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    • THE NORTHERN STAB SATURDAY, UECEMBBK 28, 1850.
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      3 ) TJ BARRFS HEALTH RESTORING FOOD THE REVALESTA ARABICA . C AUTION . —The most disgusting and injurious compounds oeiog sold by unscrupulous speculators upon the credulity of tbe Public , under close imitation of the name of DU BARRY'S REVALESTA . ARABICA FOOD , or wtih » pretence of being similar to that delicious and invaluable remedy for Indigestion , Constipation . Nerrons . Bilious , and IAver Complaints , Messrs . DU BARRY aud Co . caution Invalids against these barefaced -attempts at imposture . There is nothing in the whole ,- ; getau '« kingdom that can legitimately be called sum—» to Ju Barry ' s Kevalenta Arabica , a plant which is cultivated frj Da Barry aud Co . on their estates alone , and for the preparation and pulverisation of which their own Patent Machinery alone is adapted . Let Corn Chandlers seU their pease , beans , lentil , and other meals under their proper names , and not trifle with the health of rnvaiidsand Infants , for whom DU BARRY'S REVALESTA ARABICA alone is adapted . _ „ London

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      have not had any sickness at the stomach since I commenced your Food , _ *• I Km *&! gentemen , yours very truly , < RivJ ThomI" Mussteb , of Farnley Tyas , Yorkshire . -S ^ Saviour's , Leeds , December 9 th . 1847 . Gentlemen , —I « = » ^ PPy to to able " > mform J " ' that the person for whom the former quantity was procured , has derived very great benefit from its use ; distressing evmptoms of long standing have been removed , and a feeling of restored health induced . Having witnessed the beneficial effects in the above-mentioned ease , I can with confidence recommend it ; and shall have much pleasure in so doing whenever an opportunity offers , & c . I am , gentlemen , very truly yours , James Shobland , late Surgeon 90 th Regt , 3 , Sydney-terrace , Reading , Berks , December

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      pANTERBURY versus ROME , yJ AND CHRISTIANITY- LV RELATION TO BOTH . In accordance with a desire generally expressed , ERNEST JONES will repeat the two lectures on the above subject at THE NATIONAL SCHOOL-ROOMS , COWPERSTREET , CITY-ROAD , * On Monday , January the 6 th , and On 'Wednesday , January the 15 th , 1851 . Admission : —Hall , Id . ; Platform , 3 d . To commence at eight o ' clock precisely .

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      T'HE LONBION CO-OPERATIVE X STORES are , How opened at 76 , Charlotte Street , Fitzbot Squabe , In connexion with the Society for Promoting Working Men's Associations . 1 . —Object of the Stores . To enable members of the above-named Association , and other persons who may desire it , to obtain articles , of daily use perfectly free from adulteration , of the best quality , and the lowest charge , after defraying the necessary expense of management ; distribution , and providing for a reserve fund . Co-operative stores have been established with much success iu different parts of the kingdom . The benefit to the subscribers may be judged of from the fact that the subscribers to the Pioneer Store in Rochdale , divided in the last year £ 300 afterpayment of aU expenses , although the goods were charged considerably below the ordinary price . 2 . —Operations of the Stokes . Wherever practicable , orders will be taken at the houses of customers , aud goods will in all cases be promptly and carefully delivered .

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      SELF-KNOWLEDGE . —CHARACTER BY GRAPHIOLOGY . THE SECRET ART OF DISCOVERING the true Character of Individuals from the peculiarities of their Handwriting has long been practised by MISS EMILY DEAN with astouishing success . Her startling delineations of character are both full and detailed , occupying the four pages of a sheet of letter-paper , the style of description differing from anything yet attempted . AU persons wishing to' know themselves' or their friends , by means of this extraordinary and interesting science , must send a specimen of their writing , stating sex and age , or suppossd age , of the writer , to Miss Emily Dean , Grapbiologist , 48 , Liverpool-street , Argyle-square , London ( enclosing fifteen uncut postage-stamps ) , and they will receive in a few days a written description of the mental and moral qualities , talents , tastes , affections , virtues , failings , & c „ of the writer , with many other things hitherto unsuspected . Mesmeric and Clairvoyant Consultations daily from Ten till Twelve in the morning .

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      'Liberty—Equality—Fraternity . ' " , EARLY NEXT FEBRUARY WILL BE PUBLISHED The First Number of 'THE P E 0 P L E . * 'We'll strnggls on til ! all be won the good God has designed , The Empire of the People—the Monarchy of Mind . ' A NEWSPAPER established hy private individuals is manifestly inadequate to the attainment of any great National object ' It is , ' says a distinguished Irish writer , 'in many particulars defective , in many others injurious , and in some dangerous , unsafe , and untrustworthy ; it may be bought or bartered ; it may be traded with and trafficked on ; it may he corrupted , conquered , or intimidated , and offers no guarantee for firmness , independence , or honesty . ' ' —Influenced by these considerations , a number of Irishmen—deeply interested in the welfare of their Native Land—have resolved on the establishment of a National Weekly Journal , which , founded by the People , will be alone responsible to them , and wiU have for its immediate aim and object the uncompromising advocacy of their rights—their interests and their liberty .

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      Politics : The world a republic . Religion : To do aU the good possible . &' . CAVILL , Democratic Temperance Hotel 33 , Queen-street , Sheffield , TOBACCONIST AND GEHETIM STATIOJOSB , Agent for the 'Northern Star , ' and other Cheap Publications , Begs to announce that the above extensive premises have been refitted with a plentiful supply of good b . eds . Those friends who visit this town will meet with ample accommodation on the most reasonable terms . N . B . —Chops , steaks , aud all kinds of Temperance Beverages always on hand . Public News Room up the Passage .

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      On the 1 st of January , Price Sixpence , No . 1 of a New Monthly Journal , THE ENGLISH REPUBLIC : An endeavour to explain Republican Principles ; to record Republican Progress ; and to establish a Republican Party in England . _ Edited by W . J . Linton . J . Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row .

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      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand . THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE hereby announce the following meetings : — On Sunday Evening next at the Kock Tavern , Lissongvove—Princess Royal , Circus-street , Marylebone—King and Queen , Foley-street , Portland-place—Bricklayers ' Anns , Tonbridge-street , New-road—Crown and Anchor , Cheshire-street , Waterloo Town—Globe and Friends , Morgan-street , Commerclalroad-east—and New Eastern Literary and Scientific Institution , Morpeth-street , Greenstreet , Bethnal Green . On the same evening the late Whittington and Cat Locality will meet in the large room at the Woodman Tavern ,

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      FKATERNAL FESTIVAL , OX NEW YEAR'S EVE , DECEMBER 3 lsT , 1850

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      WB 3 T-RID 1 NG DELEGATE MEETING . NOTICE . A WEST-RIDINGr DELEGATE MEETxX ING will be held on Sunday , the 5 th of January , 1851 , at Nicholl ' s Temperance Hotel , Broad-street , Halifax ; to commence at Ten o ' clock in the forenoon . The causes of the present differences which exist in our ranks , and the best means of removing them , together with other business , will be brought before the meeting . . The following , and every other place in the Rifling where an association exists , are requested to send delegates : — Leeds , Dewsbury , Heckmondwike , Cleckeatou , Battley , Birstal , Huddersfield , Holmfirth , Honley , * Kirkheaton , Sheffield , Barnsley , Bradford , Wilsden , Bingley , Keighley , Halifax , Warley , Mixenden , Wheatley , Midgely , Etland , Hebden Bridge , and Todmorden . By order , C . Shackletos , West Riding Sscretary . * This place , by a typographical error in the report of the last delegate meeting , was spelt ifariley instead ot Henley , which circumstance , it appears , has given rise to some dispute . Honley is an ancient and populous village , betwixt Huddersfield and Holmfirth .

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      TVESTON BRANCH OF THE NA-1 TIONAL LAND COMPANY . Notice is hereby given , that a meeting wUl be held at Berry Edge , in the house of Mr . Summersons , Inn keeper , on the 4 th of January , at seven o ' clock in the evening , with a view to raise money for winding-up the Land Company .

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      TO TAILORS . By approbation of Her Majesty , Queen Victoria , and H . R . H . Prince Albert . NOW READY , THE LONDON and FARIS FASHIONS for AUTUMN and WINTER 1850-1 , the mostsplendid and superbly-coloured PRINT ever before published by Messrs . Benjamin READ and Co .. , Hart-street , Bloomsbury-square , London ; and by G . BERGER , Holywell-street , Strand . This exquisitely engraved Print will be accompanied with Riding , Dress , Frock and Shooting Coat Patterns , allef tbe newest and most fashionable style , and every part fully Ulustrated both for Cutting and Making-up . Also the registered Cape and Cloak Paletot for persous of all nations , the most convenient garment ever before introduced , and will admit of great variety in cutting and making-up : every particular explained . Registered according to act of parUament by Read and Co ., 28 ih August , 1850 . AU persons purchasing the Fashions are at liberty to make and sell the same ; aud all other persons not purchasing the Fashions , by sending 3 s . for the Pattern

      Akxi'papaz. Fbbiing In Fbancb.—At A Recant Meeting, Mr. Ashurat, The Solicitor, Said There Was

      Akxi'Papaz . Fbbiing in Fbancb . —At a recant meeting , Mr . Ashurat , the solicitor , said there was

      He Believed, A Great Anxiety On The Part...

      he believed , a great anxiety on the part of Frenchmen generally to marry English ladies . And why ? Because females in France were so much under the influence of the Roman Catholic priesthood . In a recent letter his daughter had informed him , that at a . party-at which she bad lately been present of ejg ht Frenchmen who were there , eeraaJad iCug ' lish WlTWt

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      LETTERS TO THE HIERARCHIES , By Robbm Owm Also to Richard Cobden , Esq ., M . P . I ; with observations on the means to well-place , well-empldy , end wftll-ecliiotte the population ; and other interesting matter , in ROBEEt ¦ ¦•" OirHrS JOBBJAL , , No . 7 and 8 . No . 9 contains LETTERS TO THE CHARTISTS , AND TO THE CABINET MINISTERS . Published weekly by Clayton , 285 , Strand ; and Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster Row . Price , Id ., and in Monthly Parts .

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      ENLARGEMENT OF THE NATIONAL INSTRUCTOR Tho First Number of the New Series OF " THE NATIONAL INSTRUCTOR , " Will be published on January 4 th , 1851 . SIXTEEN LARGE ROYAL OCTAVO PAGE , Price One Jenny . IT 18 THE ADVOCATE OF POLITICAL , SOCIAL , AND INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS , IT CONTAINS A WEEKLY LABOUR RECORD , The Autobiography of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . j Original Articles on Social and Political Questions . Tales ; Reviews : Poetry : Gleanings , & c . . The " National Instructor ¦ " is supplied by all the London Agents for similar publications : or by A . Heywood , Manchester ; W . Love , and G . Adams , Glasgow ; Robinson and Co ., Edinburgh ; J . Sweet , Nottingham ; J . Guest , Birmingham .

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      NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS

      Now Ready For Delivery With The Northern...

      Now ready for delivery with the Northern Star , authentic , highly finished , and beautiful STEEL ENGRAVINGS , UPWARDS OF TWO FEET LONG , Prom the contractors' Fox and Henderson ' s ) own Drawing of the Interior and Exterior of THE CRYSTAL PALACE : OR GREAT BUILDING IN HYDE PARK FOB The Grand Industrial Exhibition of 1851 . No expense has been spared in obtaining a correct and finished Engraving of this

      GIGANTIC UNDERTAKING , And we feel assured our Subscribers will admit , on seeing impressions , that the Plates are only second to the Building itself in their extraordinary novelty and dimensions . Price of Prints 6 d . ; Proofbls . each . Post Office orders for the number required , must be forwarded by the Agents to William Rider , at the Northern Star Office , Great Windmill Street ; or to Mr . Pavey , Holy well-street , Strand ; or they may be obtained through their respective London Booksellers . The usual allowance to the trade .

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      W. B., Shelton, Or Newcastle, Staffordsh...

      W . B ., Shelton , or Newcastle , Staffordshire . —Look over the list for the Honesty Fund in the ' Stab ' of the 14 th inst ., and you will find the 2 s . acknowledged . The post mark was the only information given of your locale—that being Stroud-upon-Trent Why not state where you reside if you require a more explicit acknowledgment ? W . and B . ' may reside anywhere . Tour letter of inquiry does not give the information . We only find that it has passed throueh the Shelton and Newcastle ( Staffordshire ) post-offices . A SciiscsiBER , Bristol—It is right II . Dove , Hawick . —It was a misprint in the last subscription list . 27 arwick instead ' of . Hawick .

      J . Bedwell , Brierley Hill . —The stamps are handed ever to the Directors . Bbsatcm . —The Jsum received last week from Clayton's Foundry , Preston , was 2 s . 0 d ., not 26 a ., as announced in the ' Stab . ' Comonlet We are not responsible for the non-acknowledgment of the 3 s . 8 d . sent to Mr . Clark . J . O . had better write to him . NorriN 6 HAJf .- * Mr . J . Sweetacknowledges the receiptor the following sums ( sent herewith ) : —Fob Honestv Fond . — From Mansfield Woodhouse 4 s—Messrs . Bralby Is—Turner 6 d—North 3 d—J . Towlson la—T . Smith Is—Hasketh Is—Meakln 3 d—Johnson Id—J . Brown 6 d—W . Sheldon ls-J . Walker la—Brown 6 d—Hudson 2 d — By Messrs . M'Donough and Lawson 6 s 8 d ;——Macnamara ' s Action Messrs . J . Wall 6 d—H . Hextall Gd ,

      -Windisg-dp Fcnd . —Messrs . Braley 6 d—J . Towl . son Is—J . Brown Gd—J . Fletcher Is—J . Shepherd Is—J . Burley Is—Joseph Sylvester Is—S . Widdowson Is . From New Radford , for the Honestv Ftf . vDl—Richard Spencer 2 s 6 d—Joseph Barr fid—Thomas Roberts Is—Isaac Brown Is—A Few Friends Hd—John Burton fid-Henry Thornton Cd—James Hawksworth 6 d—Thomas Suffolk , sen ., Cd—Mr . Beswick 6 d—Thomas Suffolk , jun ., Cd—Ann Topbam Is—Emmett O'Connor Stones 4 d —George Fallowel Gd—Ann Bradley Cd—Leonard Lamb 2 d—Mrs . Stones 2 d—Mrs . Crcswell 3 d-Mrs . Cooper 2 d —William Parker Cd—Mrs . Norman Gd—A Friend 2 d—Mr . Hett 2 s Gs . I have to return my sincere thanks to tbe good friends at New Radford , and elsewhere , who have so generously responded to my appeal , and call ........ A .. Ad .. l ^ uf ... i . C ! i .. i ! . a if . rln lil . n *« rica iiur . 1 3 imcilloc

      U | IUU CVUl-J JBTC- UA JU & UUI LV uu . — u _»_ . Sweet . Polish Refugee Fond . —Mr . Hall , Crown and Anchor Is ; A few friends to democracy , per Douglass Snelling lis ; Collected by Bezer after Walter Cooper ' s lecture at the Hall of Science 7 g 2 d ; J . E . M ., City Locality . Coldenlane 4 d . —T . Ferguson , Secretary . The Hungabias Refugees T . Brown's List . —Sister of Mercy Is ; Two Compositors' Is Gd ; Mr . Clinch Is ; Mr . Crocket 3 d ; Mr . Edmonds 3 d ; Noble Gd ; Smith's Workmen 4 s Id ; Kcndrick Id ; Roe Gd ; Welchman Gd ; Mr . Warrener , Highgate Gd ; Kentish Town , per Lunn 2 a Gd ; Beckerton Cd ; Mr . Sherwood 3 d ; Hall of Science , per Mr . Walter Cooper 14 s 5 d ; John-street Coffee-room Ss 8 d ; Eendrick Id . —Any omissions of money , immediate application to be made to T . Brown .

      The Northern Stab Saturday, Uecembbk 28, 1850.

      THE NORTHERN STAB SATURDAY , UECEMBBK 28 , 1850 .

      Would-Be Kail Way Slaveowners. There Is ...

      WOULD-BE KAIL WAY SLAVEOWNERS . There is only one class of workmen in this country who are not entirely under the thumb of the capitalists ; and it is exceedingly instructive to watch the repeated , insidious , and varied attempts that are made to reduce them to the same helpless state of subjection that characterises the condition of all other sections of the industrial population . TheTreceni introduction and continued extension of the

      Railway system has created a demand for engine drivers , which is , as yet , slightly in advance of the supply . It takes time and experience to train men to the performance of the duties which devolve upon those to whom the safety of large numbers of lives , and of large masses of property , are daily committed . Yet we do not find that the engine drivers have , heretofore , availed themselves of the power which this state of things gavo them to force upon railway directorates any unfair or unjust terms . Taking into account the nature of

      their occupation—the risks it entails—the exposure to every variety of weather by night and by day—the inevitably large expenditure for extra clothing , and personal expenses incident to their position , every impartial man will admit , that wages varying from 5 s . 6 d . to 7 s . 6 d . a day are not an exorbitant remuneration . Any coachman , iu the good old times of " four-in-hand , '' would have turned up his noso at such a paltry and beggarly income even on third and fourth-rate roads ; while neither his labour nor his responsibilities could for an instant be compared to those which are

      the habitual lot of the engine driver . Till within the last twelve or fifteen months , however , no complaint was made by any party connected with this department of railway management . The men were content with their wages , the directors with the manner in which , as a body , they performed their duties . I he London and North Western , one of the best managed , most regular , and most safe of all the lines in tho kingdom , was tho first to break in on this good agreement between employers and employed , from which the public benefited so largely . To the steadiness ,

      intelligence , and skill of its engine drivers , that line was largely indebted for its high reputation for safety and punctuality ; and it might have been imagined that , however the price of shares might have temporaril y fallen or fluctuated , the policy of a prudent Board of Director * would have been to leave untouched this right arm of their service . uaroucnea

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      Not so , however . In order to make iip dividends , and to repair , as far as possible , the results of past mismanagement and wasteful expenditure of capital , a crusade against wages was entered upon , which ,, spreading to other lines , has continued almost without intermission ever since . A new- Superintendent was p laced over the Locomotive department of the southern portion of the line , who forthwith showed the nature of the commission entrusted to him by issuing new regulations ; the effect of which , if carried out , would have been , not merely to reduce wages , but to deprive old and experienced drivers of those superior situations to which , as a reward for continuous and faith * ful service , they had formerly been entitled to _ .

      succeed in rotation . Against so great a change in their position the engine drivers struck , and after a short struggle succeeded in compelling the withdrawal of the : obnoxious alterations . Apparently , however , the design of the Directors , though then defeated , has never been abandoned . It grieves the souls of the capitalists to think that there should exist within the

      confines of our island any body of men who are not helplessly at their mercy , and to whom , under the mockery of wages-freedom , they may dole out such pay , upon whom they can enforce such regulation as they in their pleasure may think proper . This is an offence against the sovereign majesty of Mammon altogether unpardonable . There shall , it appears , with their will ,: be no such dangerous example set to the other slaves who are chained to tbe

      oar in the competitive galley . Nothing short of universal , unconditional , unresisting serfdom to our commercial feudalism , will satisfy the magnates of the system . The existence of an independent class of workmen is an anomaly and an eyesore in it , not to be tolerated , but destroyed , _ t all hazards , by fair means or foul , Foiled on the southern part of the-line , the London and North Western Directors have

      renewed this infamous war upon industry upon the northern portion . But this time , instead of going openly to work , they have resorted to a sneaking , roundabout mode of attaining the object , which is as dastardly as it is despicable . They make ho direct attack upon wages , but they propose that , in future , every man engaged on the lino agree to g ive three months' notice before leaving their service , with the avowed object of preventing any resistance to whatever conditions may in future be imposed on the men—thus bound hand and

      foot by such a nefarious and slavish engagement . True , that for present purposes they abstain from forcing such agreements on those now employed , and disavow all intention to reduce wages ; but we all know what the inevitable consequence must be , even if they did not themselves intimate what they intend to be the ultimate termination of this measure . The agreements , we are naively told , are to be no bar to those who enter into them , leaving for bona

      fide causes , such as getting employment on another line , and so forth , but simply to prevent a general strike . In short , finding that " the law of supply and demand , " about which the capitalists constantly talk , when they have the upper hand , is , in this case , against them , they are trying to evade the consequnnces , by having recourse to " measure * tyrannical in essence , and directly contravening the statute law of the realm .

      Let it never be forgotten that the law does expressly give workmen the power of agreeing among themselves at what price they will sell their labour , and under what general conditions they shall perform that labour . So long as the parties thus agreeing abstain from all intimidation and violence , and keep themselves strictly in a passive attitude , they are exercising an ' uncontested legal right . If looking forward to the obvious and ruinous consequences , of a deliberately-planned attempt to deprive them of this right in the first place , in order to place their class helpless and

      powerless under the power of-. Railway Directorates in future , the engine drivers choose to strike in body , we say they are not only justified by the facts , but empowered by the law in doing so . No man , or body of men have a right , under any pretence whatever , to force others to sign agreements , the plain object of which is to deprive them of existing and legally guaranteed privileges and powers ; yet this is what the North-Western Company is now trying to do , with the ail-but explicitly avowed object of gaining the power of doing what they please with the engine drivers in future .

      It is not to be wondered at , that the men look on this matter with very different eyes from the Directors . We have all heard of the bland invitation to " Duckey , duckey , " to " come and be killed ; " but , however pleasant the process to the killer , it must be anything but that to " duckey . " Yet , because the engine drivers refuse to become voluntary agents to their own degradation and slavery , a torrent

      of abuse has been poured forth on their devoted heads from the venal press , which lives by pandering to the interests and the prejudices of the wealthy classes . From Printing-house Square down to the penny trumpets which nightly squeak in the Strand , we have had a storm of threats , warnings , and objurgations , which could hardly have been exceeded in violence if the engine drivers had been the aggressors , instead of the aggrieved .

      Had the engine drivers in a body united a fortnight before Christmas on all the leading lines in the kingdom , to make a demand for 2 s . 6 d . a day more , and a reduction in the daily mileage they were expected to perform , under threat of a general strike in the event of non compliance with those terms , there might have been some justification for the abuse and the menaces that have been showered down upon them . There might have been then a feasible ground of accusation that they were taking advantage of their position to

      impose unjust conditions on their employers , and to wantonly inflict great and general injury upon the community at large . But no such idea has ever been broached . They have made no movement of an aggressive character . They have been content with their present situations , duties , and remunerations—it is the employers who are the aggressors , and that with the implied and decided , if not avowed , object , of ultimately reducing wages , and utterly destroying all resisting power on the part of this meritorious and valuable body of men in future

      For the men . not to resist such a disgraceful and abominable conspiracy against labouragamst their own . independence and means of subsistence-would be an act of the basest complicity on their part . They would , indeed , then richl y deserve all the indignities that could be heaped upon them , all th ! pinching * , and reduction s , and contumely , to which they might be subjected by those , who , asthe Times openly tells us , are struggling Z uncontrolled « mastery" over them . g in Sif ° ° I ? epress which « ° ow yelping in chorus , and hounding on the Directors if S-VETf - . aUlt u P ° « " engine drivers , diaws fearful pictures of the immense loss or

      n ™ Te « e and mischief that a strike will cause . But who will be to blame for all these rn . sch . evous results ? Not the men . They sunpl y ask that matters shall remain as they aie , and the public make no complaint of the KTJ 8 y em ' If the P uWic ' - *«*«« are injured or inconvenienced , it will not be by the drivers , but by the Directors , who , in ordei to screw up dividends by filching a portion « f the well and hardly earned wages K valu able body of public servants Lit , in amousl y seek their iintoSuI ^* " ^ detriment of the whole community ? * We observe , that in tha «„ . ' « i . « . ^ " ^ bCEl !!

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      requisite standard of submissive humility . Tfog . hungry greed of the whole tribe of profit and per centage hunters for gold is so insatiable that they will stop at nothing to satisfy their appetite—not even to turning traitor ' s to their own professed principles . How often have they told us , that wage * must always . be determined by the great and universal , "law of supply and demand , " and « a . _ . „ j __ j _» r .. . 777 . ^—*

      that all interference of the Legislature was an infraction of the sound system of Political Economy , which can alone conduce to the prosperity of nations . Yet , here we find , that when supply and demand does not permit them to tyrannise unchecked , over thelabourer , they straightway invoke legal aid to subdue the refractory workers , and coolly talk of placing them under a military despotism !

      We , in our turn , solemnly warn these con * spirators against the independence and the wages of the labouring classes—those selfish disturbers of the common peace and welfare of society , that they are playing a dangerous and a deadly game . There is a limit to oppression and injustice . Even the worm will turn when trampled upon . As Byron truly intimates , " When the harness wrings so

      much into the galled jade , as quite to wring her , " the rider stands a great chance of being thrown . No society can be safe when , in the > ranks of toiling millions , there is spread deep ) and wide the galling sense of compulsory and unrewarded slavery . Such a state of things gives birth to foul and hideous thoughts—oppression nurtures revenge , and injusticeripens into a bloody harvest . Let us beware in time . !

      The Co-Operative Movement. The Co-Operat...

      THE CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT . The co-operative movement , to which we have previously adverted , seems to make - steady progress , not only in the metropolis , but in the provinces . According to the statements made last week , at a public meeting in support of the movement , it appears that there are establishments for the working classes , hoth for productive and distributive purposea , in tho towns of Manchester , Oldham , Kochdale , Ashton , Heywood , Saddlewrtb , Bradford , Bolton , Bury , Macclesfield , Milnrow ,

      Bacup , and other towns . Some of them have been in existence for a considerable period , and are now " doing a large business . ' *' The establishment at Bacup is peculiarly deserving , of notice , on account of the circumstances in which it originated . A strike having occurred in that town , the men found that the shopkeepers leagued with the masters , to bring it to an end by refusing credit to those who were resisting what they considered injustice on the part of their

      employers . Of course it was an object of some importance to them that the strike should beended as soon as possible , in order that trade might resume its usual routine . The " turn outs , " thereupon , resolved that they would be slaves neither to shopkeepers nor factory lords , and started in business for themselves , with the magnificent capital of seven shillings aud sixpence ! . How Utopian and ridiculousto rich capitalists and fat shopkeepers must the project have appeared ! Yet , what can earnest , honest determination not do ? Their

      seven shillings and sixpence has proved like the grain of mustard seed , and become a great tree . Besides their extensive and well-frequented stores they have now a factory of their own , with 140 power-looms in it , and are at present erecting a large house ; we presume to carry on their business in . It is seldom indeed that strikes produce such beneficial vesults as these . At Rochdale there are 700 families deriving benefit from the well-managed Co-operative Stores in that town . They have recently added a flour mill with fourstones to their possessions , and are , we understand , looking forward to the occupation of ' land , both for garden and dairy purposes . Their success so far has stricken the

      shopkeepers of the town with alarm , because they see in their growing ascendancy the downfall of their occupation . We have learned that , some of them havin g shown a desire to thwart the progress of Co-operation , have been informed that the Co-operators are prepared tosell to the whole town goods of every description at an advance of two and a-half per cent * on the wholesale prices ; and thus drive the whole of the shopkeeping fraternity out of the town , if they persist in offering any obstruction . Being ready money purchasers on a considerable scale , the Co-operators could afford to do this , and yet realise a considerable gross profit . At all the other places we have mentioned the greatest activity and enthusiasm prevail , and we hear of new

      societies m progress in various directions . It appears to us , that it is fortunate for this movement ia the provinces , that a cumber of gentlemen , occupying highly influential positions in society , should have formed themselves into a society , under the title of the "Society for Promoting the Formation of "Working Mens' Associations . " The independent position which these gentlemen occupy , the knowledge , both of law and equity , which

      some of these gentlemen professional ^ possess and the unquestionable purit y of the motives by which they are actuated , must tend powerfully to strengthen the new movement . It is perhaps the first time that such well-intended efforts have had the advantage , not only of patronage— which will cause them to be looked on with a friendly eye by the wealthier classes —butof that legal knowled ge and practical experience in business which is requisite for security and permanence ;

      The stores which these gentlemen have just opened in London may easily be made tobecome the great central mart of all the Co-operative Societies in the Kingdom , and a bond of union , simply , but effectually , combining them into a phalanx of irresistible strength . Through the medium of this central agency , the producers of hats , shoes , stockings , textile fabrics of all descriptions , furniture , & c , may mutually exchange their respective commodities on equitable principles ; and by it they may command the same influence in the wholesale markets that the most princel y capitalists now monopolise , and grow thereb y into millionaires .

      "If these associations spread as rapidly as they have lately done , and were to transact : all their wholesale business through the metropolitan agency , the results would soon be sucb , us to astonish themselves . An association which went weekly into the market with £ 20 , 000 in ready money—and it might , without difficulty , be made five times that sumwould speedily be able to command everything of the best description on the most

      favourable terms . The small commission which each local association would have to pay for the transaction of its business bv the central agency would be ampl y covered by the superiority of the goods , and tho smaller prices at which they would be obtained ; while the cause of co-operation would gain in public influence and standing , by the concentration of their scattered and separate capabilities into one focus .

      . It is easy to see also , how this first step of the working classes to become their own distributors , would , in time , naturally lead them to become their own producers also . On this subject , the remarks of Mr . Vansittart Neale , the barrister , at the meeting we have referred to , well merit the earnest and thoughtful attention of the industrious classes of this country . They appear to us fraught with important and incalculabl y beneficial changes in their condition . If the sound

      principles , laid down in such simple but forcible language by Mr . Neale , be acted upon by any large section of the producers , they will effect a revolution , and an amendwent of the present state of things , of the extent of which , at present , it is impossible to form any adequate conception . After explain

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 28, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_28121850/page/4/