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    • CJjartfet fitfellfgnttf*
    • THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, JULY 12;,l;3i5.
    • DEATH OF GHHERAI. JACKSON.
    • THE LiVXE » .
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      LONDON . Lambeth . —A numerous and highly reapectaHe party assembled in tie South London Chartist Hall on Sunday evenim ? , July the Ctli . Air .. ] . G . 1 'reii was unanimously called to tlic chair ; when Mr . Tlwn c read tlufartiele on " Shortening the hours of "La ' oour , " from the 3 ' wrt / tf ni -Star , amid much applause . Mr . Stalhvood was then introduced and adtliv .-su thcicccfmsat soiae length . The Lanital ?! di-iri-. i •» r me Chartist Co-operative Land Society , whu-li liolus its meetings even- Sunday evening prior to ih » Jecture , in this hall , is mslciusr great iirosjnss . ami already boasts a large number of steady paying ikciiibcrs .

      Tnn Ciiabiist Co-opjibative Land Societv . —A numerousan . ! re ^ cttsMe j . ui . lic incetin" was ln !< : in the Assembly iW ., 72 . St . -ManinVlanc , o :. Tucsuay evt-mnff , Jaly !< t , to hear an address from icargus O'Connor , Esq ., on the all-importantsubiect of the Laud . Mr . Wm . CnJfay was unanimouslr easiwl fc . iV- rliair , nvA liri «!! y opened the j . roeccd " - DE f- ¥ - ^ ' ! ' «" t Sinuwly of Leicester , then v . nti : a Chanist swig , which was much applauded . Mr . O'Connor , who « : i rumiM ; io tliO front of tiie platform was yiveied wiib the mnst enthusiastic clieeriu ? , then p !* i ?< y «! cci io vMress the meeting . He sail ! he amst , at stanhu ' , allude to one cireusisiance , shst of Mr . Thomas Cooper and himself standing 021 the same platform , h" " one thing more than another could afford nk-asure to the / mcc-rc

      ad-Tocate of their vim-Hes , it was that of hi-aliu ^ division , and <« u « iii < r Ji ' . uor . to reign triumphant among its advocates —( hear , hear ) , anu , after mutual expla nation , he was now five to confess that thediifea-ncc between hiiascii * am ! Mr . Cw . ijier had originated on Ms part ia error and mistake . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . O'Couuor then ; uUh \ -i % Mi iiiiiiself to the question of "flit evening , replying at rroat kn ^ th to the objections and calumiik-a of Hill , Carj-esiter , and the Vest of the disTCiwiablc i-ang repixsKited in Uoyf * T / trtC } iout ! i Tnvh . Mr . O'Connor adverted * io the Land Agitation , in America , shaking in very Li « h terms of Mr . Kri-J-aiiv" and the other leaders of that movement , He next described the social

      • Itaie or tat- i-r ^ Stli poasusirr , '* rhxh contrasis so fovoiiraW y with that of tue English , owing to the former being to a gi-c : > t cxtwit fi . jwssfcC'Ofl af iiie iand . Mr . «/ Connor commented at « ivat length on « hc p lan of the Co-oper ative Society , and concluded by ckdlcugiicf ] i on its merits , lie resumed Ms . \ ent amidst outluibiastiu s >< pbtuse . Mr . l ' uzzon said he approved of the plan as fas * as it went , but thought that £ » was too siaali a sum with which tobuiida cottage , awl that two acres of Jandivero not sufficient to keep a famiiy eomfortahlv . Mr . O'Connor replied to these o '; ie * ct : oi ; s . Mr . t ' oopcr then suas another Ckiriisi song , and thanks havina Been vcied to the chairman , the meeting Ut- 'sorml . "

      Mr . iwirour . w Distkh . t Council . —This council met « j , i . < Miiulay afteniw ; : last , at the Hall , Tuma-ain-Jaiie . J ) i ' l ( ^ a < cs a »« i . ie < i from Caiiibcnvell , Jjunoeth , Somcrs Town , , -nul U ' uiteehapel ; Mr . Ma !! ani was « i ! ied to the chair . On the motion of Mesas , aiuipson an . l Milk , it was unaninu uslv agreed to , that the lolliiwiiig brief address to the Metropolitan Localities iiot represented on this cwaieil be sent to tlie * V «» r . rf . <| . eetfuily soliciting its insertion : — "Ja ¦ Addrsgr from tin Miir »}« , Ut < m Liftrkt Coun-il to tie Mtroj-rfitfin Jj&calhks uut represaacd on this Council . Livuicr Chartists , we address you on a subject whicii we consider of great and vital importauce , Tiz ., the iin ; n .-rativc < lucy of all to carry out to the fiuUst asiviit tile ORuuibation to whkli thev Lave given their adhesion . "We duiv aw » rcciatc . and

      lugniy conunend your noble cxertioia in scmliir uoiitst , faithful , aud efficient delegates to the late Cnar tWt Cmiveutiou , men who did their duty . You tesnaetlyoura ;> provalof thoh-labours by taking eut caros of membership , under ilie orga : u 3 ation they occideu uii , which organisation expressly f ccoimncnds the fonuatisni of district councils ; but in neglecting to ad-jr . i this wise and useful recommendation , we are of opinion y « u have uot done your dutv . To show m detail what lias been achieved by the Metropolitan JJtstrict Council : to glance sil what might be done if tnis coin-eil w . i-5 < luh- and ]> iojieriy suppcrtecl ; to expati .-iie < ui ihc jieccsslij- oi' an amniganiation and contvniration of all our energies is unnecessary , iuaauiieh as yon are thereof alrcsdv ftiily cognisant . A word to the wise is enough . ' Signed , on behalf Of tliu Council , Jonx Akxott , secretary . "

      Somebs Tow . \ . —Oil Sunday evening , last , Mr . Ruffy Hid ' ey delivered a most excellent lecture on priesicraft , at Mi-. l ) uddriOge ' s li-ooms , is , Tonuridre-street ; Mr . Jlairis in the chair . Thelectumbandied his suljcct in a masterly manner , and ably proved that priestcraft had boon the stumbling-block to liiKiiai : jir « j : re > sion in all ages . After tlie usual Totes « xliuii ' r . ri i ! ic int-ethig dissolved . City Loi-autt . —The members of this locality met on Sunday evening last , when the Address of the Centia ] Kegisiration Committee was read , ami re-Mtved with marks of approbation . A . committee , tensiitii : g uf the following persons , was then elected , O crirrr t ' . ic- recommendation of the Central

      Cminnit-• e iutfi eilcct : —Messrs . Overton , Bunn , Gover , Wilson , Rowland , and Caughlin . The business of the evening concluded by the Gharfet choir singing Bererd lieaalifiil liymns , composed by Mr . Cooper dnrhig his iiiKirccration in Stafford gaol , Mr . Cooper himsdi " leading , in his well-knovrci talented style . The jaiircst nuinber of member * was enrolled since Mr . O'Connor ' s lecture here in IS £ > . —The sum of & 2 4 s . Od . was received for the Land fund . XORTII LAXCASUIllE . Bv 2 Slei . —TJse Xorth Lauca .-ihirc district lacetiiig was held at IJradshaw ' s Temperance Hotel , Curaon-Etreei . r . urniev , on Suniiav tlse Gth inst ., when the

      follow ir . L' p laces were represented : —Uumlcy , Come , l ? aenp , I ? araoMswick , U : i 5 lin < r

      MANCHESTER . A Lecture was delivered in the Carpenters' Hall fcn the evenins of Sunday last , by Mr , D . Donovan : Bubject— " The Land . " The lecture was well attemicJ , at the conclusion of which the following resolution was moved by Mr . Win . Dixon , seconded by Mr . itaukin , and asreid to unanimously : — "That bavii : ? read the miserable twaddle of ' IFiWkh .:-TCst-7- » .: MM » i * -iV < tc- » >» JJovd ' s Weekly Ncwsjwjtr , and " likewise tlic aWc reply of Mr . O'Uonuor iu the JVbrjSfPH ttar ? do licrc-oy record oar -nnqiisuincd confiueuce in the Char tist ' Co-operative Land Tlau' ami the board of directors . We , therefore , pledge onrseives to carry eut the same by every means in oiir power . We likewise return our hearty thanks to Mv . Donovan for his able and instructive lecture

      cn the importaut question of the land . " We arc proud to say that the above resolution was earned , not only by a shew of hands , but in the more substantial and consistent way of taking up shares and - pavni ? the deposits . In South Lancashire the laud appeal's to be the all-absorbing topic . It is not possible to form anything like a correct idea of thp nnniiwr of shares taken up in this part of the county . For WC know Of places where there are no associations in existence where the cotters arc paying their subscriptions as quickly as possible , which will be transmitted in a lump to the treasurer iu a short time . We also know of one workshop where a number of the workmen are paying 3 s . per week each into the Savings 1 ) auk until their shares arc paid up , when the whole will be transmitted hi one sum .

      GLOSSOP . Tee Laxd . —On Sunday last the indefatigable James Leach visited Glcssop , in order to give the inhabiiants of that place information on tuc- Chartist Co-0 ' . iorative Land Society . The result waa that iherlughly approved of the plan aud its practicability ' and forthwith commenced operations by forming a branch and taking up shares .

      MR . CLARK'S TOUR . To the Chartist Bodt . —Friends , —Despite the lies and venom of nameless scribes , the malignant calumnies of the gentle and dove-like Carpenter , and Ike disinuretted " opposition of daily-bread" Hill , the plan of securing land , as propounded by the Convention , is making rapid headway . The Land plan is tie subject of discussion in every circle where politics are at all understood , and the universal opinion amongst those who understand the question is , that sueccss must attend our exertions it we act unitedly , energetically , and perseveringly . TODMORDEX .

      On Wednesday evening last I attended at this place for the purpose of lecturing on the " Land and its capabilities , " sd « 1 vras delighted to find { tommy friends that the sterling democracy of this spirited little place were all in favour of assisting us to consummate our great public undertaking . The meeting was held in flic Mechanics' Institute .. Mr . James Sta' jslield acted as chairman on the occasion . I entered at length into the question of the day , contrast ing the unhealthy life of the best paid factory operative with that of an independent agricultural labourer , cultivating his own tend for , himself . In the course of mv remarks I took occasion to speak

      eulojisticalJy of Mr . John Fielden , M . P ., pointing iumout as an honourable exception to his class ; but the expression of this' opinion was treated by the meeting as a fraudulent attempt to cheat them , as they universally declared that the hands in his employ are worse treated than those of any other man in t ' je neighbourhood of Todmorden . This I was astonished to hear , as I had always thought that the talented author of the " factory curse" was too much of a patriot to allow Ihb workpeople to be ill-treated ; but lie people of Todmoidea , who ought to know best , declare that it is so . and sonic of them told me that the conduct pursued in Mr . Fielden ' s mill has becu inure than once communicated to the Slur , but

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      , ! - that for some rear on the communications have never appeared . 1 tnr * t , however , that this will be allowed tu ' appear , that -Mr . Fielden may have an opportunity to correct the feeling which is abroad iu his owi ; ' neighbourhood . BACCP . 1 On Thuisday a large out-door meeting was held lierc , ami was addressed by Mr . JJarker , the chairman , Jlr . Tagg , and mysdf , on the question cf the Li » d and the vidit of the people to possess it . The ' persons attending the meeting appeared to takea deep interest in the proceedings , many expressing them-1 selves gratified at the course which we are now pur-; suhig .

      OMHUM . On Sunday I lectured here in the Workins Man ' s Hall—a magnificent buildim / , erected by the united means of a number of the gouii democrats of Oidliam . 1 wish tun- friends in distant park ? of ilie country had an ' opportunity of witnessing this monument of the public sjiiri ! of this town . Iliad not sceii it myself iu : ftire , but l ' eit proud when 1 did see it , and wish that the Chartists of oilier places would go and do likewise . Thesnl-jcct of the lecture was "Land and llttiislration . ] I was listened to attentively , and had the satisfaction of learning that my views were approved .

      HUBCKx-mniHiE . It was more than three years since I had been at this plac-j previous to Monday evening last . After lecturing on the Land , and inviting opposition , and not having any ofivrcd , I enrolled a number of persons , ; v ! io paid their first instalments , and pledged thvuHcl y cs to do aJl in their power to extend the association . ^ Htbdcn-lSridgc is still the scat of a slrong Chartist feeling , ready for action when the lime arrives that their energies may be wanting . — Thomas Clai-. k , Manchester ^ Tuesdav , JulvSth .

      IIL'DDERSFIELD ; Tkk Laxh . —The weekly meetiiic of the commiticeand incmL-crsof the lluddersfichl district of the Co-opi-ntivc Land Society was held on Tnesdar oyenim : iast , at Turner ' s Temperance Hotel , Chapeliiill , when eight new members were enrolled , making forty shares taken in this district , stilus meeting it was resolved unanimously , that" A correspondence be ojiened wiili the secretaries of the respective district committees in tjji ? part of the West . Ruling of ^ oifeJiire . to sii ^ gcjji the j > roi > iietv of inviting Mr . O'Connor io visif t ! ie fJatrict , to explain the objects which the society has iii vff-V , and also tho benefits and advantages io lje derivc-i ? Xroui it . " We hope the united solioitatioiiB of the ttfCMniitC'b . ' : Oi ' Leeds , Bradfbi'il , lliultlei'sfielil , Dowsbmy , JBarnslcy , Ac , will prevail on ^ Ir . O'Connor to grant Jiheii * request . —Any eou ) rdnii « % itions io tlic JludilersSdd District Committee inay bo addressed to ifr . John Leech , l > u . \ ton-road , liudderslieid .

      THE POTTERIES . Pr . OGitr . ss or nn : L . \ x » Societv . —The coiiiraiitee of the Ilanlcy awl- Suelicu Working Jian ' s llsllbeg to infonn their frknds and . tlie : > ul > lic generally that a second deposit rf xSl ' . ffe ; lias been made towards the Land fund ; ranking , in all , upwards of £ 30 which has ken paid in .- Tbey request that all who arc friendly to the ; J ) ovc object will at once come forward and assist them in sccomplsMng thisvery desirable end . — The gencrtl meeiaug called for -Monday , June f . Oth , by ¦ esohition , stands adjourned to July Tth , when business-cf'ihc utmast importance to the shareholders will ie-irshsacted . The meeting will take place at seven c ' - 'lock precisely , at the house of Mr . J . Yates . MiJ-es : 8 azuk , Shcltoii .

      LixTintE . —On Sunday lesi ; Mr . Thomas Black lectured on the Crown Bank , ca " ilie origin and design ofGovernmoiit . "

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      I . mpohtaktXotice . —AH monies sa id post-office orders on behalf of the subscribers to tin * Lund Fund should be forwarded to Feargus 0 'Gonuor . v 310 , Strand , London and an account of the heads at uler which ihu . v are to be placed should bo addressed -Jo T . M . Wheeler , 2431 i Temple-bar , London . Thus . , , i suppose Ashton sends £ 10 - ' s . in a bank order , a de ! : aH oil account should be S :-nt to the society as ftiilows , j 5 ir instance—remitted to Jfr . F . O'C , on account of W . . V . Uoberts , £ 10 is . — £ !) for shares , li ' s . for cards , 10 s . Voi rules . The general secretary ' s account then checks '• the district secretary and Mr . O'Connor ' s ; and Mr . : " ) "Connor's checks the

      treasurer ' s . This plan will save t he labour of all parties , aud give general satisfaction while it will considerably facilitate the keeping tf accounts . All the Metropolitan districts will iiud it more eonvenient to pay tlieir monies , hi tliu first instiai ee , to Jlr . VTheulur , general secretary , i ^ oinc delays c f a week have occurred in ' acknowledging monies .. addressed to AV , p . Roberts , to the care of Mr . F . 0 'Conn or ; as Mr . Roberts docs not reside in London , those ordi : rs have to be sent to him before acknowledged . jLe t the above in . structious be attended to in all cases , and no cause of complaint will aiise . All monies received up to Thursday morning will he acknov . led gcd in the same week .

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      By the arrival of the Shakspeare from 2 Cew York , accounts lmve been received o £ thetleath of General Jackson , The New York Courier and Enquirar , of the 17 th . wit ., announces this event iu the following terms : — " DEiTII OF GESE 1 UL JACKSOS .

      " Andrew Jackson breathed his last at the Hermitage , at six o ' clock on Sunday evening , the . Sth inst . after partially recovering from a fainting fit in the morning , caused by an attempt to remove-him from his chair to the bed . This ineident reached ^ asluallc during the day in the shape of a report that Le acisu . - aliy died at that time , but he rallied for several hoursand did not expire till the hour meutioned . The . venerable man took au affectionate leave of hisfriends , his family , aud domestics , and remained clear and unclouded in his senses to the last moment ) riving in the uhnosi calmness , and expressing tllG

      highest confidence in a happy immortality through , a , divine Redeemer . General Houston ( from Texas ); landed at Nashville on Sunday afternoon , and proceeded at once , and in great haste , to the Hermitage ; but lie was met on the way by the family physician with the melancholy information that the General was no more . The death of this eminent and distin guished man will produce a deep and wide-spread sensation among his countrymen . As soon as the news of the death of General Jackson was received , in this city the colours on the City-hall , and at many of the public houses , were hoisted half-mast hish . "

      General Andrew Jackson was bom March 15 , 1667 ,. and died June 8 , 1 S 45 , in his 78 th year .

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      SIGXS OF "RE-ACTION . " " PREPARE POR THE . COMING STORM . " Ox two former occasions , during the course of our present " prosperity , " we have deemed it our duty to sound the warning-note of caution against a too-confident feeling of security , leading those most concerned to neglect the " sign 9 and appearances of the times , " which , in our opinion , but too plainly indicated that " prosperity" was on the wane , and that

      dark and gloomy " adversity " was certain to follow ; These warning-notes we grounded on facts which more than justified the opinions we expressed and the deductions we drew : and we have reason to know that the promulgation of those facts and opinions have not been without some little effect ; for they arc acquiesced in by numbers of tradespeople , who have begun to "set their houses ia order ' against the coming storm .

      When last we commented on this subject , we adduced as prosf of our position ; tlic then deranged and unsatisfactory condition of the iron districts . From accounts furnished on the spot by parties connected with the iron trade , it appeared that the " l > o r /) cr-money " -caused " speculative mania" had done its writ in that great walk of industry . It had , in the first instance , raised prices fully 300 per cent ., and set every furnace and every forge " to work like mad" —new ones arising on every hand as if by

      magic , to-satisfy the unnatural demand ; and it had then , as its second effort , endeavoured to right itself fey tumbling downvrices '" till nobody could say what they actually we re " producing dismay , consternation , and even " RUIN " among the iron masters , who were so vtry recently the favoured ones of fortune . Those accounts also showed that assaults bad been , and were to be , modi on wages ; that turnouts , and riots , and rescnes , and conflicts with tllO pollOQ . had already been the result ; aud that the military of the

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      neighbourhood were under arm ? , ready to-march on the people to quell by the po . * er of the sword and the musket , insurrections or riots caused b y the endeavour to make the workers bear the tirst share of tlic loss consequent on speculations to which tiny had been no party . On tho present occasion wo have to remark on a most significant " sign ol" the times" apr-hring to the country finwdtyt alli ' liot to 0 I 1

      The proof of gk . vkr . u . " rnosratm' has always been sought for in the llcTenue Returns . If those should show au increusc in the items of Customs and Excise , it was held to be proof conclusive that more of the comforts and even of the luxuries of life were enjoyed by the people at large ; and that consequently their means of enjoyment , cither through increased , or more constant employment , or through higher wages , or through both of these sources , had been increased . Whenever therefore a Minister could exhibit an increase in these two departments of the Revenue , ho has invariably called attention to it , and proudly made use of it as ^ ro u / that his policy had be n productive of beneficial results on the trade and commerce of the country . The sound of the loud " songs

      of triumph" that greeted Sir Robert Peel ' s " surplus , " is not yet out of our ears ; nor can any one have forgot the boasts set up on every hand when the Kevenuc Returns presented tire usual proof of a " Roaring Trade . " The recollection of these is still vivid in the public mind ; for they were but of yesterday . Now , however , tlic song iias changed ! Ko longer is it one of " triumph * ' ! The "proof" of increased and increasing " ruosi'titiTY" has given way to "proof" of a contrary character : and though the facts are not so ostentatiously paraded before the public eye , nor as much noiss made as in ihc instances when " prosperity" was dcduciblu from them , still thtij are Men ,. and speak as much against the present system and its conductors as tlic former Returns spoke for . them .

      In the Times ol Monday appeared the . following , which we give at length ,. calling attention to the facts therein set forth : — The return of the quarter ' s revenue does not present the same " prosperous" appearance as many that have preceded it . Thus , although there is an increase in the Customs lor the year ending on the 5 th inst . of £ 3 ti , $ SG , there is a dicrcaseon the comparison with the quarter terminating at Vic tame period of 1811 , or moke than ten times that amolwt , or £ 3 «!) , « 37 . In the Excise , in like manner , the falling of in the quarter more than comiterkdames the increase for the year—a retrograde movement von WHICH IT IS NOT EASV TO FIND AN EXPLANATION FliOSI

      CAUSES WHICH LIE U . VDElt PUliLIC OBSERVATION , AND WILL , THEREFORE , 11 E REGARDED WITH SOME DEGltEE OF D 1 SQC 1 ETCPE UI ME COUXTltT GENERALLY . The VlOrVmt ) Oftlli W'M speculations wliicli have prevailed ior the last twelve or eighteen months , is shown iu tlic great increase under- the head of Stamps , which have added to the income £ : j 2 S , S 20 on the year , and . £ 1 : 3-2 , 013 on the quarter ; and if the common opinion is a just one , that these SPECULATIONS HAVE IKJCKED COMMERCE tij / prOClltC ' tWJ «)! unnatural rise i ; i some prices , and in diverting the nticiifioii of mercantile mc » from the soler course of trade , it would -follow that to this is , in part , to be ascribed tho decline in tlic Customs—an evil by no means to be compensated for bv a gain arising out of what may be termed

      illegitimate sources . Ilie same results appear , though not to the same extent , in the General return , tlic increase on the year being i ! $ 47 , US , while the falling off on the quarter is £ 7-: ! 9 , S 47 . Tho Post-oflico has inweascd £ 47 , 000 on the year , while the quarter ' s return is identical with that of V 6 U , exhibiting neither increase nor decrease . In the account of the Consolidated Fund there appears the satisfactory item of au application of £ 1 , 533 , 600 to the Sinking Fund , against . £ 523 , 357 in tlie corresponding quarter of 18 U ; and the probable amount ofExcheiiuerbills required to meet the charge on that fiinil for the quarter just ended is only £ ' 2 , 254 , 433 . The he-action IS THE CCSTOMS AS 1 > EXCISE , IIOWEVEn , MORE THAN OUTWEIGHS ALL TUE EAVOl- 'llAULE FEATURES OP ME PRESENT

      KETMN . If " tlie country generally" lias but recovered from the stiipiiiiction ami delirium caused by the " great prosperity" of " mad speculation , " it will regard the facts thus brought home to their bosoms and their businesses with " some degree of disquiet . " It will , iu such case , not be unobservant of the . lesson here taught—nor inattentive to the warning thus- plainly given . But of this there i * but little hope . " Tho country generally" seems to care for nothing ,, but how it can " improve tlic present opportunity . " "Mad speculation" is the order of the day . Consult any of those engaged in it , even-thc most act bo , and

      you will find their individual opinion to be , that the present state of things cansot- last :- "but then , ' say they , "there is- an opportunity for somcthing . to be made by watching tho-turn of the market ; and if Idon'igei It , somebody eke will } . SO I'll tafefi CAWi and look out for my share . "" Thus « ioh are-employed in adding to the intensity of tAiat gambling which . they know must surely have an end , regardless of the ultimate , consequencss both to themselves and the people at largo ; and thus are all the evil * both of present speculation anibfuturc ue-aetioa- con * - sidcrably aggravated . Tho tiiae of the ' ¦ now alass-of "stock" -jobbere and " sh < ire" 42 Kders is for too muci

      taken . up in looking after the oseillationsof th&aa nierous " schemes" on which they ho ; po to fattoa they are 4 ao much engaged iu watching ths-risa . ,, | and falling of the numerous " shares" ' now feai&SS e | j in , by thedifferenccin price of w-luck . they . h ' oite to "bag" their thousands , through ,. "Juginj :,- ia » . ^ cheapest market and idling in .-tlic , dearest ;; ' ? ' t w arc too exclusively . occupied ia a keen obsesvaai . of " the ivxn of the market" tqiav&anioiMGufcitja' , j onacoasideration-of wnATiis tofqllowt—Gjri ; 0 ^ ; tend tc . the significant " sign-of the . tiniesty ? Onj ¦ j -in the Revenue Returns . Tjiqy . will : coittais - e absorbed in their gambling p . ursuits ,. unttljf « fe ' cra

      comes , and sweeps . the " shares- and " p-iei uums awaj . altogether . And , . ur ; fortunately ; , f « irt $ i . ecouu . try at large , the traders , generally , are ,. , f ] lU 3 ju _ Tolvcdi . The extent to which the inaiiisnftr " specu lating "' l ) as spread , is . faglitfiil : in . theua > & . j _ j t has . seized hold of by far , the major- pe-sii on of ylc shopkeeping classes , in tiio-inanufaotiaiiJ f . . distr cts and the quiet agricaltar ^ V tow ns-ara-f * j - j ^ g free from the curse . Ijt . is in : loricsltiir ' . where ve now write . Here we-have beeafoiv&o . ' ) ' ast tcn mixing among the traders . ofthoiurilh towns of the West-Riding . Business , has . broug }) & - ug in contact with several who . hive full opportairuJa 2 S of witnessi ' n »

      the extent to whifih the mania , hafc j . j , ^^ i THK hffeci it has on character-andl w dinary ' pursuits .-Men without means ,. men . who . caaJ j nOt honour the •¦ cam" of ten " shares , "' woia i ! to be ma j e on them'to-inoi-row-meathus lifcn .- te . are applying for their fifty and their hua < fe (! a 3 b ares } n tUe mimcr . ous bubbles that daily sping * . p : and hv many in . stances obtain them , havty « ' , borrow the ; money required for tladtposit . There' i 3 scarcely a siiopkeeper in the towns of Leeds , BrcwM „ & , Huddcrsfield , Halifax , Dewsburj-, or Barndey , t aat is not dabbling in tho 11 share" market , in addifctw i to his ordinary business ; and throughout the viRa ge 3 ; t fa neariy as bad .

      Leeds has now got its " F Jxchange , " and an inferior sort of thing , called The Sharebrokers' Association . " Huddersfield , also , has its "Exchange ;" and every town that we have named , its hosts of share-brokers . Nor "is the mania confined to the manufacturers and the shopkeepers . Butlers , footmen , nnd even kitchen-wenches , are engaged in the " traffic . " Following the example of " master" and " mistress , "—aye , evet " mistress : " for in many instances these latter are as eager at the game , and even more so than " Master" himself : following the example of these , instances have conio

      to our knowledge where 4 he servants of the kitchen have subscribed " a pisse" to be employed in the purchase of " shares ,. on the understanding that the profits or loss thrived from the sale should be divided amongst taem . Nor has the evil stayed here . It has seized b . old of tho more daring among those who are dependent on their hand y-work for their daily bread . » and even these are deeply engaged in watching ihc progress of the game , hoping that " luck" will tura up in tlieir favour . The effect of tliesa pursuits on the character of our people will bo lHQst awful 1 It will entirely loosen the bonds that

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      have hitherto knit us together . Hitlierto-DEEP put , and its known demoralising influences , have been confined among the members and off-slioots of the aristocracy . Your games of hazard have been reserved for the scions of " Noble Houses" and the caters of the taxes , with now and then an introduction from the ' manufacturing ranks , just to show them what " High Life" was . But now we arc making deep gamUers of an entire people . We arc inducing whole classes to engage in games of hazard with all the avidity and all the infatuation exhibited by the most confirmed frequenter of tlie London hells . With the games will come the

      demoralisation I No longer will mercantile men confine their attention " to tlie sober course of trade . " The profits of ordinary business will no longer satisfy the shopkeeper . The more speedy means of realising " a fortune" will bo sought for . Universal dissatisfaction with present condition will be the result . Men will sale- to live by their ivils , sooner than by i&o labour of their hands : and we shall soon find thai the traits of the American character which we have so unmercifully satirised , so universally reprobated , will become the most prominent of our own . " Sharpness" and " cutencss" will become the characteristics of the age , instead of honour and' honesty . He will be ' accounted the best fellow who can cheat

      with the greatest likeness . We shall become lynxeyed in rascality— -oblivious in integrity . Trirbh and fair-dealing will become to be unknown , and' tho entire character of our people will be changed into that of the suAitrKn and the msavk . The other day there appeared , iu a Return to- an order of the House of Commons , a most curious list of names , with the sums opposite that each Ii 29 " iubwribod" towards Railway "schemes" abo 7 & £ 2 . 00 O . A selection from that list- has been mad&

      public , comprising only seventy-one names . Tho entire list we have not yet seen , bui will endeavour to-do sOj ,. that we may learn something of the whole brood of "high speculators "—and know also to whom Tiir . workixo F £ on , E are to look for INDEMNITY FROM LOSS , when the crash comes- ! This list is most valuable I Hitherto , when ovsr-speculation , either - in "Rag" Puper-money , or hi Joint-Stock Companies for all sorts of unlikely projects , has brought tho nation to the verge of ruin , we have not known who-tie parties were that had bcea so engaged . Inl 82 : i-5 ,. whenthe Country Bankers-along with

      the " Old , Lady of Thrcadncedle Street '" thrust out such heaps ; of "One Found Notes" sb-to produce THAT "PROSPERITY" of which " Prosperity RobiksshV so snecringly boasted , if we- did know the yarttes , we-had no means of ascertaining ; t /» e extant to which all . tlieir " operations" ( asdealings .-in fictitious money are-called ) , had individually-gone :: and in 1825-6 ; when hundreds of them blc ? Mip into the air like so many soap-bubblo g when ..-, exposed to a breath . of , wind , wo knew not how to deal vrith those that remained , so as to insist on them H ' s&ritig their due share of . tlie LOSS their insane and v . \ zA speculations

      had caused to the country . Sr » again Jn 1830 . When the renewal of the Bank Charter- in 1 S 54 by tho Whiga , with tho proviso that Bank-af : England notes-1 should-bo a- legal tender at a ' II plaeis-but at the Bank itself , had caused the " Old Lady" to extend her issues ,, and the traders to feel soo tidest in their transactions , the mania f or " JoM-Stock Companies- " set in .. Though alarm' ingly rife- enough then , anil though it took the cour . try FIVE YEARS to recover from the after-effects of their " phospebitv , " yet tho rush to subscribe to all sorts of moonshine sc-taancs

      was SOBERNESS itself , compared with the MAD doings novj . Tun . the " traffic" was ) comparatively ' confined to the , ' , cws and changers of tho Devil's own locality—the meeting-place of the " City" Bulla and Boars : now however , as we have before said , it is ramified all ovei . the land : and for one that engaged in the b- jbblc-transactions of that period there are sui-elj- sore e twenty now . But when tho crash ef 1837 came ; WuCn t uC moonshine schemes vanished into thin air / ; wuen nine-tenths of tho bubble projects proved to bf . but

      " Baseless fabrics of a vision , Leaving not a wreck behind , " exeeptla ? 'nig LOSS to the holders of " shares ;" when * t' ue vrliolo money-market was deranged , trader t uspended , factories closed , the work-houses filled ^ . an ( i the marks of ruination and poverty ohsvxr abie over all the land ; when this was tho case , we-TO rc again unable to pick out THE PARTIES whasi insane conduct had been the main cause of such

      & iia frfiio staie of things , that they nnd tlieir " prop . cnjr j . " might be made in some degree answerable for wl 15 . t they had brought on others . This time , howov » r , we shall be better prepared ! This time the P joautionhas been taken to have "THE LIST " to . forehand ! This time we have name , residence , » ' ml full description , with the AMOUNTS that each ' iave made themselves answerable for , ' Tins time wo shall be abk to gel at them !

      Let the worker that toils in the mines of Northumberland and Durham for 15 s . a-week , exposed to all the dangers of a " best-regidatcd" IIasweix bxplosiox ; lot the operative spinner of the Manchester factories , sweating his life ' s juices away , in a heat of some ninety-eight degrees , during an entire factory-day , including the "last two hours "—( all for profit to the owner of the machines )—fo some 20 s . a-week ; let the fork grinder of Sheffield who grinds his life away in thirty-five years , for » yearly income less than the ordinary interest of

      £ 2 , 000 ; let the wool-combers of Bradford who have to sleep in their COAL HOLES , and on bundles of shavings on tho floor—who have to make workshops of their bed chambers , and have their wives , when lying-in , exposed to the gaze of the toilers , and the dead bodies of their children laid-out in the same apartment ; lot all these , and every one who lives by labour , m rather every one who labours that lie may live ; let all such look at the following list " : and having looked at it , and examined it , let them ask , ip ii be right that they should be " reduced to live on a

      coarser sort of food" thatsomo seventy-one gentlemen may be enabled to subscribe some fiftten-and-ahalf MILLIONS ofmoney to Railway " schemes , " nine-tenths of which are as purely of tlie bubble class as ever was the South-Sea one of notorious famo Let them ask if it be right that the labourer in the Agricultural Districts should be starving on seven shillings a-week , that these leviathans of wealth may be enabled to " subscribe" out of their means'their . three quarters of a MILLION each I Here is the selected list : look it well over : — . .

      " mi . . BAltwA * SPEe-tnLATJOif . - ' The following are extracts from a return-to the House of Commons of the names , &c ., of penwu wtaSi A 000 and upwards to railway schemes . g frde * raDCiS > Bsq ' Nw * street ' Spring £ 2 . TlSma ? Villiam Hmiy , merchant , ~ Moorl 870 > 3 °° gate-street ....... ^ ., ' »< , ; , „ - 3 . Smale , Henry Lewis , proctor , Doctor ^ coml ' mons , i ,, tt - a .- ' eft 4 . Tyndalc , Charles William , ESq , Brompton " 587780 5 , lacgregor Jamos , banker , LiverpooFL . " 579 800 Sussex JSmin > ^ > Vadh ««* Castle , 8 . Kirkla , ! d , Sir John , Pall Mall " " " £# 52

      0 . Browne , Robert , merchant , EdgcthiU , ' Liver " * ' 10 > W ! il n * dWa ;" d ' ^ Tbrrington ^ qua ^ ™* * 11 . Hudson , George , Esq . York " ; " " X ° ee yh l 'S ° «! rtF"dikck ,. march ^ t , Devont - ' ^ c ^ VCl . arleSseasfieia ,. genaeman ; Croy : ' 14 . Hankey , Goorge . ' mcrahQnt . ' MuioingJane . I 287 « 0 Ifi " S ?^' i Hchard t ! mer « 1 ' » t , St . IIelen' 5 aee S 3 ft 16 . ltich , HenrjvEsq , Mouat-street , Grosvenor . " ^ l ^ o ' ^ s . merchant , OH BroaiStreei ; ™> m 12 ' ? r ' 4 y > Joseph / faflrchant , liver ^ ool " ' " SioeS ifeSKfis ^ S

      ^ ^ . G pIrtsmidSirls ^ -L -onrBar ^ 0-0 " " 9 ° ^ D 'i 24 . Simonds . Hen ^ Esq . - Reiding . " " K ° * - ssagz ?* rr 2 « -Tothill , Wimam , raerchant ; Bristol ! ' ¦ " -gJS Pmti T' ^ ^ Vtaam-haU , ° m 28 . Schustw , Leo , merchant , Manchester " " mU ! 2 !) . Smith , Thomas , merchant , Reicate ^ fl « . " ' iS'SK asBssKaasS ^ s-igg 3 S . Stevens , Charl « s , gentteman , FwdericktplaM LOmlOU - .. .. ' 153 , 000

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      3 J Brooi ' v Samuel , banker , Manchester .. .. l 34 , 50 f gr , ' C' ! ivnetf , l ¥ olierf , Esq . Wyersitlo , Liiiicastor .. loi . 3 G . Broailbeni / Thomas , meruhaut , Maneliestei .. lul , » iM 37 Giiwer , Kilwin ,- merchant , Hanover-terrace , Kegent ' s-imA < ¦• l- ' 0 , 00 f 88 . Mercicr , Fr : mci 3 > geiiticniau , LurdsliiHane , Tottenham „ " 3 . 00 30 . Hiittoii , James , iros ' -merchaut , Salturil ¦• 143 . J 0 U 40 . Gladstone , itobertson , merchant , Liverpoo l ,-. 140 , 00 U 41 . Mn / . e , Peter , mcixlnMst ,-Bristol .. .. •• • UO . 000 4 " Smith John . meruliantyManchcster .. ¦ wn . ooo M . Paul , Cliavles . banker , Clifton '&o , m 44 . WadiHiigton , Kavid , gentleman , Manchester .. «» ii'O 40 . Glyn , George C : ut , Esq , I ^ mbanl-strcet .. VhpiQ 4 G Wriaht , John , clerk , AYestbourne-temico , HvdcParlc .. .. .-¦ ¦ 12 t . ^ 0 47 . Young , Thomas , Esq , Albany , l'ieaililly .. 120 ,-sSo 48 . Mowatt , Francis , Ksq , S 3 , J ) evoiisliire-i ) laeo .. 120 , 400 49 . llargreaves , J ., mei'ch : uit , Miuiisliestt'i-.. .. 121 , avlO 50 . llouhlsworth , Henry , merchant , Manchester ll !> , ouo 31 . Cropper , Ed ., Ksq , Liverpool 113 ,-iDO 52 . 13 urlu > r , Frederick Pratt , Ess ,-Kensington . square ; •• IJMOO 53 . Hodgson , Duviil , Esq , Liverpoil ..- .. . .. 114 , 400 51 . Peto , Samuel Morton , i-ontnwtor public

      works . 47 , HusselUt | uare .. • ~ }}" ° ; S 3 . IJitkes , Benjauiin , Holloway . r . ,. J ,- ^' 50 . Whhkin , James , Ksq , Upper BeufoiiUplace .. 192 , 410 57 . Davit ? , Uohert , gentleman , York .. - •¦ "W ™ 58 . Hickctts ,-Frederick , merchant , London .. 10 , 000 50 Kobertsf . Frederick , gentleman , Cmubwwcll .. 110 . 0 S 3 iio .- Smith , Archibald , mevchant , Glasgow .. ¦• ' 0 i , ] -j 0 "• I- i ' ue Cliiirfes , . linen n \ : mnf : icturer , l ' iiwer . ojiks . Uttaiisley . Yorkshire .. . *• •• 100 , -iSo fcV Laivrio , John , jjuntlcman , Charlcs-streetj-St . J ' amcs ' d-sfjuave . - ¦ } ° ,, < f ° CM . 3 ! iltinarehc , GJiristopher . Esq , Yorkshire- .. 10-j , 900 fit . Uwniontb , John , Bsq , Ediubuvs h .. .. 10 ^ , 000 i ; -3 . IWinphrys ,-Ainbroso , Esq , 22 , Upper Mim-• jole-street ,. 10 J , i 00 66 . Enthoven ,- Jfenry Jl , jiierchaut , Broad-stvoct , " 102508

      CitV . ¦• •• , , B 7 . PahivW , Charles ' uyiin , solicitor , Great Yarmciith ¦ - ¦¦ • ' lOfyo ' -O CS . Prinssp , Henry Tlioby , - Esq , S 7 , Ilydc-paAsquare ..- .. . « „ •• ¦ APO i nnO C ! 4 ikeii ,. PeterF ' rceliind ,- . banker . Clifton .. . 100 , 000 7 o ' . - ' Walters ,-Gregory SeaZe , merchant , i , AxtiU Ici-v-placc , Finsbury - 100 , 000 VI . -Ward , Henry George , Esq , M . P ¦ ¦ -100 , 000 Total , " subscribed " ' by . 1 persons .- - £ i 5 ; o 5 ' . » , 372 Tho publication of this a ? lcction of names-has produced a woeful consternation in the ranks of the millionaires ! Each one ami all a now anxious to relievo himself of- the resjmwcility ! [ 1 Ie will bo more U before ho has- - done with-it , if justice prevails . ] All so l'ts of explanations are being offered—to the effect . that ths " subscriptions" are all a plan—a hofis : . that thoy-aro not bona Me , but fictitious j that

      the-moat of these--g entlemen do not repi'escnti . t / ic-m selves , tout a Iiosit of others , nameless and unknown ; ilias they have been induced to put down theiiMiames to- such immense-sums , that they might chiat the Howso of ComiBwrsby . a pretended compliar . ee with its standing ordars .-- Tliis Is now all confcs'icd to , wit ! i most wonderful candour and siraplicity . Wliethcr we sliovdd have heard of it or not ,. luul not "THE LIST" -uet the publia eye , admits-of . little doubt . But there " TIIE LUST" is ! Thev-parties sitlicr have tho aicmey or tlvey have not .. If they have , so much tie better in oao sense : thy-viM he aiTa to meet their engagements ... If they have not the money , they hav-Momc : and all they have ought to go . to mitigate the distress and poverty which : tho work-¦ iug people ares-jss-tohaveto sndare / or tliasopartiis ' over-fpciiulation * .

      Ill reference i& this said liifc , . and the ejsbrts of the parties included in it to HESUPIATE 5 l \ e responsibility they ha 70 > taken themselves , ths-. ffim < w well says : — : " ir / icncc is to come all the money for t \» tcmslruelUm of ¦ the jii-ojcctcdi-ftilftJttj / s ? " is a question which at the psesont day wo often hear familiarly repeatei : ; . Tn ouv simplicity we have- frequently felt inclined to ask tho same question for cursclvus ; ami thu House tf Commons ,, appnnmtly imprBS . sed with the same imr . ertincnt sui-iosity , has recejitlj . ordered a it'taru . of pai'tits subsiribing to i these projecUiu sums of f ? , \) 00 and ujwai-ds . « oor

      ignorant-ininded . peoplc , —the return tliey lutvo cbtaiuei ] , > vtthink , must l > iive made tiiem feel ashnmed if their simplicity . Tho thousand pounds , fotaooth ! . Two laillions would have move neai'iy npprox ^ natcd the amoAint of individual Bubscriptious which now-a-Oays would btdeemed a& all rmnui-Jwblo . The pa . ee of railway speuuhition hns- f »» ly outrun tho powoa and control of tho Legis-I lature ;¦ and a far motto interesting document would have been a return of every man in London , above the condition of a streetsw «; per , who . has uot speculated iu railways to the nominal amount of £ ' 2 , 000 and upwards . Dvul imd beniguted wretolws , so far behind thu age in which thoy live !

      We think it probable that such a list might have been ! i 9 select as that of the seventy gentlemen whose names , with the amount of their subsoription , wo lately published . Strange to say , these millionaires are somewhat shj of tlie compliment / and , terrified at visions of Income Tax , besiege us with letters and advertisements to UEl'UDIATE their alleged wealth and energy . In the meantime thou ? names have been tho guarantee , nnd the only guarantee to the Legislature , that it is not giving sanction to a bubble , or wasting tho time of its committees in abetting a fraud upon tho public . Surely the whole system is most objectionable . The House of Commons has confessedly been imposed on , yet it is im-I probable that it will take any step to vindicate its eluded orders , for its members boast no exemption from

      tlauniversal mania for giumuing which appears now to have seized the nation . In vain did tho efforts of the Home Secretary arid tho truncheons of a hundred policemen eradicate tho vice from the downs of Epsom and Ascot , to give it refuge in the galleries and lobbies of our Houses of Parliament and public offices . Peers ami officials alike , fin- from opposing thomsolvos ' to tho current , arc found n » applicants with thelowestshop-boys for the coveted possession of scrip . It will he well if they escape with honour from the position in which they have chosen to place themselves ; for they must be prepared to bear the hnmt of the reaction , and , when the day of reckoning shall come , the nation will'justly look to THEM to give a satisfactory answer to the question—" . whence all the money is to come from ?"

      A most pertinent question indeed ! " Where is all the money to come from ? " When the time comes for putting that question , " THE LIST" we havo given above will not be mere waste paper : not unless the following picture of the age we live in bo true to the very letter . It is indeed so in part—and particularly as to this transaction : but the parties whose names are recorded IIAVE SOMETHING , which ' must J go as far as it jwill ! On the whole , wo agroo with oui new rival to Punch— Joe Afiihr the Younger ; " for the characteristic of the time w Humbug—and a better proof of it was never yet exliibited than in "THE LIST" above given . Still , as the " Responsibility" of the parties is pledged to their respective amounts , we must get from them all we can . When they havo paid in their " uttermost farthing" they will then be in a condition to com .

      mence a new race of Humbug . 'Till they have so paid in , we are inclined to let them know whaHhe true meaning ^ f " responsibility" is . ¦ JoejMilfcr ssja}—ffo live in an age of Humbug-and not the rough diamond of quackery , dm ; out of the credulity ol the timebut , smooth , brightened / polished numbug-Humbuir that has a aleek appearance and decent clothes to his back ! Much the same vulgarity of heart , which prompts some n . en to cut a friend in rags , and invite hi " ^ dinner it he wear a court suit , decoys us to have thta finely-togged Humbug at eur table , and to take off burS to him if . we meet him in tho street . The public horsi" ^ ftt Bnd welUondiaonod . lte - tho ^ blteV to lK athmi . Humbugisno longer a beg ar _ l , ei , - J . mo " k millionaire . Just at tho present momeftt ' he ia ^

      levy by the language , of figures . W ^^ pubhshed a return to the Houso of Commons of he names &o . , of persons subscribing £ 2 , 000 and upward , o RuWnv . Companies . Now following this fiSS there w » s a comet ' s tail of capital _ a blaza nf ' rw' * Hfihtt .. t muminated the wh ^ le firmaWo " fe Thehttle item of two thousand pounds , which V . s to havobesnth . last limit of the moVp mSTLTnS culatioa-us tiay spirit had shrunk back into spa ™ Zi the ocoan fcecame suddenly full of Leviathan . wiS , blubber-to represent cash ! Yes , dear pubic S T oventy-one fieldmarshals on the plain and yol 2 71 heir gold lace ! Theloweat gentleman on the w " Henry Seorge Ward , who having once tied Hob . ¦ JJi-ft OTMIa Farliament , ^ sa ^ g ^ - ^

      " In medial res tutissimus ibis , " got tbesobri quet of "; 6 ij » from the counts < . « « until that zoological appellative fllv ^ l' f . ntlemen . ss ^ rfr ^ S *^ Journal ) a 8 tar at thoGarrick CJub an |' 2 h - , ^ ssss ^ - P " ta % . intMded . prlrid ^ to 1 n « i ° ? fc to ! ^ aafl ' purposoof making a noise ! ¦ USWer the ketlle > » ^ ss ss ^^^ - ' -f stood that Gammon ™ ° "'^ "f xta P «« y undercompanies , attlvdceof tW ° ! i escnt 1 -Pan ' pubUe gia / t issue ' s of 111 Z biSy * ST * l ^ * " ^ the service of the Shtc in 41 ana W *** x ^ WtfSsrSft ^ SS

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      really tewnty-cne gentlemen out of one fitum ready to y . - x * income-tax unon these mountains oOlaflittoH I U ev erv Dives ready with his per cuntagc for tlVi" njiuistcr ? ft not , the return is 8 falsehood— -the t ' uIselioocJvj ainot-Iic . rv —tlie moultery is a humbug—and humbug , ia , ^ before , is in his sumptuous attire , cheating om-itM-m , , ' | ar out of the meaning of Responsibility . If tlicjj- jjriiiitT scale ddusions have fair faith placed in them , j-U Cow " mission ^ of Uanlcnijitcy oii'l Insolvency otisht f-y- i ,: ^" iuimuilials notice from the Lord Clianuvllur , no Ion 13 j Z punish the struggling tradcsiisan and the uistnjsstil .,,,,, tli'inun for li-avin ^ recourse to a'cominodation bills . ' \ man who raiws a mite should h ; edly be immured , whll , he who uoolly vgns Ills nami' for a milliunenjoys both ; 1 » credit of the wealth and ihu impunity of tl > c Ui-CL-iitiu ., __ , ^

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      Ma WatUH Cabpentzb . -t have one ques lion ^ . you . Did the following conversation pass b *» # anda respectablati . a dMman , or did it not ? -M man NoW , Mr . Carpenter , I ask you if ^ i haveopposc d the Laud planif any otherp «* k Mr . O Connor had proposed it ? -Mr . Carnentof # - ° ' ? tfot . ~ NOW 1 plcdge houour 11 ; » bove , s What did pass , and you ire a pretty 4 fe guide any portio , of the publte mind . I d * ' fc to > ay , that a more proBi gate , mean , low , contef £ adrnmnn neTer yet wag „ ; . v think . . ' . . . &

      C-The benefit society may advance on lo «» i asL " £ ¦ Z r am ° Unt t 0 tlie Pi-csident of * V ^ mdntiva ; and signed by one or t . vo otl f S " ° m ; ly be dcem « dti , fficint , as securityfc'i tr , T ^' ~ We C amiot advise . The po ^ I S depends entirely on the nature of t 7 ™ , " one acts witliout the other , there n . ® j of calhng ] l 5 m to BC 00 UIIt : ^ nol < . & M nmst l . epointed out bya lawyer convert I the f acts of the case , M Mr . IiEADux , BBADFOBD , did notpaythc post' ^ J letter , fy ¦¦ ¦ ¦ i

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      THE PROPOSED UNION 9 > f TllADKS . Is another portion of this sheet vrill be found tli » drafts cf two plans of organisation , applicable to tlic Xiiulcs ¥ 1110115 of thrcountry , ( lrawfi " . ip by \\] C p ^ visional Gentral CoiEtirittco appointed * : " , ' w | , TiTjtlcs C-nilerence in London ; and premulgaiciJ | , that comrailtce for consideration by thu 'fratieg genernlly previous to tlie holding of a- mccfe of delegfttosto finally adopt iliem , with siicU : « ltcration s , nmemImciltS ; . aiul modifications as attentive incuiry and discussioflniay show to Ijc desirable .

      The two schemes ol organisation lor me cilcctijin of tho two dsitiact objects pjintcdout by tiiclate Cci ' . fcrcnoc of Trnefts Delegates ; are preceded ' by an a-J . dres 3-froui the Provisional Central C ' oimr . ittec , whlcb > . suiKcientlr sets forth the unmits of the t ! r . v > vers . ui > of tlis-saidplan ^ From that address b- ' is cviilcnjthat they have not jlaboured io-give embodiment to their own-peculiar preconceivad'notions anti-opinions •• but hare- endeavoured to asc ? rtain the mliwjs -mj tvanta- 'of- 'tiic bwlies - tlicy were acting for ; ami then directed their cfl ' orts to accomplish the . iiuls u Cllc . rally aimed at in iUmode pointed out by tho greatest number of those immediately interested b'the good working- of the projected assveiations—d " . e veitavil being had by theia ^ nt the same time to the diiii . cultiesfliul requirements of tho'faic .

      ItATillibcsccn , too , that the-eomniittec 'io not put forth ibose plans as- those that must be ad-: K \ l . On the ecnfcwiry , they sxpressly disclaim : ill I ' . Minatism on th ? -subject . Tlaoy very pvsjwrly lay tl i- result of their inquiries and Labours before tho com iry , not at perfvii riilans that seed no alteration or awndmctit ; but rather as " gcimisof organisations , wiich , w hen fully developed anJiporfected ' in detail , nvjiy realize all tiifjt in the pv « s « nt condition of th ? Trade s is attc . itablc , and lay .-the -foundation of lr . cre coinprc . heiKive and perfcet : mcasunss . " The j a ! c object of the committee being jo pronotc the well -iMjim : of the

      industrious classc 3 y . thcy will gladly sjc their ow e suggestions superseded by . any measures iictt te cal . culated to secure that object : and they therefore re . quest that the measures , they propose < may besaljjeetod to all fair discussion and candid inquiry , uitli a yiew to their Ml ' perfeiiion , in acccsfdancc witl : the jirssent misd of the -working classes . This is the ri 4 t U pitit in which public ? bc ^ dics and public men shouM act . Sorry arc- we- to > say that : fr is often , far too loften , departed from , and a spirit of stupid dojjiua-. tism and unscocly cciitests for individual pmfcrenK made to usurp iis place . Tiusai . vs i ; i ; e . v tjik . case Ialueady , in re&roncc to this prejccted'Asscciation of

      United 'trades . Parties , who in tlie first plact offered to aid' the committee hi-all the mems . in their power , have taken fire because their own- individual concoctions , had not that t-Lominence assigned them wliicli thetf- deemed them , to be deserving of ? , am ! they then ,, without -wall-she ; for the- result of llw labours of ihc committee- ;; without staying to-sec »•'• - nature of' the proposals , for union : which ihc committee might make , ov-thc qririt m which > ftey would make ihem ; without staying to . isccrtain these things , and t / ien subjecting theiv-plans to all honest ! and fair criticism ,, these vaniiy-ffounded pcrsonagKJ have " ventured out in prini "—havo vented their ] spleen upon individual nipmbors of the committee ;!

      havo assumed a connection and influence which ] had no existence , save in their own imagimj tions ; and . have , under tho influence of sue ';' bad passions , already condemned the eomtnitta and it 3 plans ! If there H a spark of correct fee ! - ' ing in the breasts of these parties , they mnsi ] now feol sorrow and stame at their premature anii unjust conduct . 'JYio committee have done nothir . ; to deserve such tioatmcnt at their hands . Appoints : by a body rcpr-scnting a large ^ portion of tho woks- ; iso MKimKPS of society , to accomplish 9 , oortniu put- ; pose ; ai-Kicd with general instruoliona as to Me c / i to be wmpassed , and the mods to be employed , tk | assiduously set themselves to work out the purposl

      entrusted to their cavo . They took tho proper stf | to acquire the detail information necessary for the J ^ performance of their duty , They meddled not «| anybody—spoko not of anybody—but exclusively «| fined their attention to tlieir own work . Tliiscoimf however , did not save them from gross attack . Til have been most virulently and most unjustly assail ! No misrepresentation has been too vile for cei »§ parties to employ . Every effort has been usdl poison the mind of the workers , before the comdj had ever been heard ! Still this did not turn the c : | mittee out of their course . A ppointed to doail tain work , they exclusively confined their atti-nil to it . They did not enter into a " paper-war , " ! repel the attacks made on them . They even c | sented to sit under misrepresentation , rather f | divert attention from the objects entrusted to til

      charge ; content to let their actions and measure ? $ for them . Those measures tiiev now mrses ! the Trades ? Esglani ) A ? tiieiu . \ sswrb : « iMng fat thy w U riceU « j co »»« J * £ * , " which « % an offered . If this L « i GOOD MUST RESULT . If the plans J fully adapted to all the wants and exigencies J case , temperate discussion and full Inquiry nilU where the deficiency is , and supply the remedv . the objects aimed at even , are not compass * even desirable , the mode recommended will mab fact fully apparent : while , if this spirit M prevail ; if passion and individual pfqm arc tcJ

      the place of reason and inquiry ; if previous a * tions and predetermination are to bo bri ^ j against all considerations of the committee ' s I posah , there can no good accrue to anybody « such a course :. but the parties adopting it wilt ; a heavy REspoNsiBiLm- in tukJQff the certain t fS to defeat a hol y effort of labour to protect itself . $ co-operation in a right spirit , that effort may be tgf elective , and therefore successful : by umwti * and unreasonable opposition all hope for good $ & the present Trades lilovement Will be ine ^ crushed . The game , therefore , is a heavy one : interests a t stake are most serious ; thecoiwiC cither way wiU be of great import ; letaU cJ- ' mind how they play it out : ¦' '

      Commending the consideration of the im ^ . matters brought before their attention br & ? visional Central Committee ia the spirit * £ '• spoken of , to the several Trades of tho co ^' we take leave of the subject for the present . ^

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      A ¦ THE NORTHERN STAR . . _ .. ^ £ H . iLJ ?

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 12, 1845, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1323/page/4/