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      Earl Grey's Kaffir Watt. «' This Is Thc ...

      iBhwrtwd catUe , apparently depriving them of X m eans of subsistence . Bnt the result did t folllow ; on the contrary , the consequences 6 rffl as disastrous and fatal as could have 9 cceeacso a defeat instead of a victory . The «? ffirs driven from their mountain retreats , re * d ' themselves over the open country , 9 trV ia < t ruin and desolation wherever they CC 2 ad " e then- appearance , and sweeping off Verity thousand head of fat cattle , in exhauge for the three thousand lean beasts fced by the redoubtable Governor . By l % s l ast mail , we learn that these ravages have c ontinued ever since—that spoliation upon a Hanre scale has been committed , and that in ! rf- I . 1 3 r _ ¦ ll . . _ . ft

      * A a whole of the districts or . British Katfraria tlfjo settlers have had their homesteads utterly f destroyed , and all their moveable possessions ( carr ied away hy the really victorious Kaffirs . Th e colonial papers thus describe the def traction going on in the colony : — Above Graham's-town to the Orange River , a ; Stance of 300 miles , the whole line has been de-! Stated—sheep , cattle , horses , all swept sway or (^ erfroyed ; the whole border being marked by the 1 reins of fired farmhouses , the once happy homes of j j . peaceful , industrious people . Lower Albany , ncih some little exception , had until last week

      i jseaped the ravages . But these " wolves having ] jeen unearthed by the troops in British Kaffraria j Java rnsbed hither , and already we have the dismal j th ings of burning houses aud beggared families . The Colonists at the Cape , alarmed at the { fgreatening and serious aspect of affairs , have ] memorialised the Governor for a system of i liotics , which will at least offer some chance i cf protecting the dwellings and property of j tie white inhabitants ; but his ' Excellency * j taunts them with not having given him the support he demanded at an early stage of the I contest , and persists in conducting it in a way 1 that mates rain certain to those who mainisin allegiance to the British Grown . We have on former occasions shown that

      jliis lamentable , destructive , and expensive warfare , never would have occurred if the cdonists had possessed the power of self-Go-Tffnment . It would have been their interest i to live npon good terms with the natives , I gnd if the limits of the colony tad gra-! < 5 aally extended themselves , it would have I been by mutual consent , and npon terms mni taally advantageous . The policy of the office inDowning-street , and the officials it sends est , is diametrically opposed to this . It is

      esentiallyaggressiveandexterminating . When military Governors , secretaries , and subordinate functionaries are entrusted with the flgsthries of a distant dependency , what is m ore natural than that they should look upon jt as a capital opportunity of distinguishing themselves professionally , and of having a little practice at the cost of John Bull , who they know to he either too apathetic or too i-informed on such matters , to he able to cbeck the items of the bills they send in as the price of these colonial * wild sports V

      And truly this Kaffir hunting is a costly process . It is not long since we cleared off oar last bill , with considerable grumbling , and received assurances it should be the last . Instead of that , we find ourselves involved in mare costly hostilities than ever , with no prospect of their termination . Instead of adjusting , modifying , or repealing the income-tax , we shall have to double it , as the annual cost of iaring Earl Grey in the Colonial Office ,

      fifwbom we may literally say , in the pecuniary jense , 'A man he is to all the country far . ' It remains to be seen whether , when fee day of payment comes , the day of reckoning arrives along with it , and whether even an aristocratic and middle-class Parliament may not be of opiniou , that not even a Gre is sorth the expenditure , and the disgrace incurred by these hostilities with savage races , Yho have at least a right to water , pasturage , and tent-room , in their native land .

      That the war was caused by the measures . ofthe Government , and was , in fact , the ' m-I liable result of the policy which has been as i steadily pursued in South Africa as in Hindostan , there can berno doubt , ' notwithstanding jibe tricks b y which the Parliamentary inquiry cf last session was rendered abortive . Sir Asdbies Stockesstbom , in a pamphlet just issaed , shows that the inquiry was conducted ia such a manner as not only to fail in the disclosure of truth , but absolutely to prevent it . He deliberately and openly accuses Mr . EwTESof conducting ' the investigation in a * ay which precluded the reception of important evidence , and with having mutilated , oppressed , and omitted importantpassages of sndeuce actually given before the Committee , '

      tot " never suffered to meet the public eye . Tiiis is not the first by many a time that a similar charge has been urged against the exj sap-boiler in his official capacity . He has lad so much practice in the congenial duty « " clearing the dirty reputation of ' my noble inend , ' that he must now be quite an adept st falsification . Whether that qualification ' fill be any recommendation to the voters of Uroheth , at the next election , remains to he : ^ n ; we rather suspect that a small nomination borough will be more suitable for such a iborough-paced hack . Sir AUDIOES StoCKiXSTKOM distinctly states that on the second fffasion he was summoned before the Committee , Mr . Hawes interfered and prevented lim from giving evidence on the real question ior which the Committee was appointed . He

      says : — Sir Joshua , Walmsley showed me a stringof quest' 9 ns which he was going to put to me . Host of isem were to the point ; but I bad hardly repeated ^ declaration , that the measures of government had caused the war—that Us injustice to the Tamfekies , particularly the massacre of men , women , vA children , at midnight , in Guada ' s Kraal , living , inspecting , under the protection of our diplomatic agent , had exasperated that tribe against us , spd that documents which ought to have been lefore

      >* ? Committee were m Downing Street—when the Uder-Secretary cleared the room ; and when the jr ' -blic was re-admitted , we found that Sir Joshua ; not allowed to continue his interrogatories , and | t « lt the general question , " Have you any further y + irmtion to give . ? " was substituted . '* * * * simply answered , that there was a greal deal tore to be said , but that that ougiit to be . said on \ ' - spot , Where all parties concerned might be « ard ; and that if this were not done , I was bound ' * declare thc whole inquiry incomplete .

      It was by such discreditable and disgrace-^ l means as those that the British people * ere hoodwinked , and that the Ministry seined time to prosecute a war so disastrous * ' the Colony , so expensive to the tax-1 Jycrs at home , so utterly fruitless of benefi-~ al results to any party . It would appear > kt the Colonial office has resolved upon '^ termination j' and we may ponder with a ^ eli ng of direct interest , the following words fo'W a man who knows what he is writing aliout : —

      All must depend upon how you terminate the war . J iu cannot deal with the Kaffirs either as wolves or *» iambs . They are neither irreclaimable savages f or mild gentle shepherds . They are fierce , war-^ e , barbarians . Vigour is as necessary as justice *> your dealings with them ; and if you allow t hem vj become masters , you must give up tbe colony . iias much I predict with certainty—you must go on ^ minuting , or you must restore the jmver of tht \ ' -fs . You must enact the Uottentot history over ^ Hia , which with the Kaffirs and others will not « so easy a matter ; or you must respect those for 501 a the natives hare a natural aud even a SUpei « 'iitions veneration .

      . * uch is the advice of an experienced and intelli gent person in the face of a grave Ca iainity . What is the course actually pur-Sjed b y Earl Grey ? Let the « Times' of - ^ Wsday answerblaster having succeeded disaster , —confusion , ^ desolation , and ruin being to be seen in every £ * t of the colony , —what then does the noble Secre-, fJ for the Colonies ? JXothing . He looks on in ^ lidered imbecility , and betakes himself , aa tbe ^ Br t y wsmaa informs us this morning , to his * r * t in Northumberland . The lesson read us bv ^ kst Kaffir war has been entirely forgotten . The -- « e and wily character of the foe , which that war » Wade manifest , was supposed to be whollv / foged , and childish antics and ridiculous muniery were thought the proper instruments to em-

      Earl Grey's Kaffir Watt. «' This Is Thc ...

      ploy in order to counteract the machinations of the deadly and vindictive hatred burning in tho breasts of the native tribes by whom the colony is surrounded . Behold the result ! A protracted war , a ruined colony , a disgraced commander , a baffled army , a heavy bill of costs behind all ! Such are the admirable consequences of the unrivalled skill n colonial government of our present Colonial BJoretaryl And let ns add , of depriving our Colonies of n > A . in n . J «« » - i . . . I . _ !• ...,. » . ,

      the power of self-government . If Lord Gbey was driven from office to-morrow with ignominy , the system would remain of which he is the instrument . Belease the Cape—release Australia , New Zealand , and the Canadas from the trammels of Downing-streefc , and we shall then have flourishing , progressive , and prosperous communities , instead of dependencies , peopled hy almost rebellious settlers , and a source of continual expense and dissatisfaction at home .

      Them Ofploy In Order To Counteract The M...

      O ctqbeb 35 , 1851 . THE NORTHERN STAR * 5 I 4 77 ——————— _ . „ _ . ^ a- ^~~—^———— ' " ' ii ilBllTlr ' » —

      Chartism Among The Farmers. If We May Ju...

      CHARTISM AMONG THE FARMERS . If we may judge hy the ioue of some recent meetings in the agricultural disiricts , the farmers have begun to emancipate themselves from political subserviency to the landlords . They see plainly that Disraeli has no remed y for their condition , however his measures may be adapted to the wants of those who live upon rents . They are equally convinced , that in adapting themselves to the altered position of affiairs , the interests ofthe landlords and the tenants will be the reverse of

      identical . It may suit aspirants for office , or ancient and powerful families , that the public expenditure should be large , because the pickings will be plentiful , and the patronage to be exercised in favour of the younger scions abundant . The tax-payer has a very different way of looking at the matter . It is his interest that Government should be carried on as cheaply as possible , and to take care that no man dips a hand into his pockets without giving him an equivalent for what he takes out .

      Tho perception of these truths is causing the farmers already to make speeches terribly like those made at Chartist meetings . At the Bury St Edmunds meeting , speaking of the malt tax , the chairman said , the whole amount received from that tax would be swallowed up hy the Kaffir war , and asked ' if the fanners and labourers of England were to . be oppressed for such purpose as that , or in order to put money into the pockets of sinecurists and foreign potentates like the Kings of Belgium and Hanover , the Dukes of

      bchomberg and Mocklenherg Strelhz , and the palatine of Hesse Homberg V He proceeded to deal with the question of tithes , and the apportionment of church revenues , in a manner which must have produced terror in the minds of the parsons , had there been any present ; and after adverting to the necessity for an equitable tenant-right , representation of the tax-payers at the county hoards , aud other radical measures , he came to the same conclusion as the Chartists— "that the only way to secure them , was to have a bona fide representation of these opinions in Parliament .

      " The majority , " said Mr . "Welch , " of their present magnificent , and intellectual , and clever members of parliament , had their ears scaled to the complaints of the people , but their eyes wide open to their own interests . The laws that they made were like a set of ready made boots and shoes intended for exportation : the makers never condescended to take their measure , or to ask them where they pinched . ( Cheers . ) When they should obtain all these objects—when the bulk of taxation should be shifted from the productive to the unproductive classes—from industry to wealth , then he hoped that the drones would no longer be able to eatupjthehoneyjof the bees , but thatevery man would obtain that justice to which he was fnirly entitled . ( Loud Cheers . )"

      ' These be rare words ' at an agricultural meeting , and prove that pinching necessity is compelling' the occupiers of the land to make common cause with the roas ? es in their resistance to aristocratic plunder and class government . The movement for Suffrage , Reform , and financial Retrenchment , is no longer con . fined to the hard-worked denizens of our crowded towns , or those who live by incessant underpaid toil . , Let the oligarchy look to it . The utterance of such sentiments as those

      we have quoted , in a Town Hall filled to overflowing with tenant farmers , betokens the advent of a new era in the political history of this country ; and if there was any doubt about the meaning of Mr . Welch ' s words , there can be none about those of Mr . Hotjghtou : — He trusted that the day was not far distant when they should measure men not by their family but by their brains , and they must remember that if they were bought they must also be sold , lie was for the upholding of our sovereign and the maintenance of the House of lords in its integrity ; but the House of Commons should be for the people . ( Great cheering and waving of hats . )

      " Bravely spoken , and rightl y received . And yet ia the face of these unmistakeable symptoms of substantial and increasing public opinion in favour of a Radical Reform in our Representative System , a daily * Liberal ' paper , talked this week about Chartism being dead never to vise again ! Chartism has ceased to be a class movement , and has become a national necessity . The absence of noise ,

      declamation , and rant , is a healthy and a hopeful sign of progress . "When the time for action comes , the people will strike with a giant ' s arm and speak in a voice not " to be resisted or gainsaid . If Lord John mistakes the present calm for apathy or indifference , and offers a peddling , pigmy measure , instead of one commensurate with the wants and the intelligence of the nation , he will speedily discover his error .

      The Ministerial Interregnum In France. M...

      THE MINISTERIAL INTERREGNUM IN FRANCE . M , Boa'AFABTE is ' off with the old love , ' but finds it difficult to ' get on with a new . ' We do not wonder at it . His motives for proposing the repeal of the law of May 31 , are so obviously and purely selfish , that not a single sincere Republican could take office to subserve so paltry aud personal a policy . On the other hand , the Parliamentary factions feel—with M . Giuaedin—that the Tbesident has played a strong ca rd against them , and one which is likely to spoil their game . Whatever may be the result of the restoration ol Universal Suffrage to other parties , they caunot gain by it .

      One thing is observable as a novelty , m this last and latest of political changes in France : the profound calm by which it has been accompanied out of doors . In several departments there havo been disturbances ; but these were antecedent , both iu time and motive , to the dismissal of the FatjCHER Cabinet The intelligence of that event had so little effect even on the Bourse , that it only caused a slight fluctuation of ten centimes , or about twopence ou the five per cents , a fluctuation from which the market speedil y recovered . It is clear , therefore , the French people do not think MM . Faucher , Baboche , and Co ., worth twopence , and believe they can get along much better without them - —— - »**•

      a a ..... But this calm at the moment of so sweeping and complete a change in the policy of the Executive is gratifying on another account . It proves that the people are acquiring the art of settling their quarrels by parliamentary and . constitutional ineaus , instead of having recourse to arms for that purpose . The more this sp irit can be cultivated and exercised , the better for the political future of the nation . Every victory won by the people for the

      people will then be permanent in its results , whereas , the triumphs of brute force are always at the mercy of brute force , and may be re-conquered by the same means which won them . The absence of all commotion , tumrjlt , or conflict on this occasion , is to our Jlnind proof conclusi ve that the popular party fully comprehend the part they are called rapo » to p lav in the great straggle of 1852 j p . n < i , that

      The Ministerial Interregnum In France. M...

      should any coup d ' etat be attempted by the reactionary and despotic party , they will take care to place them before the world as the real anarchists , revolutionists , and enemies of order in France . So far the Constitutionalists havegained by thelastmoveof M . Bonaparte ; and we adhere to the opinion expressed last week—that whatever may be the result as respects his own dynastic or personal pretensions , it must , in any case , powerfully tend to the consolidation and development of republican opinion and energy throughout the country . If there . , .. - .

      must ultimately be a renewed struggle between the factions , and the people who have repeatedly fought for bona fide republican institu tions , every occurrence which retards that struggle , and gives time for the masses to educate and prepare themselves for it , must be a benefit . The battle will take place with more chances in favour of the rule of the many instead of the ^ few ; and though some political prophets affect ; to see direful portents in the present and future condition of France , we believe that she is menaced by no dangers

      which cannot be surmounted by her brave and intelligent people , if tbe Absolutist conspirators will but stand out ofthe way , and let them work out their own destiny without interposing physical force or Machiavelian treason in the way of its accomplishment . And even if they do not , they can but delay , not prevent , the consummation . - France will be true to itself , and ail the puny efforts of p lacemen , adventurers , and spies , will be but as dust in the balance , when compared with the determination of its people to achieve self government .

      Arrival Of Kossuth. This Anxiously-Expec...

      ARRIVAL OF KOSSUTH . This anxiously-expected event has at length taken place . On Thursday the illustrious patriot landed at Southampton from the Madrid , amidst such enthusiastic demonstration of popular admiration and affection , as never before greeted any visitor to those shores . The meeting between the ex-Governor and his compatriots who have been resident in this country was deeply affecting . Exile , hardship , and captivity , had endeared them still more to each other , and

      rendered more sacred the cause for which they had mutuall y struggled . The speeches of Kossuth , spoken under the extraordinary and difficult circumstances in which he was placed , fully sustain his great reputation and the possession of a commanding intellect . We have not space to say more in connexion with the subject this week , than that the thanks of everylover of constitutional liberty are due to Mr . Andrews , the Liberal Mayor of Southampton , for tbe admirable and spirited manner in whicb , on this occasion , lie has acted as the representative of the British nation .

      National Land Company. It Will Be Seen B...

      NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . It will be seen by reference to an important advertisement in our present number , that the Master in Chancery has finally appointed Mr . Goodcbap , as Official Manager , and that that gentleman has commenced his arduous and onerous duties . We commend this advertisement to the careful attention of all parties nterested , and shall have some remarks on the subject in our next .

      National Association Of United Trades. T...

      NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES . T . S . Duscombe , Esq ., M . P . President , " FIAT JOSTITIA . " "If it were possible for the working classes , by combining among themsulvea , to raise , or keep up the general rate of wages , it need hardly be said that this would boa thing not to be punished , but to be welcomed and rejoiced at . " Stoakt Muvi ; . The Committee of the Association have been prevented , by the pressure of the important duties devolved upon them in connexion with the late prosecutions , from continuing their usual weekly reports with their wonted punctuality . They , however , avail themselves of an opportunity of presenting their members with a condensed summary of their late

      proceedings . The most important case immediately arising from the operations of the Association , is that of the Walsall Brown Saddlers . The facts ofthe case are simply these ;—The manufacture of brown saddles is a staple in Walsall and Birmingham , two towns eight miles from each other . The employers in either town dispose of their goods in the same markets , and upon every principle of sound reasoning and common sense , they should pay the same

      price for their labour . But Walsall has hitherto been in some respects to the Saddle trade what Wolverhampton has been to the Tin-plate workers , Preston to the Cotton trades—notorious for low wages . The Birmingham masters have long felt and complained of the injustice done to them b y this state of things , and required , at the hands of their men , an effort to remedy the evil , or to submit to a reduction of their wages to the Walsall standard . The men in both towns were

      disorganised , and , in consequence , incompetent to grapple with the difficulty . They at length agreed to connect themselves with the National Association , and , when duly qualified , invoking its influence in rescuing them from their dangerous position . When appealed to , the Central Committee sanctioned certain resolutions Come to by a committee organised for both towns to equalise their wages , to which the assent of the masters of Walsall

      should be invited . This reasonable request was , almost as a matter of course , rejected by the employers , who were , each of them served with a month ' s notice ; at the expiration of which the book price would be required hr all work . This notice having terminated , and the employers having refused the men's terms , they left as they finished up their work , according to the usual custom , and are supported from the funds of the Association . One of the men who had left , owing his employer an unpaid balance of a loan of money advanced to him , was arrested upon a warrant for neglect of work and breach of contract . The young man was taken out of his bed a few minutes before

      twelve o ' clock of the evening of Saturday , the 11 th inst ., and locked up for the remainder of that night until Sunday morning , in the cell of the station-house . There is reason to believe that the employers of Walsall were sti muiated to resist the just requirements of their men hy the notion that the National Association were placed hors de combat by the most valiant (?) Perry of Wolverhampton . We beg to assure that immaculate personage , and those who think with him , that the Association has been immensely strengthened by his persecutions , and that should he succeed in accomp lishing the imprisonment of the whole of its present committee , not the slightest interruption would be caused to its

      progress . Mr . Green , after attending to the Walsall case , proceeded to Westmoreland , where a case of difficulty existed among theBobbin-turners , who are suffering from the double infliction of an influx of cheap , unregulated labour , and mproved machinery . Such cases present unusual difficulties to those who present themselves in the character of mediators * The conflicting interests of capital and labour become dafty more apparent and difficult of

      adjustment upon any equitable or satisfactory basis . In such cases we have no faith in strikes—they cannot remove a feather ' s weight of tbe injuries inflicted upon working men by tho monopoly of machinery in the hands of capitalists . The only effective remedy is for the working men to possess themselves of this machinery by co-operative arrangements , and blend in their Trades' Unions the double characters of ^ capitalists and workmen . And let us remind our members that , although from a variety of circumsta » ces , t his great principle is for a time in abeyance

      National Association Of United Trades. T...

      H still forms the most valuable , because the most useful feature of our movement . It is the 1 want of intelligence and unanimity ot the working classes , which alone prevents rable ? efof ° ' 13 aild raan > other "esi-„„^ i u 8 kfew week 8 Mr - Humphries has been ffo ? Sna ^ fi ? - ,, pf ? u L tribntioM t 0 tbe De " Z t £ ff J ° B thl \ ? ' he ba 3 successfully visited 8 ^ iX * K ° B ? lstol « and w aw supplying Mr . Green s absence m Birmingham and itiI neighbourp « i " m- attended-in conjunction with Mr . L W Metin 8 jil 1 Coventry , of the Ribbon miJJnf nStT of the Gun : iock For « cr 3 aDd f St . ? K W ? BBton ! the Glass-blowers , and Glass-* $£ ™ t T l : ^ awerS , Tin-plate Workers , Sadler * , & c , &<; ., of Birmingham : at each of whi „ h . ... .

      ZZ 1 \ l ° lxXiXT' Pled « in £ assistance to the SSSTi A ' ? ia flV 0 ur * f the principle ot ?? ZTa . Relation , have been unanimously adopted ; with thanks to tho Central Committee , For their determined and uncompromising defence r j ?! " /? , *¦ ? f British industry . We are proud to and that the trades of England and Scotland appear to be fully aroused to tbe imminence of tho danger to whicb they are exposed , by the Stafford verdict , and Judge Erie s version and construction of tho Combination Act , and are evincing a corresponding zeal in defence of their industrial rights . We trust taia newly-awakened spirit will not be oerraitted to

      evaporate , but that they will see and acknowledge the paramount necessity of a National Confederation for the defence of their liberties , and the promotion ot their interests . Sectional and isolated ettorts are unavailing against the machinations and conspiracies of the Pmrys of capital . It is a hydraheaded monster , which nought but union can grapple with . n If this attempted inrasion ' of our rights produces a Labour League , such as Mr . Duncombe advised and invited the working classes to do in 1845 , when a similar attack upon their rights was threatened , and defeated by that patriot's vigilance , wo shall bail this persecution as one of the happiest events in our experience . " If from this nettle , danger , we pluck the flower safety , " the stings received in the gathering may well bo treated with

      indifference . The latest , but not the least important of our operations , is the attempt to bring E . Perry within tho cognizance of the violated laws of his country , for perjuries which he has been charged wit ' h having committed at Stafford . A report of tiie examination before the Wolverhampton Magistrate * will be found in another part of this day ' s paper . Mr .. Huddlostone , with his large experience , never , wc will venture to say , was engaged in a dirtier job . The defence , both in manner and in matter , smacked strongly of the old Bailey—it was bold and unscrupulous . The averments in the information , charged as untrue , were boldly admitted ; and five men produced to swear to their truth .

      We abstain from any comment upon thc evidence produced , except to observe that , although as many as seventeen witnesses of a similar character were in attendance the learned barrister , though accustomed to auch cases and such witnesses , seemed so thoroughly disgusted with his task , that at the end of tbe fifth witness , he closed what we suppose we must call tho defence , and refusing to the prosecution the usual privilege of replying to the magisterial decision . We bow without a murmur ; we have no ground of complaint in that quarter .

      We believe t > iat decision to have been dictated from a high sense of honour and principle . A higher tribunal can alone settle the point . And to that tribunal we shall certainly appeal , with so strong an array of unimpeachable testimony , as shall leave no peg to hang a doubt upon . We have but to add our public testimony to the consummate ability displayed by Mr . Koberfs , in the conducting of our case . Wo owe that gentleman an everlasting debt of gratitude . Wm . Peel , Secretary , 259 , Tottenham-court-road .

      Charge Of Fkrjury Against Mr. Edward Per...

      CHARGE OF FKRJURY AGAINST MR . EDWARD PERRY , TIN-PLATE WORKER . On Friday last at the borough police court a charge of perjury was preferred against Mr . Edward Perry , tin-plate manufacturer , by Mr . Wm . Pee ) , secretary of the National Trades' Association . The case was heard before J . Leigh , Esq .. J . Hartley , Esq ., J . Shaw , Esq ., S . Cartwright , Esq , and J . Underbill , Esq . The room was crowded to excess by a respectable auditory , who evinced the deepest interest in the proceedings . The charge arose out of the evidence given by Mr . E . Perry at the trial for " Conspiracy , " at the last StutFord Assizes . Mr . Roberts of Manchester , commonly known as" The Miners' Attorney-Ceaeral , " appeared for the prosecution , and Mr . Huddleston , barrister , of the Oxford circuit , appeared for the defendant .

      Mr . ItOBEUTS , in opening the case , said that he appeared on behalf of William Peel , to prefer a charge of perjury against Edward Perry , the tinplate manufacturer , of Wolverhampton . In set terms the charge rati thus : — " At a trial at Stafford , in July last , ou an indictment prosecuted by George Henry and Edward Perry , it became material on the part of the prosecution to prove that William Peel was , in July , 1850 , in the neighbourhood of the Star beer public-house , in Wolverhampton , in order to raise thc inference that he was cognisant of a certain handbill placed , during that month , in the window of the Star beerhouse , and that at the said trial Edward Perry falsely swore that the said William Peel was . during the said month of July , going

      in and out ofthe beerhouse aforesaid , with the corrupt intention of causing the said William Peel to be committed on the gams indictment . " With respect to the legal requisite , the materiality of the charge , he should have no difficulty in showing that the evidence given by Mr . Perry was material for convicting Peel ; and with respect to the charge of having given corrupt evidence , he should be able to show—though it was not possible to tell what was passing in a man's heart—that Perry . s attention was repeatedly-called by the counsel for the prosecution , on cross-examination by the counsel for the defendants , and by the learned judge himself , to that portion of his evidence which was charged as false . At first Perry swore that he had seen Peel go in and

      out of the Star beerhouse frequently during the month of July , 1850 , ' at which time a handbill was exhibited in the window . There was no direct evidence that Peel wrote that hadbill , or that he had anvthing to do with it ; but it was alleged that as he was continually in and out ofthe Star beerhouse in that month , he must have seen the handbill , and have been cognisant of the conspiracy . On being pressed , Mr . Perry limited the times _ he had seen Peel enter or leave the house to twice . Without that evidence there was strong reason to believe that Peel would not have been convicted of conspiracy as it was the only evidence which connected him ' with the conspiracy . After a few other observationsMr . Roberts called

      , Wm . Peel , who deposed that he resided at Kenningto ' n , and held tho office of secretary to the National Trades Association , who had their offices at 259 , Tottenham Court Road . In Jul y last he was a defendant in a case of conspiracy , in which Messrs . Richard and George Henry Perry were the prosecutors . Mr . Justice Erie was tho judge , and the case was tried by a special jury . Henry Rowlands , George Duifield , Henry Woodnorth , and others were indicted with him . A placard was produced , similar to tho one ho ( witness ) then held in his hand , and Mr . Perry swore that he saw it in the Star window , and that he saw both Green and Peel frequently go in and out of the Star in the month of July . He also stated that ho ( witness ) lodged at

      the Star . The counsel on both sides and the judse particularly directed Mr , Perry ' s attention to the evidence he was giving , and Mr . Perry pledged his oath that ho ( Peel ) was at the Star in July . Mr . Parry , the counsel , asked Mr . Perry if he was not mistaken , but Mr . Perry answered that he was certain he saw him ( witness ) go in and out of the Star in July . It was not true that he was at the Star beerhouse in Wolverhampton in July , I 80 O ; during the whole of that month lie was tithe * in London ov in Kennington . In his capacity as secretary to the association it was his duty to make entries in a memorandum book ( produced ) , and also in another book ( produced ) , relating to accounts between him and the treasurer of the associatisn . By those books he was enabled , to say that he was not absent

      a day from London or Kennington during the whole month of July , 1850 ,. —Cross-examined ; The handbill produced was his compo .-itionj and the name at the bottom of it , William Poel „ was his name . Copies of the handbills were sent to each body in connexion with tha association . lie had been at the Star beerhouse , to the best of his knowledge , three times—at the end of Apr-il and beginning of May , 1850 , and on the 21 st of October , 18 odk He was not at the Star in August * ISdO . lie attended ike meeting at the theatre in Wolverhampton , in October . He declined to say what he had a week from the association . Wheu at Wolverhampton he stopped at the Seven Staxs . He was at Wolverhampton early in Juno . Ue was at that time in communication with Mr . Perry . It was at the

      period Mr . Perry had saii he was " amusing " him ( witness ) . The witness- here declined to answer several questions upon the ground that , by his so doing , lu & answers might possibly tend to criminate himself , and Mr . Huddlestone next asked him whether an entry in one of the books produced relating to Rowlands , dated 27 th July , waa respecting a letter written to Rowlands or a letter received from him ? This question ' the witness also declined answering . Mr . Huddlostone next said there was no entry in the book from . July 27 to July 30 , aud asked how that was ? Witness replied that there were no letters to receive on the 29 th . —Re-examined : He was in Wolverhampton uptotheoth or 6 th of June j after that time he was not iu Wolverhampton again tUl OotohfiE .. Ifhe

      Charge Of Fkrjury Against Mr. Edward Per...

      hano . ^ 11 was aot exposed in the Star window with his knoWlea ' tO . Mr . Perry complimented him upon the manner In which ho had conducted the negociations he had with him and the men , John Griffiths , a tin-plate worfcer , im next examined . — -He heard Mr . Ferry swear at tho trial at Stafford that he ( Perry ) saw' Peel go in and out of the Star beerhouse in July , 1850 , and this after questions put to him npon the subject by the counsel on both sides , and by the judge . Cross-examined : He was one of the bail ior the defendants in case for conspiracy ; all the defendants , except one were convicted .

      W . Morris , stamper , 'deposed that he was one of the bail for the defendants in the conspiracy case . He heard Mr . Perry swear at the trial at Stafford , that Peel lodged at the Star beerhouse , and that ho had seen him go in and out of the Star . Hbnrt Grkbn deposed that he was a reporter , and that ho was present at tho trial at Stafford . He heard Mr . Perry say that he saw Peel go in and out of the Star beerhouse in July . Edward Humphries was next called , and , he deposed that he was a member of the committee of the association spoken of , and it was his duty to attend

      daily at the office Hi London . He saw Peel at the office in London ewy day in the month of July , except Sundays . The books produced enabled him to swear this . —On cros . s-examination the witness suil adhered to his statement that he saw Peel L L ! , ' ^ P' Sundays , in July , 1830 . The handbills were sent out on the 23 rd of July , and tbe amount of 5 s . 6 d ., entered in the book for thuir postage , including all that were sent to the secretaries of the society in various parts of the country . —Re-examined : No complaint was made respecting Peel ' s absence in July ; a complaint would have been made if he had been absent .

      Charles Havses , keeper ofthe Star beerhouse , deposed that he had been imprisoned twenty-one days for leaving Mr . Perry ' s service . After returning to work Mr . Perry had some conversation with him , and told him if he could get a case against Duffield , Woodnorth , and Gaunt , he would not mind £ 5 or £ 10 , and as to the London delegates , ho would not mind £ 30 or £ 40 if he ( witness ) could bring a case against them . ( Hisses . ) Peel never slept in his house iu 1850 . He ( witness ) was at his work during the day , and could not tell who visited his house in his absence . —Cross-examined : Did not see Peel in the month of July , 1850 . He could not tell who put the handbill in his window . Mr . Peel , recalled , deposed that he , on the 29 th of July , 1850 , was with the treasurer , in Walworthroad , and aftenrards at the office in Tottenhamcourt-road . This closed the prosecutor ' s case .

      Mr . IIuddi . estonk submitted to the . bench whether the case as it stood called for any defence . After some deliberation , the magistrates decided to hear the defence . Mr . Huddlkstosb then addressed the court on behalf of the defendant . He was , he must say , in the outset , not surprised to find that Mr . Perry had to meet from time to time with annoyances from the party whom he had been compelled to make an example of-a party who had been tried by a patient juiige and jury , and after four days' heaving convicted of conspiracy . After allowing some months to elapse this charge was made upon the eve of the conspirators being brought up for judgment , and there could be no doubt that in the event proving favourable to them it was intended to make use

      of it in moving for an arrest of judgment . When the defendants put in their affidavits , ho would take care that proper use should also be made of what had come out that day . It was material to the issue to prove that the placard in question had been exposed iu the Star window , and of this there could be no doubt . The Star waa the acknowledged rendezvous of the delegates ; Peel was obc of those delegates , and the placard was doubtless placed in the window with his knowledge . But the question did not so much vest upon the facs of the hand bill being in tho Star window , as whether Peel was the author of it , and this they had heard him acknowledge . Peel had admitted tho very thing necessary to connect him with tbe conspiracy . It was not the day when the bill was exposed in the window , but who was the author of it , that was material ; and it

      mattered little whether tbe writer waa in London or at the world's end . It was , however , not very clear that Peel did not see the bill in the window in July , as it was very possible for him in these days of rapid locomotion to pay » visit to Wolverhampton and back again in London in a very short time . There was do doubt that Peel was a man of great ability , and could so order his proceedings as to make entries on a certain day , putting the dates to suit his purpose . The learned counsel contended that it was ridiculous to suppose that Mr . Perry had wilfully stated that whicb he believed to be false . He asked them to contrast the position of Mr . Perry , who had borne a respectable character in that town , with that of Peel , a convicted conspirator , and anxious to escape the punishment due for his offence , and then say whose testimony was worthy of the greatest credit .

      Mr . Huddlestone called Duscan M'Naughios : He deposed that he understood that Peel lodged at the Star , and he told Mr , Perry that he lodged there . At the end of July or the beginning of August lie saw a handbill similar to that produced , in thc Star window ; he also saw it there several weeks after that . He h ; i uo recollection of seeing Peel near the Star . Mr . George IIenrv Perry deposed that he had seen a similar bill to the one produced in the Star window , and at the same time that the bill was

      exhibited in the window ho saw Peel there . He believed it was at the end of July or the beginning of August . —On cross-examination he stated that he could not swear positively that he saw Peel at the Star , either in July , August , September , October , November , or December , 1850 . —Re-examined : He saw Peel there whilst the handbill was in the window , about the mouth of August . He could that he saw Peel at the Star sevcraltimes afterswear June , 1850 , but he could not swear to auy parties l . ir month .

      Wm . Willums , clerk in Mr . Perry ' s employ , said , tha the saw Peel in Wolverhampton in July , 1850 . He was certain of it , because it was stock taking week , which was always the first week in July , and Peel and Green came to the warehouse about ten o ' clock in the morning of about the third day in that week . He had seen a similar bill to that produced in the Star and Swan windows , but he could not say that he saw Peel there whilst they were thus publicly exhibited . On cross-examination ho firmly persisted that he saw Peel at the warehouse in the first week in July , but he did not remember the precise day . He came with Mr . Green between nine and ten o ' clock in the morning . He might possibly be mistaken .

      Wm . Turner deposed that he went into Mr . Pewy ' s service on the 22 nd of July , 1850 ; he lodged at that time in Haynes ' s house , the Star , and for a week or fortnight afterwards . He had seen Peel , Winters , and Green at the Star , Winters and Green lodged at tho Star . He had seen Peel writing in the kitchen , but could not say on what day or month . He remembered seeing Rowlands with some printed papers , and he gave him some to take to Birmingham ,- they were similar to the handbill produced . — Cross-examined : During the time he lodged at the Star , which was from the 22 nd 3 uly till the 3 rd August , he did not see Peel ad the Star .

      Alfred Eastjiope examined . —Said he remembered seeing Peel at the Seven Stars during tho time of the Wolverhampton races in 1 S 50 , which took place on thc l , 2 ch August . He was certain it was Z ' eel , because ho had known him before . He remarked at the time that it was some months since he had seen him . —On cross-examination , which was continued for some time , the witness adhered to bis statement , giving satisfactory reasons for bis belief that he saw Peel . m the Seven Stars in August , 1 S 50 . 11 . Summerfield , in the employ of Mr . tfosida , deposed that he saw Peel twice in the month of July , once in Cock-street and the other time at the Scar . —On cross-examination , the witness said lie was a tin-plate worker , at prsscut in Mr . Perry ' s employ . The witness was closely questioned by Mr . Roberts , but his testimony was unshaken . Tliis closed the defendant's case .

      Mr . Roberts claimed a ught of reply , but Mr . Huddlestone objected , and Mr . Leigh said the practice of the court was not to allow a reply to the complaisant , and that the rule must be adhered to . The magistrates having consulted tor a short time , Mr . Leigh said that , apart from the question whether the defendant , as a man of reputed honour and veracity , would wilfully depose to what was not true , a doubt existed in the minds of some 0 $ the magistrates , after the conflicting testimony given before them , as to the main fact in dispute * whether in a certain month in last year Mr . Peel had or had not been seen in Wolverhampton . The evidence was contradict ory . Upon this evidence ,, ana without en * tering upon the other point in the case submitted to them , the magistrates thought it was their duty to decline to commit . The decision , however , would not debar Mr . Roberts from proceeding by indictment . The case occupied the attention of the bench upwards of four hours .

      Peel Verm Perry. [From The Wolverhampton...

      PEEL verm PERRY . [ From the Wolverhampton Herald . ] A report of this case will be found iu another column . On reviewing the whole of the evidence , which is remarkably conflicting , we think the magistrates gave the only ^ possible decision , under the circumstances . Mr . Perry may or may not have been guilty of perjury , but we will defy any man or any number of men to decide the question upon the contradictory evidence of the witnesses examined One thing , however , we gain from tho report , and that is , that , notwithstanding tho defendant has received , at least for the present , au acquittal on the

      Peel Verm Perry. [From The Wolverhampton...

      charge of perjury ti 9 Ju , " * added notlnn £ to his re P " tation by the facts ditto * ™ toe ^ nal . It is unnecessary for us to analyse the ^' " t 0 indicate f ¦«"«¦» but sSrexSliig , Tdfi leave the reader to examine the' efluW , . " d dTOW conclusions for himself . indict . Sn ? W n CTe fa 8 tron S VrtMottkf flf iW inaiccment of Mr . Perry , on theTcharfftf of nevinrtf by the secretary of the Xutionl Trades' ffiKJ ' in another court 5 but should be , 3 ? to Tear thai the intention was abandoned , as without stronger ov dence the chances are as ten to one thatit-sould only be incurring a useless expense and fosterijw a feeling of animosity , which may in time , if allowed to remain undisturbed , smoulder quietly away .

      Wolverhampton Conspiracy Casemanchester ...

      WOLVERHAMPTON CONSPIRACY CASEMANCHESTER DEFENCE COMMITTEE . Let Labour have its due , my lob shall he , From chilling want , and bitter murmuring free ; Let Labour have its due , then peace is mine , And never , never shall my heart repine .

      Fellow Covntaymex and Fellow Toilers , — The next important movement for justice to your class will be made early in old coughing foggy November . See to it ; that no tog stands between U 3 and justice in the Court of Queen's Bench ; and that no cough , be it ever so losg standing , shall drown the voice of truth on that auspicious day . The Tin-plate Worker ' s Case will not only decide that hanging over the heads of the iron trades , but the legality of every Trades' Union in the Queendom .

      it is a national battle ; and in our success every trade , large or small , will be benefited ; and , therefore , every trade is in duty bound toterform its part . And shame , burning shame , be upon the cowardly waven soul who would shirk the active part that interest and the dignity of labours rights have assigned him . The battle shall he fought , whatever be the issue at the Queen ' s Bench . The battle shall be fought manfully , bravely , end determinedly , . The battle will be fought , and even if lost perhapj it will be money and time well expended , for it will open the eyes of the trades to the unprotected position they stand in , with regard to Jaw . If lost in November , it will only help us to win with greater ease in May ; for if the laws give us no protection now , they must be abolished , and new laws made .

      We must all become Radicals or Parliamentary Reformers . We must raise such a clangour in the country as shall compel the Ministry either to resign or give 11 s the suffrage ; and if we cannot then get laws made to protect our labour from the tyranny of capital , why , then , we deserve to be slaves all our lives . The struggle , in reality , is not with the Pcrrys , The point at issue is a principle ( and one so important that tbe liberty and lives of millions bang upon it . In plain words , shall the labourer live by his skill or shall he be starved like a rat , and crushed beneath the iron heel of the capitalist ? It is a principle of slavery or freedom—life or deathaftd as such commends itself to the novice and support of all who live by labour .

      , It is gratifying to us to know that Lancashire has done its part towards giving support to this case ; and Manchester , particularly , has kept its old character for generosity and love of liberty . It is only those who have been engaged in canvassing the trades that can form a perfect idea at the unanimity and oneness of opinion and sympathy that runs through all trades , and oi the perfect state of organisation that this case of the Tin-plate Workers has brought about . Let no one suppose things are as they were twenty years ago , wheu each trade only knew its fellow by reading , as we know—how about tbe South Sea Islanders ?

      Our friends , as well as our foes , must now leara that , should imminent danger to our order threaten us , the sun shall not have set twice ere we can assemble representatives of more than one hundred trades in this town to consult anil act for the best interests of our common rights . We have to thank the Perrys tor this . In conclusion we , the Manchester Defence Committee , along with the Committee in London , require the trades of England and Scotland to do their duty in subscribing to the defence of the Tin-plate Workers' Conspiracy Case , avid that without delay , as the case will be tried in the Court of Queen's Bench on the 4 th of November ; so if the British workman would have justice let him win it and wear it . Yours , in behalf of the Manchester Committee , J Goulden , President . t T . DiCKENsorr , Secretary .

      Strike At The Great Northern Bajlway. A ...

      STRIKE AT THE GREAT NORTHERN BAJLWAY . A strike which will , in all probability , for a time suspend the progress of thc works now being carried on with a view to the formation of the permanent station of tho . Great Northern Railway , at Killg ' s-croSS , took place on Friday . It appears that the men who have struck amount to between three and four hundred cai-penters , bricklayers , and labourers , in the employ of Messrs , Jay and Co ., tho eon tractors for works on tho Great Northern line and its terminus , and that the dispute upon which it has arisen is in reference to the stoppage by the contractors of an hour and a half time on Saturday afternoons , it being the rule

      ol the trade that the workmen shall leave off at four o'clock at this period of the year on Saturdays , instead of half-past five . The disagreement on this point between Air . Jay and his men has been going on for some weeks past , and on Friday afternoon the men held a meeting at the Duke of York Tavern , in Maiden-lane , and passed a resolution to submit to the deduction of the hour and a half no longer , and a deputation having been appointed to wait upon the contractors , the result of the ininterview was deemed so unsatisfactory that immediately after it was resolved to strike , and , ia pursuance of the resolution , a placard was issued , of which the following is a copy , and posted on the walls , and circulated in the shops throughout the entire neighbourhood in great profusion : — " NOTICE . —TO OOK FELLOW WORKMEN . —GREAS

      NORTHERN RAILWAY , KINO 3 CROSS . " Whereas , in consequence of tho disagreement between the workmen ( bricklayers , carpenters , and labourers ) , employed on the above works and their employers , in consequence of the stoppage of tho hour and a half on Saturday , afternoon , they have been compelled to cease work until tho disagreement is settled . —Friday , Oct . 17 , 1 S 51 . " ' On instituting inquiry as to the details in connexion with the strike , our reporter was informed that it is the rule in the trade to consider , at tho present season of the year , ten hours a- day a day's work , and that tho hour and a half less than that amount of hours is allowed them on a Saturday by the employers , unless the workmen lose time by

      means of their own neglect ; but if they lose time through unavoidable circumstances , such as wefc weather , & c , it is always allowed . It is stated that Messrs . Jiiy and Co . are tho only firm who repudiate this system 1 and if a man loses two hours and a half per diem from any cause ,, then they compel him to forfeit the advantage of payniant for tho hour and a half oa . S & tuvdays , Tula th ® men consider a very great hardship , and . Wednesday last being a thorough wet day , caused them to lose a vast amount of time , and to entail on them a consequent fovi ' eituse ( in accordance with Messrs . Jnys ' rule ) of the payment of the hour asd a half on

      Saturday , and which rule , it appears , on application , they refused to relinquish . Another ground of complaint which the men make is this—they say that it is the practice of the trade- to pay men ou . the works , and it is carried out even on the terminus of ta © Great Northern Railway with regard ; to themasoas ; but , although in the event of tho loss of Urns above described , the men are docked the hour and half on yio Saturday , they state thai all the carpenters , builders , and labourers have , to walk from tho works , to the offices of the Messrs . Jay , ia Macclesfield-street , City-road , for . payment of theis wages .

      Thei men held another meeting on Saturday )( and again sent a deputation to treat with Messrs . Jay upon the point ; tho onl y terras , howev 9 r , | ihe contraotorawould make with tho men , were that they should not be permitted , under any cireumstaucesj to lose more than ten hours per week . If tho loss of time in each should not exceed teri hours , then they should be entitled to the hour and half on Saturday , but in every case where the ten hours were exceeded—or , in other words , that a man did not make a Clear live days a week , then ha should forfeit the hour and a half on Saturday The havo refused to

      men accede to this proposal , SSl l eatau ^ V » P « 3 ent moment . There can be no question that this unfortunate e ^ ent will result in grea t inconvenience and loss to the contractors , who were bound down by the company m heavy penalties , to havo the permanent terminus of the Great Northern Railway complete aua nt for occupation in eighteen months from the time of making the contract , which expires about April or May next . —Sunday Settlement of tub ing the delegates waited terms respecting the made by Mr . Jay to refused , and the men returned another message agree to the terms they turned to work on

      Paper. Strike.—On Monday Mornupon Mr. Ty...

      Paper . Strike . —On Monday mornupon Mr . tyit ^ f ^ N ® strike , when /*& . ? £ *? M * l pay an e ^ r / ltewhtchwat left . ShorWy . afwrfMr , Jay totho-men , - that . he woum proposed- ; and the men re « Tuesday morfliing . IUHUUV J . UJJGJ . , _ Strike . —On Monday morned upon Mr . J # f- ^ J ^ Nf £ strike , * h « 59 : 9 £ & W \ ay an eWltewhich . wtt * ^ £ left . ShorWy . afwr ; Mr , Jay ^ sa ge to t ho ^ men , - that he would ¦» ^ ey proposed- ;; and the men re * «•« ? sd » y mor $ n | f . - ?* % ?

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 25, 1851, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_25101851/page/5/