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      "Stab Of Freedom" Committee. On Tuesday ...

      'JTlThere remained £ 11 19 s . 2 d . At the time appointed for 53 © appropriation of that sum , Mr . Arnott coidd not give his ssissistance , and Mr . Holyoake did not arrive until I myself id d determined in what manner the balance should be devoted tithe object in view . On the representation of that noble lanampion of political and social justice , Louis Blanc , who ( qvquainted me with the melancholy fact that a very large nmmhsr of his countrymen— -victims of Bonaparte ' s perfidy ( e : e living in a state of destitution bordering upon death I

      v'tetcrmincd that to give to the French Refugee Committee any iiimni short of £ 10 woidd be too humiliating to our own bod }' , iththerefore handed to Louis Blanc the sum of £ 10 , for whicli Ihdiold his receipt . Tlie claims of the Polish exiles remained 111 ) meet which I only held £ 1 19 s . 2 d . Having given to the irerench Committee £ 10 , in common justice I would not think :: c offering the Polish Committee less than £ 5 , which could j ihly be done by appropriating monies received from the v .-v-fry subsequently to the drawing up of the first quarter ' s

      balance-sheet . I acted in accordance with this decision , and tolold the receipts of Messrs . Krynski and Labiscki for that unmount . My colleagues ,. Messrs . Holyoake and Arnott , subsequently approved of my decision , which was further ratified ; yy the committee on Monday evening last . 1 subjoin a statement of monies received up to this date . ; Having done thus much—more , much more remains to be none . Let us remember that this is no time to stand by and i witness the destitution of those who have fought our battles in other lands . There are above 100 French refugees alone

      —most of them the elite of France , dragging through a miserihble existence on about 4 s . per week ( principally received r < rom France ) , and which , for aught we know , may be cut off ¦ amy hour , and its recipients be doomed to die of hunger in the streets . Shame—eternal shame on us—if in our land , before ) Diir eyes , we suffer these noble-hearted champions of right , lagainst an aimed , brutal might , to perish for want of that oWotherly aid which hy our professed principles we are bound t < to aftbrd to the iinfortunate and the proscribed .

      Aug . 19 , 18 o 2 . G . JULIAN HARNEY . Balance in hand , August 9 th £ 13 19 s . 2 d .. Additional sums , Walter Cooper £ 1 Is . ; Julian Harney 10 s . ; Thornton Hunt sand C . Bray 10 s . ; Robert Cooper Is . & £ ; J . Watt Is . ; Paisley , jper A . Morrison 3 s . ; York , per C . Ernest lis . 5 d . ; Southampton , per H . Norrington 10 s . 6 d . ; Hinckley , per J . Sketehlley 7 s .: Cheltenham , per J . Hemrain 5 s . ; Brechin , J . David-• son Is . 6 d . ; S . Sturgeon Is . —Total £ 18 2 s . Id : German Refugees , per C . Schapper £ 110 s . ; A German Refugee 2 s . 6 d . ; French Refugees , per Louis Blanc £ 10 ; Polish Refugees , per Messrs . Krynski and Zabiscki £ 5 . —Total £ 16 12 s . 6 d .

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      Acts Of Parliament Are Proverbially Dry ...

      Acts of Parliament are proverbially dry reading , and not tlie most attractive of matter in the estimation of newspaper readers in general . But the importance , to our co-operative friends , of the recently enacted Bill to legalize Industrial Societies , will , no doubt , he adopted by all our readers as sufficient justification for reprinting it in this department of the Star . A commentary on the Act , from the pen of Mr . Vansittart Xeale , will appear in our next number . 15 & 16 VICT ., o . 31 , An Act to Legalize the Formation of Industrial and Provident Societies .

      Whereas by an Act passed in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty , intituled "An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws " relating to Friendly Societies , " it * was enacted , that a society might he establisJied under the provisions of the said Act for any of the objects therein mentioned ; that was to say , ( amongst other objects , ) " for the relief , " maintenance , and endowment of the members , their husbands , wives , chil" dren , and kindred ; " " and for the frugal investment of the savings of the " members , for better enabling them to purchase food , firing , clothes , or other " necessariesor the tools or implements of their trade or calling , or to

      pro-, " vide for the education of their children or kindred , provided ( amongst other "things ) that the shares in any such investment should not be transfer" able ; " and whereas various associations of working-men have been formed forth © mutual relief , maintenance , education , and endowment of the members " their husbands , wives , children , or kindred , aud for procuring to them food , lodging , clothing , and other necessaries , by exercising or carrying on in common their respective trades or handicrafts ; and it is expedient to extend the provisions of the said recited act to such associations , ami otiier-• vrisp tn romitoto * h * = « mp TV it . ttxATftfovft enacted by the Queen s most

      excellent Majesty , by and with tlie advice and consent of the Lords bpmtual and Temporal , and Commons , in this present Parliament assembled , and by the authority of the same as follows :- ^ . I . It shall he lawful for any number of persons to establish a society under the provisions of this and the said recited act , for the pm-pose oi raising % Tolnntary subscriptions of the members thereof a fond ior attaining any purpose or object for the time being authorised by the uawsm ft » u , wirn respect to Friendly Societies , or by this Act , by carrying on or exercising in common any labour , trade , or handicraft , or several labours , trades , or Jianaicrafts , except the working of mines , minerals , or quarries beyond the ^ limits of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , and also except the business of bankin | , whether in the said United Kingdom or elsewhcxe , and this Act shaU apply to alt societies already established for any ot the proposes herein ment ioned , so soon as they shall conform to the provisions

      hereof . II . The rales or any such Society shall provide , „ ^ , , 1 st , For allowing payments to be made from time to time to all * emUis of the society in respect of any work or service which they may do o , perform for or on behalf of the same : , „ , „ » 2 nd , Upon what terms and conditions ( if any ) persons not membeis of me society shall he employed for or- on behalf of the same , yet so ttat any p crson-notamemberof the society who seall be employed ior or ¦ on beliait of the same shall receive in respect of any work or service done 01 j > erK » . mva by him on behalf of such society , whether by way of wages or otheiwise at least the same amount or value as if he ^ Yere a member oi the society . •—" »»* name umuimi ui yhiuvj w " *>~ " *«¦ /' rlnfliov ( whetnei

      ... 3 rd , Whether or not any loans shall be contracted with persons members of the society or not ) for the better effecting the purposes theieot , and how such loans and interest thereon ( if any ) shall be w » ured ; yet so that the interest on any such loan shall not exceed the rate of six pounrtsjpei centum per annum , and so that the total amount of monies to to ™ in * on loan by the society at any one time shall not exceed four times the amount of paid-up subscriptions for the time being ; an ' ^ ecto ^ on unto the hands of the trustees or trustee of the society certified by the Kegisfcai ol Friendly Societies , shall be sufficient evidence in that behalf of the amount of paid-up subscriptions . „ .. . „ , „„„ -, „ + * , 4 th , For the receipt of subscript ions from persons , members or the oociety , and for the payment of dividends on such subscriptions at any rats not exceeding five pomnds per centum per annum ; but so that , no dividend shall oe paid to any member of the society out of the capitel of & e same . 5 th . For thP . mmimnfetion from time to time of the nett proceeds of any

      trade , labour , or handicraft exercised or carried oft by the society , alter ° uci parents as heretofore mentioned , . in the first . place to the reoayment o any loans made to the society , or any instalment thereof ; and subject there to , to all or any of the following purposes ; viz to the increase ot thecapital or business of the society ; to such provident purposes , or any of them , as gall l « feJttSSh £ » authorised by the laws " ^ ^^ S £ Friendl y Societies ; to a division or return to or amongst the nembe n . of the society of the profits on or in respect of any purchases made by them iespectiVelv of tile goods or articles made , produced , or sold by the society ; to «* pavment toor amon-st the members of the society , or other such per-• mttSe ^ i ££ S ta wect of any works or services done or performed T ^ E ^ Svely for on behalf of the society , of any part not exceeding one-third of such nett proceeds : „«¦„„ , „ wwiw 6 th , For the anuointment of such managers or other ohicers , whethei ^ mi ^ Jt ^ S ^ Ll ^ s uch sa ar ies , or for such compensation ,, «* with such wmmA authorities , duties and responsibilities , and sub-

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      ject to such conditions , as to removal or otherwise , as shall appear requisite irom time to time for the better carrying out of the objects of the society : ah , For tlie making or confirming of all such contracts as shall be necessary or expedient for the ' purposes of tho society , whicli contracts , when executed or entered into in accordance with the rules of the society , shall be inuouig on all members of the same ; and for the enforcement of the liability oi members in respect of such contracts : + n f , / , V't 1 ^ ** 6 payment by the members , their executors or administratis , ot all subscriptions , debts , fines , or other sums of . money which they may owe to tho society , from time to time , in accordance with the rules thereof : 8 th , For enabling members to withdraw from the society , on notice given tor a period to be fixed by the rules ; and for determining whether and to wnat extent members shall be compelled to discharge their obligations to tlie society before withdrawing from the same , and for otherwise regulating withdrawals :

      lOch , lor regulating the claims ( if any ) of the executors or administrators oi deceased members of the society upon the funds of tlie same , in respect of ii + ii est of tne 5 r respective testators or intestates in the same : llt . i , For keeping account of all the transactions of the society , for the oaiancmg and auditing of such accounts twice at least in every year , and for ttt mspection of accounts by the members : lith , For referring to arbitration all disputes which may arise between uy member of the society and tho trustees , treasurer , manager , committee , 01 ° ™ cei's of the same , or any of them : ' loth , For determining under what conditions of pecuniary loss or otherwise , and by what meetings and how composed , aud by what ' special or other majorities of the members or other persons present at such meetings , the society shall be dissolved ; and whether , and in what cases , and by what means , a single member may summon a meeting fov tlie dissolution of the society ; and for winding up the affiiira of tho society on the dissolution thereof .

      III . The interest of any member in any such society shall not bo trausieraoie , but the whole amount of the balance due to any member shall be paid to lum on withdrawal from the same according to the rules of the society . * Y K" any member in any such society shall become , bankrupt , or shall take the benefit of any act for the relief of insolvent debtors , such member shall ue tasen to have withdrawn from the society on the day of the date of the imng of the petition for adjudication of bankruptcy , or ( in the case of any insolvent debtor ) of the declaracion of insolvency , or the petition for discharge or for a vesting order respectively , as the case may be ; and the assignees of any such bankrupt or insolvent shall have such claim upon tlie society , and no other , as tho bankrupt or insolvent would have had if he h : < d actually withdrawn at the date aforesaid .

      V . If either of the parties to any arbitration whicli shall take place under this Act for the settlement of a dispute shall refuse or neglect to comply with or conform to the decision of the arbitrators or the major part of them , then , in case the sum or value in dispute shall not exceed the limit fixed by law for the time being for any debt or damages claimable in the County Court in England or in the Court of the Assistant Barrister in Ireland respectively ( as the case may be ) , it shall be lawful for the Judge of the County Court or the Assistant Barrister respectively ( as the case may be ) , within whose jurisdiction the society shall be established ov shall carry on business for the time being , upon proof adduced before him to his

      satisfaction of an award having beau mado by the arbitrators according to the rules of the society , to cause the award to be entered as a judgment in his Court ; and such award shall thereupon take effect aud be enforceable in the same manner , to all intents and purposes , as a judgment of such Court in a cause between the same persons as shall be parties to the said reference , except that the same shall be final and without appeal ; but in case the sum or value in dispute shall exceed the limit fixed by law for the time being for any debt or damages claimable in the County Court or the Court of tlie Assistant Barrister respectively , then the same party may , on the application of either party , be made a Rule of any of Her Majesty's Superior Courts at Westminster or at Dublin ( as the case mav be . )

      VI . The Sheriff in Scotland shall within his county have the like jurisdiction as is hereby given to tho Judge of the County Court in any mattei arising under this Act . VII . Notwithstanding anything contained in the laws for the time being in force relating to Friendly Societies , it shall not be incumbent on any treasurer or other officer of any society constituted under the provision of this Act to invest any of the funds of such society in manner provided by the Laws relating to Friendly Societies , nor shall any such society be allowed to invest any portion of such funds with the Commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt . VIII . All the w'ovisions of the laws relating to friendly societies shall

      apply to every society to be constituted under this act , and to every officer and member of such society , and to every proceeding under the act , except so far as any such provision may be expressly varied by this act , or by any rule expressly authorised to be inade by this act , and also except so far as the registrar of Friendly Societies from time to time , by writing under his hand , to be endorsed on the rules of any such society , shall certify that any such provisions is not applicable to such society ; and no such society shall he considered to he within the provisions of an act passed hi the Session of Parliament of the seventh and eighth years of the reign of her present Majesty , intituled " An Act ior the registration , incorporation , and regulation of Joint Stock Companies . "

      IX . No society shall be entitled to the benefit of this act , whereof the rules shall not provide that the amount of the share or interest in the funds of the same to be held at any one time by or in trust for any one member of the same , or any persons claiming hy or through him , otherwise than by way of annuity shall be restricted to a sum to be therein fixed , but which shall not exceed one Ira : irod pounds , exclusively of any annuity ; nor shall any member or other pc ' ^ n be entitled by way of annuity to any interest in the funds of such society 10 an amount exceeding thirty pounds per annum . X . The general statement of the funds and effects of any society or branch constituted under this Act , which by the laws relating to Friendly Societies is provided to bo transmitted to the registrar once in every year , shall exhibit fully the a , » -: cts and liabilities of the society , and shall be prepared and made out within such period and in such form , and shall comprise such particulars , as the registrar shall from time to time require , and shall be filed and preserved 5 a such manner as lie shall direct .

      XI , —Nothing in this or the said recited Act shall be construed to restrict in anywise the liability of the members of any society established under or by virtue of this Act , or claiming the benefit thereof , to the lawful debts and engagements of such society ; provided always , that no person shall be liable for the debts or engagements of any such society after the expiration of two years from his ceasing to be a member of the same . XII . No provision of the Laws relating to Friendly Societies whereby any money due to any such society from any officer of the same , or other person intrusted with tlie keeping of the accounts , or having in his hands any money or effects belonging to any such society , or from tho estate of any such

      officer or person , is made payable in reference to or before any other creditor , shall apply to any society constituted under the . provisions of this Act : and no exemption from Stamp Duties allowed by the Laws relating to Friendly Societies shall apply to any society constituted under the provisions of this Act , except so far as relates to any copy of the rules of such society , and to any other instrument or document whatsoever relating to such society , whicli might have been given , issued , signed , made , or produced under the Laws relating to Friendly Societies , by or on behalf of or respecting a society constituted under the Laws in force relating to such societies , previously to the passing of this Act , and would have been exempt from duty in such

      case . XIII . The words " County Court , " when occurring in this Act shall apply only to County Courts established or holden under the provisions of an Act passed in the tenth year of the reign of Her present Majesty , intituled " An Act for the more easy Recovery of Small Debts and Demands in England , " and the Acts amending the same . XIV . This Act may be cited as the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1852 .

      North London Working Builders' Associati...

      NORTH LONDON WORKING BUILDERS ' ASSOCIATION . The members of tins co-operative industrial association held their annual festival on Saturday last at the Roebuck Tavern , Woodford Wells , when , in addition to the workmen and their wives , a number of gentlemen interested in the success of the association attended , among whom were Messrs . V . Neale , J . M . Ludlow , J . T . Furnival , Louis Blanc , Lloyd Jones , J . Woodin , Walter Cooper , Wm . Newton , Win . Allan , and J . Shorter . An excellent dinner and tea were provided , and

      cricket , trap-ball , running , and leaping , and dancing formed the amusements . It was very gratifying- to see several of the gentlemen participate heartily , and -with an evident sense of enjoyment , in the sports of tlie workmen , and to witness the complete cordiality and good will which prevailed . The arrangements , whicli were excellent , were under the superintendance of Mr . Pickard , the manager of the association , and the festival , whicli brought together so many persons deeply interested in each other ' s welfare , and bound together by feelings of mutual respect and good-will , could not fail to pass off

      pleasantly . After tea , Mr . Walter Cooper addressed the assembly , amounting to 70 persons , and in the course of his remarks , ex

      North London Working Builders' Associati...

      pressed the hope that another year he should not see the working builders holding their festival at Woodford , the working tailors theirs at Annerly , and members of other associations theirs at other places ; but ' that tlie whole of the co-operative associations of tlie metropolis would meet together on one festive occasion , so that the builders , the shoemakers , the printers , and the engineers , with the president and council of promoters at their head , m ::-ht particulate in a dav of common enjoyment . If that was carried out , as he hoped it would be , it would tend to do a groat deal of good and to draw the many dntorcnt trades together in a closer and more friendly relationshin . J

      This idea was so well received that there is but little doubt another year will see it carried into execution . We must not omit to mention that M . Nadaud is a member of tlie association , and is working as a plasterer . He was present at the fete , and appeared to enjoy himself very much . He does not as yet speak English very well , but is fust imnroving . In appearance , notwithstanding that his complexion tells of a sunnier sky , lie is almost as much English as French , and his manly open countenance and strongly built frame impress vou with the notion of a man able to face ' difficulties , and force " his way through them . Nadaud was one of those working men who were elected by his fellows to a scat in the French

      Assembly . In that place the measures he advocated were of a most practical character , and his capabilities for legislation were at least equal to those possessed by the bulk of his fellow members . He was obliged to make his escape from Paris at tho last coup d ' etat , and applied to Louis Blanc to know if there was a chance of his obtaining employment in England . Louis Blanc recommended him to the ¦ Builders' Co-operative Association , with which lie has since worked . The work differs materially from that done in France , but Nadaud is rapidly adapting himself to the English method . It speaks well for a man that when he is surrounded by difficulties , not of his own seeking , he can emerge from them and , throwing aside dreams of power and ambition , devote himself to haul work rather than

      exist upon the help of friends . Let us hope that Nadaud may be atflc , by his industry , to maintain himself in honourable independence here till circumstances shall enable him to be of use in his own country , which , now overrun by despotism and fetes will one day need , and offer a field for the services of her banished sons . Tins Working Builders' Association has been in existence about twelve months , and numbers about forty members , all of whom are in full employment . It is progressing verv satisfactorily and with every prospect of establishing itself permanently . In a few days we hope to be in possession of information which will enable us to give a detailed account of not only this but oi all the metropolitan associations .

      Westsiinsteu.—On Tuesday The 10th, Mr. W...

      Westsiinsteu . —On Tuesday the 10 th , Mr . W . Cooper delivered a lecture to a crowded audience , at the Hall of Progress , Yorkstreet , Westminster , on "Co-operation and its advantages to Working men . " The Lecture was listened to with great attention , and enthusiastically cheered , the audience apparently fully concurring in the recommendation of the Chairman , to study the subject more than they had ever done before . Stijatfokix—On Monday , August 16 th , a Public Meeting was held at Stratford , to promote the establishment of a CV operative Store in that nei g hbourhood . The Chair was takeil by Mr . Bowen , manager of the City Tailors' Association .

      S'lOLTuiRIDGE , WORCESTERSHIRE . —A Co-opcrativo StOVC has just commenced at this town , and we hope will soon be in active operation . ^ Thk business of the Co-operative Bakery , Ciipstone-strcct , Fitzroy- square , for tlie last quarter amounts to £ 350 . Thirsk , Yorkshire . —The Flour Mill Company in this place was commenced in 1847 . They have 838 members with shares of £ 1 each , and for the last two years have paid a dividend of two stone of flour on each share , leaving still a balance to carry forward , after selling flour to members at 2 d . per stone less than to the public . Working Tailors' Association , Weitohxster Road . —This

      Association , is carrying out co-operation in the ricrht wav . bv Association . is carrying out co-operation m the right way , by giving its supportas far as possible to all other co-operative bodies . It has , since its commencement this summer , given orders to the Hatters' Association , Manchester , to tho extent of £ 70 ; Jt lias also sent its orders to the Needle Women ' s and to the Silk Weavers' Associations . We would urge upon engineers and working-men generally , who want cheap clothes and not nasty , to give this establishment , winch is under the management of their enthusiastic friend , -Ml * . Walter Cooper , every possible support .

      Mit. Robert Owen Has Issued An Address I...

      Mit . Robert Owen has issued an address in which ho offers himself as a candidate for the representation of Oldham . Mr . Owen grounds his claims to support on his origination and advocacy of the bill'for tho relief of children and others in Cotton Mills ; on his introduction of Infant Schools , and on his persistent advocacy of a thorough reformation and reconstruction of our social system . Wc arc afraid that the electors of Oldham are not so far advanced as to send the venerable Reformer to the British senate to plead the cause of suffering humanity .

      Tremendous Tuuxoerstopm.—On Tuesday Nigh...

      Tremendous Tuuxoerstopm . —On Tuesday night the metro polls was visited by a terrific storm of thunder and lightening . About 20 minutes befare 12 o'lock , a dreadful clap of thunder burst over the city , so alarming as to arouse those who were asleep , and to cause the greatest consternation among those awake or in the street . The shock over Baatholomew ' s-close was so great that people rushed out of their houses in dismay , each expecting that their neighbour ' s house was down , or that the old church had fallen . The shock was so tremendous that

      the very houses vibrated as though by a shock of earthquake , and to an extent to alter the action of the clocks . There is very little doubt that an aerolite fell in the vicinity of the church , for , as Mrs . Smith , the wife of an artificial fiower-stamp maker , in Cloth-fair , adjoining the church , was closing the window , she was struck back , and was rendered almost senseless by the sulphuric vapour . A Thunderstorm broke over Manchester arid its neighbourhood on Tuesday night , soon after 10 o ' clock , which continued with great violence till near midnight .

      Robber . ? bv a Banker ' s Clerk . —At the Central Criminal Court on Wednesday , Frederick Hoare , a banker ' s clerk , was sentenced to ten years' transportation for robbing his employers . He had plundered the firm of about £ 1 , 000 , which lie had spent in betting and card-playing . Durham City Election . —There is a vigorous contest between the liberals and tories for the seat in the city of Durham ; Mr . Fenwick , of Southill , represents the liberals , Lord Adolphus Vane the tories .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 21, 1852, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_21081852/page/11/