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    • THE NORTHERN STAR. SATDBDAV.DSiCEMBER 2S, 1850 .
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    • DU BARRY'S HEALTH RESTORING FOOD THE REVALEXTA ARABICA.
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      fi AUTION . —The most disgusting and iu-VJ iurious compounds being sold by unscrupulous specu-- Iators upon the creduli ty of the Public , under close imitation of the name of J ^ U BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD , or wtih » preteHce of being similar to thatde-Uci- ) B 3 and invaluable remedy for Indigestion , Constipation , Kerrous . BiKous . and Liver . Complaints , Messrs . DU BAttRYand Co . caution Invalids against these barefaced attempts at imposture . There is nothing in the-whole Ratable kingdom that can legitimately be called siMtuB to _ m Barry ' s lieralonta Arabics , a plant which is cultivated by Du Barry and Co . on their estates aloue , and for the preparation and pulverisation of which their own 1 \ *' ? Machinery alone isadapted . Let Corn Chandlers seu their pease , beans , lentil , and other meals under their proper names , aad not trifle with the health of Invalids and In-

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      ^ spUP ^ . 1 st ¦ Sxrinnr ' 8 . L eeds , December 9 tb , 1 « 7 ' . - ,-, , ^ ttemeX-I a » ha ppy to be able to inform you , that thrDeraon for whom the former Quantity was procured , tea Serired rery great benefit from its use ; diseasing ^ p toms of long standing have been removed , and a feel . gTof restored health induced . Having witnessed the beneficial effiscts in 'the above-mentioned case , 'I can with confidence recommend it , and shall have much pleasure in so doing whenever an opportunity offers , &c . I am , gentlemen , tery truly yours , James Shobund , late Surgeon 90 th Ttegt , 3 , Sydney-terrace , Reading , Berks , December Sime tim o has now elapsed since the lady Cwho had been an invalidfor thirteen years for want of digestion , accompanied with cough and general prostration of strength ) for whom 1 procured your Arabica Food , has been using it daily as directed , and I am happy to say that it has produced a most salutary change in her - gy 8 tem . ~ JAME 8 Porter . Athol-street Perth , May 2 nd , 1848 . . ...

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      pANTERBURY versus ROME , CHRISTIANITY IN 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 , COWPER-STREET , 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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      THE LONDON CO-OPERATIVE STORES are now opened at 76 , CnABLorrE . Stbect , Fitzkoy Squabe , In connexion with the Society for Promoting Working Men ' s Associations . ' 1 . —Object of the Stobes . 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 £ 800 afterpayment of all expenses , although the goods were charged considerably below the ordinary price . ; rj 2 . —Opeeations of the Stores .

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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 astonishing 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 . Ali persons wishing to ' know themselves ' or their friends , by means of this extraordinary aud interesting science , must send a apecimen of their writinf . statinji sex and age . or inppostd 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 , Jkc ,, of the writer , with many other things hitherto unsuspected . ¦ . ' Ji Mesmeric and Clairvoyant Consultations-daily from Ten till Twelve in the morning .

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      Just published , the Sixth Edition , price One Shilling . FilVE MINUTES' ADVICE to LOVERS ' aud HUSBANDS , SWEETHEARTS , and WIVES . By Miss Emily Dean . The fact of this . work having run through five editioaa of teu thousand each within twelve months is sufficient to convince all of its sterling value aud popularity . Sent post fr' -e on receipt of fourteen postagestamps , by Miss Dean , 4 S , Liverpool-street , Argyle-square , London .

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      LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL , HAIR , WIUSKE 11 S , &e . MANY preparations for the hair have been introduced to the public , but none have gained such a world-uide celebrity aud immense sule as Miss DEAN'S CUIXILENE . It is jiuarantced to produce wbMuis , moustachios , eye-brows , &c , in three or four weeks , with the utmost certainty ; and will be found eminently succ ssful in nourishing , curiiog , and beaut fying the hair , and checking grcyne ? . g in ill iifi stages , strergthening weak hair , preTenung its Jailing off , id ., ic . Fcr the reproduction of hair in baldness , from whatever casse , and at whatever age , it Hands unrivalled , never having failed . One trial only is solicits to prove the fact . It is an elegantly scented prepanuion , and' sufficient for three months' use will be sent ( post free ) on l cceipt of trrentyfour postage stamps , by Miss Dean , 48 Liicrpool Street , King ' s Cross , London . For children it is indispensable , as forming the basis of a beautiful head of hair . AUTHENTIC TESTIMONIALS . ' I constantly use your Crinilene for my children . It restored my hair perfectly . ' —Mrs . Long , Hitchin , Herts . ! 1 bare not now to complain of tlie trouble of shaving ; thanks to your Crinilene . '—Mr . Grey , Eaton square , Chelsea . l ' rofossor Ure , on analysing the Criuilene , says : —* It is perfectl y free from any injurious coloui ing or other matter , aud tlie best stimulant for the hair 1 have met with , ' ihe 8 ceat is delicate andvtrj persistent . ' CURB . YOUR CORNS AND BUNIONS . DPAwi ** ' » l 1 tftWflk yAQx perfect ease , will find M * s bunion , A u 98 B 8 HT till OBlj r ulical care for corns and without * ™ , ; .- KUlu » uu < : eu iv cure them in three dajs , all 7 nfierta £ f&m s ^ h ' torm " ^^ enrne 8 tl * soUcited b * . nSffia ^^^^ aipj * i *»

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      ¦ ¦ 'Liberty- ^ Equality—Fraternity . *' '¦ EARLY NEXT FEBRUARY WILL BE PUBLISHED The First Number of 'THE F E O PL E . ' ' "We'll struggle on till all he won the good God has designed .. ; . . . ' j - ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ , The Empibe of the People—the Monarchy of Mind . ' A NEWSPAPER established by - 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 j it may be traded with and trafficked on : it may bo 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 will have for its immediate aim and object ho uncompromising advocacy of their rights—their interestsand their liberty .

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      Politics : The world a republic . , Religion : To do all die good possible . A CAVILL , Democratic Temperance Hotel \ A * 33 , Queen-street , Sheffield , TOBACCONIST AND GENERAL STATIONER , . 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 beds . Those friends who visit this town will meet with ample accommodation on the most reasonable terms , N . B . —Chops , steaks , and all kinds of Temperance Beverage * 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 Princip les ; to re ord Republican Progress ; and to establish a Republican Party in England . ¦ ' < ' Edited by W . J . Lintok . J . WatsoD , 3 , Queen's Head-passage , Paternoster-roiv .

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      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand . TV H E PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE _ L hereby announce the following meetings : — : On Sunday Evening next at the Rock Tuvern , Lissongrove—Princess Koyal , Circus-street , Marylebone—King and Queen , Foley-street , Portland-place—Bricklayers ' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road—Crown and Anulior , Cheshire-street , Waterloo . Town—Globe and Friends , Morgan-street , Commerclal-road-east—and New Eastern Literary and Scientific Institution , Morpeth-street , Greenstreet , Bethnal Green . On the same evening , Mr . James lMnlen will lecture at the City Hall , 2 G , Golden-lane , Barbican . Subject : — ' The Charter and the Chartists . '

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      FRATERNAL FESTIVAL , : ON NEW YEAR'S EVE , DECEMBER 31 st , 1850 . TTHE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS A will hold their Annual Festival , in the lltebaby and scientific institution , john-stbhet , Tottenham Coubt-Road . Arrangements have been coucluded to render tha programme worthy of the occasion , as tlie Fraternal Democrats will be honoured with tho presence of several of the most distinguished chiefs of the Continental Democrats , French , Gtrman , and Italian . The Programme -will Include Tea , Concert , and Ball , Short addresses will be delivered by several of the principal exponents of British Democracy . The members of the Apollonic Society , assisted by the powerful organ of the Institution , will perform a selection of pieces between the addretseB ; at the conclusion of which the Bull will commence in the Hall , and the Concert in the large Coffeeloon . Tea on the . Table at Seven o'clock precisely , Tickets—Single , ls . 6 d . ; Double ( admitting a Lady and ¦ Gentleman , or two Ladies ] , 2 s . Gd ; To be had of Mr . Watson , Queen ' s Head passage , Paternoster-row ; Mr . Truelove , Jolm-street , Tottenham-court road ; or Mr . Har » ey , 4 , Brunswick-row , Queen-square . Only a limited number will be ¦ issued , to secure which early application will be necessary .

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      WE 3 T-RIDING DELEGATE MEETING . NOTICE . A WEST-RIDING DELEGATE MEETING will be held on Sunday , the 5 th of January , 1851 , at Nicholl ' a Temperance Hotel , Broad-street , Halifax ; to commence at Ten o ' clock in the forenoon . The cauees of the present differences which exist in our ranks , and the beBt means of removing them , together with other business , will be brought before the meeting . The following , and every other place in the Biding where an association exists , are requested to send delegate ? : — Leeds , Dewsbury , Heckmondwick , Cleckeatou , Battley , Birstal , Huddersfield , Holmfirth , Honley , * Kirkheaton , Sheffield , Barnsley . Bradford , Wilsden , Bingley , Keighley , Halilax , Warley , Mixenden , Wheatley , Midgely , EUand , Hcbden Bridge , and Todmorden . By order , C . Shackleton , West Riding Secretary . * Thin place , by a typographical error in the report of the last delegate meeting , was spelt Zftnley instead of Bciiley , which circumstance , it appears , lias given rise to some dispute . Honley is an ancient and populous : village , betwixt Huddersfield and Holinfirth .

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      TVESTON BRANCH OF THE NA-1 TIONAL LAN : i COMPANY . Notice is hereby given , that a meeting will be held at Berry Edge , in the house of Mr . Summersons , ! Inn keeper , on the 4 th of January , at seven o ' clock in tlio eveiiiug , 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 11 . A . 11 Prince Albert : NOW READY , TPHE LONDON and PARIS FASHIONS X for AUTUMN and WINTER 1850-1 , the mostsplendid and superbly-coloured PHINT ever before published by Messrs . Benjamin READ and Co .. 12 . Hart-Street , Blooms-Imry-square , London ; and by G . BERGER , HolyweU-street , Strand . This exquisitely engraved Print will be accompanied with Riding , Dres 3 , Frock and Shooting Coat Patterns , allef the newest and most fashionable style , and every part fully illustrated both for Cutting and Making-up . Also the registered Cape aud Cloak Paletot for persons 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 parliament by Read and Co ., 28 ih August , 1850 . All persons purchasing the Fashions aro at liberty to make and sell the same ; and all Other persons not purchasing the Fashions , by sending 3 s . for the Pattern and printed information , for that and all other particulars respecting Style arid Fashion for the present season . The beautiful and richly coloured Print is- exhibited in'tlie ll » yai Exchange , London . Price , with all the Patterns and i nformations complete , 10 s . Sold by Read and Co ., 12 , rfart-street , Bloomsbury-square , London ; . G , Beboeb , Holy well-street , Strand ; aud all booksellers in the United . Kingdom . ' . HEAD and Co ' s . Patent Measures , now become universally adopted ; price 5 s . the set , with every explanation respecting their utility and use . Registered patterns of any description , sent to measure , Is . each , post free . ( Ladies Paletots same . ) . n ^ , < ¦„ , HEAD and Co's . New System of Cutting will supersede everything of the kind before conceived , lerms and all particulars sent post free . Instructions in Cutting for all kinds of Stylo and Fashion , so that any person may per form equal to having forty years experience in a few houre . nabits performed for the trade . Busts for fitting coats on , Boys figures , ic , &c . Post-office orders and post stamps to any amonnt taken as cash . N . B . —Foremen provided ,

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      Paradise . —To Adam , Paradise was home ; to the good , among his descendants home is Paradise . Capital Punishment . — " This is what 1 call capital punishment , " as the boy said when : his mother shut him up in the closet among the preserves , . .

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      T ETTERS TO THE HIERARCHIES , U By Robert Owen . . . Also to Rios ARD Cobdsh , Esq ., M . P ., with observations on . tb . 9 means ,, to well-plaoe , well-employ , and well-educate the population . ; and other interesting matter , in .. ¦ ¦'• ROBERT OWEN'S JOURNAL , . No . 7 and 8 . - No . 9 contains LETTERS TO THE CHARTISTS , AND TO THE CABINET MINISTERS . Published weekly by Clayton , 265 , 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 OP " THE NATIONAL IBfSTRUCTOB /' Will be published on January 4 th , 1851 . SIXTEEN LARGE ROYAL OCTAVO PAGES , Price One Penny . IT IS TIIE ADVOCATE OP POLITICAL , SOCIAL , AND INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS , IT CONTAINS A WEEBXIT I .. ABOUK RECORD , The Autobiography of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . , Original Articles on Social and Political Questions . Tales : Reviews : Poetry : Gleanings , &c .

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      NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS . Now ready for delivery with the Northern Star , authentic , hig hl y finished , and beautiful STEEL ENGRAVINGS , UPWARDS OF TWO FEET LONG , From the contractors' ( Fox and Henderson ' s ) own Drawing of the Interior and Exterior of TflE CRYSTAL PALACE : .. . OR GREAT BUILDING IN HYDE PARK

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      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 i . acknowledged . The post marfc 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 . . Your letter of inquiry does not give the information . We only find that it has passed through the Sheltou and Newcastle ( 8 taf . fordshire ) postoffiees . A Sbbscbibeb , Bristol—It is right . H . Dove , Ilawick . — It was a misprint in the last subscription list . ZTarwick instead of . Hawick . J . Bedwbh ,, Brierley Hill . —The Btamps are handed ever to the Directors . Ebbatom , —The Jsum received last week from CUyton ' s Foundry , Preston , was 2 s . 6 d ., not 26 s ., as announced in the' Stab . '

      CoHONLCT . —\ i e are not responsible for the non-acknowledgment of the 38 . 8 d . s « nt to Mr . Clark . J . 0 . had better write to him . Nottingham . —Mr . J . Sweet acknowledges the receiptof the following suras ( sent herewith ) : —Fob Honest * Fond . — From Mansfield Woodhouso 4 s—Messrs . BraUy Is—Turner 6 d—North 3 d—J . Towlson Is—T . Smith Is—Hasketh Is—Meakin 3 d-Johnsori Id—J . Brawn 6 d—W . Sheldon Is—J . Walker Is—Brown 6 d—Hudson 2 d — Bjr Messrs . AI'Donough and Lawson 6 s 8 d : ———Maona . maba ' s Action Messrs . J . Wall fid—H . Heztall Gd . Windinq-op Fund . —Messrs . Braley 6 d—J . Towlao » ls—J . Brown Gd—J . Fletcher Is—3 . Shepherd la—J . Burley Is—Joseph Sylvester Is—S . Widdowson Is . From New Kadford , for the Honbsti Fd . nd . —Richard Spencer 2 s 6 d—Joseph Barr 6 d—Thomas Roberts Is—Isaac Brown 16—A Few Friends lid—John Burton 6 d—Henry Thornton 6 d—James nawksworth 6 d—Thomas Suffolk , sen ., Gd—Mr . Beswick 6 d—Thomas Suffolk , jun ., Gd—Ann Topham ls—Erauiett O'Connor Stones 4 d —Georce Fallowel Cd—Ann Bradley 6 d—Leonard Lamb

      2 d—Mrs . Stones 2 d—Mrs . Creswell 3 d-Mrs . Cooper 2 d —William Parker 6 d—Mrs . Norman Gd—A Friend 2 d—Mr . Hett 2 s 6 s . I have to return my Bincere thanks to the good friends at New Kadford , and elsewhere , who have so generously responded to my appeal , and call upon every lever of justice to do likewise . —Jamei Sweet . Polish Refugee Fund . —Mt . Hall , Crown and Anchor la ; A few friends to democracy , per Douglass Snelling 11 s ; Collected by Bezer after Walter Codper ' s lecture at the Hall of Science 7 s 2 d ; J . E . M ., City Locality , Coldenlane 4 d . —T . Febousom , Secretary . The Hunqabian Refugee * T . Brown ' s List . —Sister of Mercy Is ; Two Compositors ; Is 6 d ; Mr . Clineh Is ; Mr . Crocket 3 d ; Mr . Edmonds 3 d ; Noble Cd ; Smith ' s Workmen 4 s Id ; Kendrick Id ; Uoe Gd ; Welchinan Gd ; Mr . Warrener , Highgate 6 d ; Kentish Town , per Lunn 2 s 6 d ; Beckerton 6 d ; Mr . Sherwood 3 d ; Hall of Science , per Mr . Walter , Cooper 14 s 5 d ; John-street Coffee-room 5 s 8 d ; Kendrick Id Any omissions of money , imme-- diately application to be made to T . Broirn .

      The Northern Star. Satdbdav.Dsicember 2s, 1850 .

      THE NORTHERN STAR . SATDBDAV . DSiCEMBER 2 S , 1850 .

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      WOULD-BE RAILWAY SLAVEOWNERS . There is only one class of workmen in this country who are not entirely under the thumb of the capitalists ; and it ib 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 indu 8 tral population . The recent introduction and continued extension of the Railway system has created a demand for

      engine drivers , which is , as yet , slightl y 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 , is daily committed . Yet we do not find that the engine drivers have , heretofore , availed themselves of the power which this state of things gave 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 . Cd . a day are not an exorbitant remuneration . Any coachman , in the good old times of " four-in-hand , ' would have turned up hi * nose 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 painty connected with this department of railway management . The men were content with their wages , the directors with the manner in which , ai a body , they performed their duties . The London and North Western , one of the best managed , most regular , and most safe of all the lines in , tho kingdom , was the first to break in on this good agreement between

      employers and employed , from which the public benefitted 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 hate been imagined that , however , the price of shares might have temporaril y fallen or fluctuated , the policy of a prudent Board of Directors would have been to leave untouched this right arm of their service .

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      Not « o , however . In order id'ttiflK » - " rfl _ dends , and to repair , as far as poiiBibW , to * .. ^ ' aalts of past miflmainageinent , and wastefpl e *' penditure of capital , a crusade against wagel waB entered upon , which , spreading to other lines , lias . continued almost without intermission ever since . ' A hew' Superintendent | was placed over the Locomotive department of the southern . portion of the line , who forthwith showed the nafnfA of tfiAftrtrnmission 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 driverB of those superior situations to which , as a reward forcontinuoua and faithful 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 aouls 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 Bet to the other slaves who are chained to the

      oar m 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 , at all hazards , by fair means or foul . Foiled on the southern part of the line , the London and North Western Directors have renewed thisinfamouB war upon industry upon the northern portion . But this time , instead of going openl y to work , they have resorted to a sneaking , roundabout mode of attaining

      the object , which is as dastardly as it is despicable . They make no direct attack upon wages , but they propose that , in future , every man engaged on the line agree to give three months' notice before leaving then ? service , with the avowed object of preventing any resistance to whatever conditions may in future be imposed on the men—thus bound hand > nd 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 navely 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 Bupply and demand , " about which the capitalist 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 measures 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 shull 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 adeliberately-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 hardl y 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 utterl y 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 labouragainst their own independence and means of subsistence—would be an act of the basest complicity on their part . They would , indeed , then richly deserve all the indi gnities that could be heaped upon them , all the pinchingo , and reductions , and contumely , to which they might be subjected by those , who , as the Time * openl y tells us , are struggling for uncontrolled " mastery" over them ? The whole of the press which is now yelping in chorus , and hounding on the Directors in this atrocious assault upon tho engine drivers , draws fearful pictures of the immense loss or

      inconvenience and mischief that a strike will cause . But who will be to blame for all these mischievous results ? Not the men . They simply ask that matters shall remain as they are , and the public make no complaint of the present system . If the public , therefore are injured or inconvenienced , it will not be by tho drivers , but by the Directors , who , in onfer tft screw up dividends by filching a portion of the well and hardly earned wages of a valuable body of public servants , wantontv and SetVttSJSX 8 aAt -asEyrAtM- *

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      THE CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT . The co-operative movement , to which we have previously adverted , seems -to maka Bteady progress , ¦ not only in the metropolis , but in tho provinces . According to the statements made last week , at a public meeting iu support of . the movement , it appears that there are establishments for the working classes , both for productive and distributive purposes , in the towns . of Manchester , Oldham , Rochdale , Ashton , Heywood , Saddlewortb ,

      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 haying 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 be ended 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 and sixpence ! How Utopian and , ridiculou 3 to 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 ig seldom . indeed that strikes produce such beneficial results as these . At Rochdale there are 700 famines deriving benefit from the well-managed Co-operative Stores in that town . They have recently added a flour mill , with four

      stones to their possessions , and are , we understand , looking forward to the occupation of land , both for , garden and jdairy 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 having shown a desire to thwart the progress of Co-operation , have been informed that the Co-operatora are prepared to

      sell to the whole town goods of every description at an advance of two and a-half per c , ent , on the wholesale prices ; and thus drive ! tha whole of the shopkeeping fraternity out of tha 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 thia movement in the provinces , that a number of gentlemen , occupying , highly influential positions in . societ y , should have formed themselves into a Bociety , under the title . of tha " Society , for Promoting the Formation of Working Hens' Associations . " The independent position which these gentlemen occupy , the knowledge , both of law and equity , which

      some of these gentlemen professionall y possess , and the unquestionable purity 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 onl y of patronage— which will cause them to be looked on with a friendly eye by the wealthier classes —butof that legal knowledge 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 to become the great central mart of all the Co-operative Societies in the Kingdom , and a bond of union , simply , but effectuall y , 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 princely capitalists now monopolise , and grow thereWinto 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 such as to astonish themselves . An association which went weekly into the market with £ 20 , 000 in ready money—and it mi ght , without difficulty , be made five times that sumwould speedily be able to command everything of the best description on the most favourt

      able terms . The small commission which each local association would have to pay for tho transaction of its business bv the central agency would be amply COve " red by the superiority of the goods , and the smaller fE ^ f f they would beobt » i « ed J while the cause of co-operation would gain in public influence and standing , by the concentration ? nto o neW ered " * "P ™* « ¥ ¦*»*¦

      It is easy to see also , how this first step of the working classes to become their own distributors , would , in time , naturally lead tuem to become their own producers also . On tins subject , the remarks of Mr . Vansittarx JNeale the barrister , at the meeting we have referred to , woll 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 torcible language by Mr . Neale . b * acted

      upon by any large section of tha producers , they will effect a revolution , and an amend ment of the present atate of things , of the extent of which , at present , it is impossible to form any adequate conception . After explain

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      prosperity of nations . Yet , here we find , that when Bupply and demand does not permit them to tyrannise unchecked , over thelabourer , they straightway invoke legal aid to subdua the refractory workers , and coolly talk of p lacing them under a military despotism ! We , in our turn , solemnly warn these conspirators against the independence and tha 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 ,

      requisite standard of submissive humility TU hungry greed of the whole tribe of profit and per . Wfltege hunters for gold is ; bo insatiabla that they w ^ stop at nothing to satisfy tfaefa ? appetite—not even turning traitors to * their own professed principles . . .. How often have they told ug , that wage ! must always be determined by the great and universal " law of supply and demand , " and that all interference of the Legislature was an infraction ' of thesound . system of Political Economywhich can alone conduce to tha

      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 tha 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 injustice ; ripens into a bloody harvest . Let us bewara in time !

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  • 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/vm2-ncseproduct1606/page/4/