for the purpose of committing felonies , and it appeared the prisoner was acting iu concert with two fellows who had left him to his fate . He directed the police to make inquiries about the prisoner , and remanded him .

      Unlicensed Pawniibokehs . — On Saturday last , David Burnett was charged with Illegally carrying < n tho b . isinsss of a pawnbroker , not having his christian and surname , and the word pawnbroker painted In large and legible characters on the door , by which lie had incurred

      A Penalty Not Exceeding ,£10. The Evils ...

      a penalty not exceeding , £ 10 . The evils of tho " dolly shops , " as they are termed , have been frequently brough under tbe notice of the police magistrates , and have been loudly coti'ldmncd . Pledg es are taken to these shops by children of tillages ; they aro open at all hours , and also on tho Sabbath , and interest at a mo « t exorbitant rate is charged . There nra upwards of five hundred "doil yshops" in the metropolis , and the poor are very great sufferers from them . The defendant was charged with receiving pledges from a boy named Fitzgerald , on Sunday , Januarys , and eight following days , including the Sunday . On an article pledged for yd . he had charged IJd . interest for one day . Upon another pledge he had leiitls . Cd ., and cbhrged 3 d . for one day only . Tho same rate of interest was charged upon various amounts . The defendant [ pleaded guilty tothe information , and

      begged for mwrcy . —Mr . Bnllantine said tlio . ^ e unlicensed pawnbrokers' shops were the greatest nuisance in tho metropolis . He should fine the defendant -10 . 4 . and costs , and if a second offence was proved be would inflict tin full penalty . Hnlf thefine was awarded to the informer . DiftiNG Fraud . — William Crass was charged with attempting to defraud John Long , a seaman , of the sum of £ 13 Os Cd . Long had been paid off from tbe Strathavcn on the 1 st instant , and handed £ 22 to the prisoner ' s wife , which she said she would give to her husband , as Long was at the time somewhat in liquor . The next day there was somewhat of a settlement , which though puzzling to the sailor , who is an illiterate man , still left a balance in his favour of £ 13 10 s Gd . Wishing to go home in a Cork steamer , Long asked for the difference ,

      to which Crass replied either that he could not or would not give it . Long subsequently found that £ l which had been put i „ tho bill as paid on his account to a Mrs . Luxm , had never been received by that person . The whole case , as it appeared from thu complainant's state , ment , supported by a witness named Mahooy , exhibited one of the mostbare faced frauds that was ever attempted , - In the cross-examination by Mr . Pelham , who appeared to be grossly misinstructed , it came imttl-. at this complainant went to the Prince Regent , under the impression that the defendant was tho proprietor ; and , besides the £ 23 which lie had given te the defendant ' s wife , he had paid an additional sovereign for two days ' board and lodging . Thu house is kept by defendum ' s brother , and , under tbe circumstance in which the complainant was placed , that circumstance was eat .

      eulatcd to nisleud simple and unsuspecting seamen . —Mr . Pelham , who evidently felt that ho had no ground for defence , insinuated that there was uo proof of any money transactions between tbe complninant and his client , and that the woman who called herself Mrs , Crass , to whom the money was sail to have been advanced , bad not been shown to be the defendant ' s wife—Long : Sho is his wife , and when I asked Iter for my money she said her husband had taken it away to spend it . She atsojaid that when « he , went to look for him he gave her apsir of black eyes , by which she is now conrincd to her house . —Mr . Yardley : I am

      empowmd by the act to inflict a penalty of £ 10 in cases like this , which exhibits a most dishonest proceeding on tbe pnrt of jour client . I shall , however , proportion tho penalty to the defendant ' s conduct , and if he is ready to pay the balance claimed , together with the sovereign , alleged to be paid to Mrs . Lti . vin , 1 shall reduce the fine to a merely nominal one . —The £ 14 IDs , Od , was subsequently paid ,, to the great satisfaction of those who witnessed the proceedings , though it excittdno liUW . suvprisa in the court that tbe magistrate , who , in his closing sen . tence , said that he never witnessed a more distinct attempt at gross fraud , should reduce the £ 10 penalty to the paltry fine of Is .

      CLEKKENWFLL . —Hai : d Treatment op Paupers . — On Monday Inst lour Irishmen , who said , they bad wives and children , solititid Mr . Green wood ' s is tl vice : —they had applied to the parish of St . AnJvew ' a , Holbnrn , Graj ' s-inu . lane , for relief , where tiny were placed to pick a quantity of oakum in the v » o \ kV . i >\ sse ; tV . ej had gone to work and picked the usual quantity , but when they applied for payment , they were refusal by Mr . Whites , the relievingofnecr . One of thiin ladnot tasted food since Sunday morning ; neither of tluni hat ai-vthing to ti , ke home to their f'imiiies . Mr . Greenwood said he couid not believe that they were treated as they described , and directed the chief usher to send an officer instantly to request tbe atlcodance of Mr . Wilkvs , who soon afterwards made his appearance , in court , when Mr . Greenwood explained to him the nature of the applicants ' complaint . Mr . Wilkes admitted the truth of their statement . Mr . Greenwood—Then what are these poor people to do , they cannot starve ? Mr . Wilkes said they

      had been relieved with bread and sixpence or a shilling on Wednesday last , and they had worked for that . He certainly did not pay them the day after tin y bad picked oakum , as they would not be relieved again on Wednesday next , according to their regulation . Mr . Greenwood , said tbe hardship they complained of was that they were not relieved that day ; what were they to do until Wednesday next ? they could not work without proper sup * port . Mr . Wilkes : then we must alter our day , and relieve them daily ; they are Irish , and they are removeable . Mr . Greenwood : if they are , thej must have their bellies full , or they can ' t work . Mr . Wilkes : then they must come and work and ivetvill rt lieve them daily . Applicants said they were willing to work ; they had worked but they bad nothing to take home to their wives and children . By the Clerk : what are they to do until to « morrow , Mr . Wilkes , they have wires and children at home ? Mr . Wilkes : let thtmcome to tha workhouse . Applicants thanked Mr . Greenwood , and left for the purpose of following Mr . Wilkes to tbe workhouse .

      An "AKTfi ' L DopGE . "—Ou Wtdmsdaj Mary Strang , nett , a coarse-looking middle-aged female , was placed at the bar before Mr . Elliott , upon various charges of having obtained money under false pretences , Elizabeth llassill , servant to the Uev . Edward Aeerioll , of No . 8 , Guildford-street , Russell-square , deposed that on tho 26 th of last month the prisoner cams to her master ' s house about three o ' clock iu the afternoon , and said , " I have brought this jack for Mrs . Aeciioll , and I ' m not to see any one but the cov . k . Mrs . Accrioil says you an- to give me 4 s . 6 d . for the jack . '" She then went on to say something about the use of the jack , and in consequence of what she said Igavelicr half-a-crovin and two shillings . Ilefore I did so the prisoner said , " Yon need not mistrust me , for Mrs . Aeerioll told me that it was the first thing sho had ever s > nt home from tho

      street . " I now produce the meat-jack the prisoner brought to my master ' s house , a . id which I have ascertained to be -north no move than sixpence . Mrs , Georgians Accrioil , the mistress of tbe last witness , deposed that she had never seen tbe prisoner before , and that she did not purchase the meat jack from her the day before mentioned . The prisoner , in reply to the charge , said she knew nothing about it . Miss Elizabeth Flyger , of No . 3 , Yictoria Cottages , New Cross Deptford , stated that on the ISthof last month theprisoner came to her house and said , '' I have come from Mrs . Compton and a lady with a black cardinal andfloi-k tucks , and I am to leave these two jacks , one for Mrs . Compton , and one for the other lad ) , and you aro to pay me nine shillings for them . The lady who was with Mrs . Compton is going to send her servant for one of

      the meat-jacks , and you are to show her howto put the string properly on . " The prisoner further stated that the lady who was with Mrs , Compton had given her 4 s . Gd ., but Mrs . Compton had taken it back for fear she should not bring the jacks to the house . Upon this , and believing her representations , witness paid her 9 s . for the two jacks then produced , and which were only of the value of Is . Mrs . Compton denied all knowledge of the prisoner , and said s \ u had ueverpurchased any uicaU jacks from her . There were a dozen similur cases against her , but Mr . Elliott thought that the above two , and two others—namriy , for recetvitig 4 s . Cd . from the servant of Mr . John Gregory Forbs , surgeon , of 32 , O . tford-terraCe , Hyde park , and Oi , from the servant of Messrs . Prowett , in Upper Portland-place , Wandsworth-road , were amply sufficient for the ends of public justice to commit her upon . She was committed to take her trial .

      HAMMERSMITH . —A Bobglab caught Napping . — On Wednesday last , James Page was charged with burglary . —Mr . Pearson Tell deposed that he was tho landlord of the King ' s Arms public-house , Fulham . Ho was called down between six and seven o ' clock , by Cooper , his horse-keeper , and from what he told liim , he went into the tap . room and there saw the prisoner sitting down , apparently half asleep . Knowing Unit he must have forcibly entered the house , he sent for a policeman . Serjeant Turner , V 7 , immediately enroe . As he entered the tap-room , witness saw under the prisoner ' s feet a silver snuff-box , with a knife The snuff-box , the gold seal , and the silver key produced are witness ' s property . —Tho prisoner , who said he had picked the articles up , was fully committed to Newgate for trial .

      Omnibus Dbivino Again . —On Wednesday last , Joseph Rhoades , the driver of one ol the Hammersmith Conveyance Company ' s omnibuses , was charged with having driven over Benjamin Collas . —W . Standen deposed that on the evening of Saturday last he was proceeding from Knightsbridge towards Kensington , about half-past seven o'clock , when he saw an omnibus aud a truck coming towards him in the direction of town . Tluy were both oa the Park side of the road , the truck being about a foot and a half from the footpath ; and the omnibus about a yard behind it . Witness seeing the danger the man was iu , hallooed out loudly to tho prisoner to stop , but diivctly afterwards he saw the man knocked down , and one wheel went over his bodv , and

      the other over his neck . The omnibus then pulled across the road , and there stopped . The man was carried on to the foot pavement , and , in answer to the inquiries as to whether he was hurt , be did not speak , hut only groaned . Witness then left . —Policumau Cox deposed that he came up just as the occurrence had takm place , and conveyed the injured man to St . George ' s Hospital . He had been that mrriiing to tho bospital , and bud obtained from the house surgeon the . certificate produced , to the effect that several of his ribs were fractured , and bis 1 jugs injured , and that he was . still in great danger . — -The prisoner was accordingl y remanded for a week , but before the flose of tha court , respectable bail being c ll ' ered for bis appearance , it was accepted .

      Nottingham—The Next Meeting Will Be Lidd...

      Nottingham—The next meeting will be lidd at the Fox and Hounds , Cnrtor ' s-gatc , at li o ' clock ia tho evening , on Sunday next , when Air Douse will lecture . Northampton—The shareholders will moot for tha future at Mr McGit ' s Temperancc-hotel , Kinsstreet , nt halt-past 7 instead of 8 o ' clock . AIaxcukster— Tha shareholders aro requested to attend a meeting in ihe People ' s Institnto , «» S « a ; day nexti at 10 o ' clock ia Ihe forenoon .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 13, 1847, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_13031847/page/5/