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    • Cfjartist Intelligence. UrnSfrlffi ^ff4fc4 Al¥# 4b*u.A&
    • JO EE AB6US O'CONNOR, 1SQ.M.P.
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      TO THE MEN OF HALIFAX . My Fbtexds - ^ & Blujfaj;—Although I have understood , and from good authority , that an attempt has been made in your town to injure my character , I am glad to find by your letter that it has not succeeded . I never personally meet any antagonism ; I always leave my character in the hands of the good Old Guards . And now I have great pleasure in informing yon that , although I have been rery ill indeed for five weeks , that my health u again restored ; and , as I have told several Ministers of the Crown in the House of

      Commons , I am determined . to Jive five hundred years , if I don ' t carry the Charter before that time . I have been very frequently in your town , and I have always been well received by your order . Now , Old Guards , this is the second day of tiie Exhibition , and , thank God , as yet there has been no revolution in London ; bat , never * theless , the French papers state , and the "tones report * it , that there is to be a revolution in Franee on the 4 th of May —that is on Sunday next—bat I hope the revolution that will take place in this country will be a mental revolution . And , as

      a good thing cannot be repeated too often , let me remind you of my old maxim—" Moral " power is the deliberative quality in each " man ' s mind , which teaches him how to rea" son , how to endure , and when forbearance "becomes a crime , and should that fail to " secure for man aU those rights to which he " is justly entitled , and Bhonld physical force "be r equired ( which GO © FORBID ) , it 11 will coma to his aid like an electric shock , " but the man who marshals it destroys it ; " and the man who Tecommends it is a knave " and a traitor , and will be the first to desert "it "

      Old Guards , I assure yon , that when I am mspmg abont in my own boose , the working classes are never oat of my mind , and when I was a rich man I gave every farthing of my money to the poor ; but now I am a poor man , as I have been RUINED BY EXPENSES , according to Lord Melboubke ' s maxim . They are shortly to have an election for a new President in France , and the SPECIAL CONSTABLE President well knows that

      some of the most influential men in that country are his greatest opponents , and now , mark whatl tell you . To prove toyou that self-interest is the basis of human action , he would rather that ten million Frenchmen were slaughtered , if it preserved his position , than save the lives of every one of them if he lost it ; while , I dare say , yon will come to the fair conclusion , after your knowledge of me for so many years

      , that I would not shed the blood of a man , woman , or child , if it was to make me Em * peror of the world . And , as I have often told you , it is my pride and my boast to say , that I never committed a cruel act in my life ; and it makes my blood run cold , when I know that many of your class are starving , while if you were united , there would not be a pauper in the land . :

      In conclusion , old Goardf , let me tell you that it will give me great pleasure once more to visit the busy bees in the Northern hive . Your Faithful and Uncompromising Friend and Advocate , Feakgus O'Cousob .

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      NATIONAL LAND AND LABOUR LOAN SOCIETY . This body held its usual weekly meeting at the City Chartist Hall ,. Golden-lane , on Wednesday evening ; Mr . Edwards in the chair . ' The deputation appointed to wait , on Mr . O'Connor and the other Directors of the National - Land Company delivered in their report . Thsy " had received all the necessary facilities for arriving at a true knowledge of the monetary position of the Company , and were promised any farther information whicn ft might he in the power of the Directors to afford them . Correspondence of a highly favourable nature was read from Mr . J . Sweet , of Nottingham ; from Burnley , Edinburgh , Bilston , and other paces , and Mr . Wheeler waa instructed to reply thereto . A discussion took place respecting the roles , when a committee of four , persons were appointed to assist the secretary in taking the necessary steps to procure their immediate enrolment , there being a considerable demand for them . The question of . the appointment of officers was

      wen brought forward , and it wasultimately decided tnat Messrs . Wheeler and Windeler should sign the Hues as the acting secretary and treasurer , and two other members , in order to comply with the forms required for enrolment , and that the election of officers should take place at Golden-lane , on Wednesday evening , May 6 tb , when all members of the society , and those desirous of joining are requested to attend . The following persons were nominated to stand as trustees , Messrs . Allsop , Saul , O'Connor , Oastler , and Sewell , and a deputation , con-77 ^ - ° l Messrai - Tweeter , Broomfield , Stratton , aoa Windeler , appointed . to wait upon them in the order they were nominated , and procure the concent of at least : three persons out of that or any nitnre list that might be nominated . Several new Members were enrolled , and deposits paid on « goteen shares . Scrip to a large amount was also Promised to he deposited ' with the society . The meeting then adjourned .

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      At the foot of Tauxhall-hridge , on the Middlesex ?« ,. Me ssrs . Castle aud Co . have fitted up a build'" for the accommodat'en of 200 raeu , where a comfor table berth , with the use of washing appa-^ tnB ,, p | ate , s , knives and forks , &c ., may be had for «• per night . Breakfast , including meat , for 9 d . , Ao smoking * allowed" in the building , or on the Mjoming wharf ; but a ship , lying alongside , will Mrte the purpose- of a " cigar divan ; " and those too promenade the deck will enjoy " a beautiful Tiew of the river and ite traffic . " * The Bishop of London , Cardinal Wiseman , and ¦ rather Gayazri , says the Builder , were , on the 12 th ™ t , standing shoulder to shoulder at the private tow of the exhibition of the National Institution of the Fine ' Arts . .

      - * tocsg man at Niagara having been crossed in *« ve , walked out to the precipice , took off his elothe ? , gave one lingering look at the gulph beneath 1 dm , and then went—home . , His body * as found next morning in bed . ' . .. .. . The JSnaota Free Democrat has the following flotice of a marriage : — " At Watah City , March "Mi" llaw-kee-ko-fee-wah-hah-daucby-kew , Esq ., to % 3 , Wee-buu-kaw , daughter of , Maw-kee-hoo-Buay-naw-zliee-kaw , all of Wanatah county , Mine-**" s £ The editor participated in the least on this " wasioD , and- was presented with the hind-quarters

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      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Offices 14 , Southampton-street , Strand . The Executive Committee of this body held their asnal weekly meeting , as shove , on Wednesday evening last ; John Milne in the chair . A large amount of correspondence from Various localities and individuals was rea < J . " " " ' . . Messr * Bolton and Clifton attended as a deputation to . solicit the assistance . of the Executive , in order to resuscitate the movement in the parish of St . Pancras , and the Secretary having been instructed to act with the deputation in getting up a public meeting for that purpose ,- thedeputation withdrew . - - . .

      John Shaw attended from the united Councils of the Toner Hamlets to advise the Executive at the present time not to hold open-air meetings in or around the Metropolis to adopt the National Petition , and Mr . Shaw , being informed that the Executive repudiated the idea of holding , such meetings in the Metropolitan distripts , but , in the country ,, they were of opinion . that ' out-door meetings might and ought to be held ; Mr . ' Shaw then retired . / ' . •_ :.. ; " ;; . ; , _ . ' .:... . ' '• . . It . was . reported that Ernest Jones had received a letter from Sir George Grey , stating that he ( Sir George ) declined to reoeive a deputation relative to Frost , Williama , Jonesand EllisbutthafHe would

      , , presentthe memorial to the Queen , on behalf of the said persons , if reipectfidly worded . . ' ' Measra . Arnott and Jones were appointed totake the memorials to the Home Office , and also to see Thomas Duncombe , M . P ., with reference to bringing the case of the expatriated patriots before the House of Commons , and the Secretary was instructed to solicit the attendance of the whole of the delegates to the late Chartist Convention , resident in Lijndon , at the above office , on Wednesday evening , May fth , at half past eight o ' clock , to aofc with the Executive as a committee , to carry out the decision of the said Convention relative to the exiles .

      Thorntoa Hunt theu read , the following , wMoh was unanimously adopted as the

      NATIONAL PETITION . "To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britaia and Ireland , in Parliament assembled , "The humble Petition of " Shewetb , That the People of this country , in grrat numbers , have called upon your Honourable House to grant them the ri ght of tho franchise , on the princi ple that every tax-payer ou * ht to be an elector . "That a measure for that purpose , entitled " The People 8 Charter , " and embodying the following details—Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual-Parliaments , Equal Electoral Districts , No Property Qualification , and Payment of Members—¦ was composed by members of your Honourable House , jointly with certain persons of the class at present denied the right of representation , and was sfterwards submitted to your Honourable House , and has from time to time been urged , upon your adoption by the petitions of the People .

      That the provisions of that measure hare » everally been acknowled ged as sound and just . " That these facts are too well known to your Honourable House to render any lengthened enforcement of them at all necessary . - ' That , therefore , your petitioners beg of your Honourable House forthwith to enact that the provisions of the PeopIe ' 8 Charter be the law of the land , "And your petitioners will ever pray , &o . " ¦ The Committee then adjourned to Wednesday evening , May 7 th . Signed on behalf of the Committee , Johs Ansoir , General Secretary .

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      Manchester . —On Sunday evening last a lecture was delivered to a numerous audience by J . Leach on "The Difficulties of the Land Company—their Causes , and the Duty of the People in reference thereto . ' Mr . Leach said , it would be scarcely possible to introduce a question of higher importance than the one for consideration that evening . It was not a question of an isolated or local nature —it was the question of the world , and went to the root of all their social wrongs " ana" political-iniquities ; but he was sorry that he bad nothing very cheering to . advance on behalf of that particular part of the subject . " Before he proceeded further , he would explain his position iu reference to the National Lund Company . It was true , his

      pecuniary interest in its tunds were but small , having never paid more than 5 s . towards a four-acre share , vihioh he took up when the Company first commenced operations . It was not his intention to detail the reasons why he did not continue to pay as a member of the Land Company ; but there were those aronnd him who would remember the part he took , ami the ill-will he tot for the , opposition he gave to the policy adopted by the directors ; and that he did not abandon the stand he made on that occasion until the opposition offered to him by some of the members of this district had become so personally offensive , that he saw he could not be of any service in giving that direction to ( he Company ' s proceedings which he knew to be essential to its success . It was then

      he left the Company , telling the members that , as he could not do any good , he would stay away from their meetings . He ( Mr . Leach ) would not give a lengthened review of the Company ' s proceedings ; it was sufficient to know that , as its affairs were now presented , it was a complete and decided failure , without the possibility of being redeemed , excepting by a decided change , both in its principles and in the conducting of its affairs . Mr . Leach then proceeded , at considerable length , to discuss tbe present position of the Company ' s affairs , and proved from various documents that , if the estates were bronght to sale under the Bill now before the House of Commons , ' the dividend to the shareholders would be extremely small , if , indeed , it paid anything , after the mortgagees and tbe vultures of

      the law had had their feed out of it . In conclusion , Mr . Leach made the following propositions to the meeting , and contended that their adoption would immediately relieve the Company from its present difficulties , and ultimately accomplish the great end it was designed to achieve : —1 st . That the Company consists of 50 , 000 shareholders ; sup . posing 10 , 000 of this number would agree to go on with the Company , and pay £ 3 per share upon the shares alread y taken up , £ 1 to * be paid as soon as possible , 10 s . of which should go towards the immediate relief of the Company . This would gite £ S , 000- ^ -the other 10 * . to go towards the commencing of Co-operative Stores . This would also give £ 5 , 000 , which might be divided into £ 600 , to ten of the principal towns , where the greatest numher

      of Land members reside . Each of these large or central stores could extend their branches in their various districts , so as to afford an opportunity to the great bulk of the members to expend their money in their own establishment , and from the profits of which the remaining £ 2 of the £ 3 advanced upon each share should be paid . Thus , the advance of £ 1 from the present 60 , 000 shareholders , would give immediate relief to the Com . pany , and set on foot a vigorous co-operative effort , with a capital of £ 5 , 000 to commence , with . The remaining £ 2 per share , paid from the profit of co-operation , would give £ 20 , 000 , and could he employed towards paying off those members who are not satisfied to go on with tbe Company .. With an earnest effort on the part of the members , this

      could be accomplished in twelve months . The Company , once eased from its embarrassments , could more rapidly extend its operations , and , with the rents of estates and the profits of co-operation , erect mills and other workshops , which , ' when fitted up with the best machinery would become as prolific in production on behalf of the labourers , as they have hitherto been under the power of the capitalist ; and thus , by combining under the hands of the . workers , the two great elements of national wealth—agriculture and manufacture—place the labourer in a truly independent position ; and if he Ir e not so placed , he must ever remain a mere machine of production—a bondslave to the wealth he is creating . At the close of Mr . Leach ' s address , many questions were asked , which were answered by Mr . Leach at some length , and in an apparently conclusive and satisfactory manner

      Many of the audience were much surprised at the statement made respecting the small amounts they were likely to receive in the event of the estates being Bold , but seemed much pleased with the propositions offered for saving the Companv from breaking up , and pushiug on with vigour its * important undei takings . It was then unanimou sly resolved— " That another meeting of the Land members be held in the People ' s Institute ,: ' on Suuday morning next , at ten o ' clo k , for the purpose of taking into farther consideration this important question . " An unanimous vote of-thanks was given to Mr . Leach , and the meeting separated . ; . Todmohdeh . —A public meeting was held in the Bpciet / a hall , on the 28 th ult ., for the purpose of taking into consideration the condition of four Polish and Hungarian Refogees , lately arrived in the town . —Mr . Brook was called to the chair , and thelneeting was addressed by Mr . Tattersall , of

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      Burnley , who in a telling speech , pointed but the evils inflicted by the Northern Autocrat . After which the following resolutions wereunanimously cajried . — " That in the opinion of this meeting the Polish ' and Hungarian Refugees in this country , are deserving the sympathy and support of the good and benevolent of all classes-of society , inasmuch as their exile is caused by their glorious efforts to emancipate suffering , humanity from " the atrocious despotism uf Austria , and Russia . " Moved' by Mr . Whelright , seconded by / Mr . J . Mooiiey . — " That as you have affirmed that ^ the Refugees are > ortby of the support of every ' class hi ' societyithis nieeting therefore pledges itself-to use every means hi its power = to carry out the first resolution . " Moved by T . Barker , secondedby Mr . S . Stott . ' '¦' Brighton . —The following resolution wa 9 put at Tlnainlnvr mkn ** . _ a « . ii ; ¦ ¦ ' l- _ - ' : ' r _ j" . « . u _

      • general meeting of the Chartist bod y ^— " That this meeting regrets the publication of the letter , in the NorihemStapresfeatiug the refugees , some part of which has been misconstrued , but consider Mr . O'Connorjustified in guarding the people against any attempt being , inade by foreignera visiting London , creating a revolution . Knowing such a course would cause the government to entrap our best advocates ; and most likely MrJ O'Connbr . w 6 uld be sacrificed , wh ? ch we should ; truly regret . We have full confidence m that gentleman , for the many services he has rendered the causeof democracy ' " """ ¦ ' 1 8 HBFFiKu >;—At a meeting held on Sunday / April 27 th , at Mr . Edward Grayson ' s , 22 , SteelhOuae ^ laue—Mr . Bagshaw in the chair—a resolution wag passed approving of the conduct of Mr . Bezer in the late Conference , and condemnatory of Mr . O ' Connor . , . ' " '

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      .. m .. : — THE NEW CHARTIST . MOVEMENT . Chartism has returned to town after three I ^ m . ab enc and is ^ introduced to the public by the Ttma . Chartism , whioh appeared to have committed suicide in 1848 ; like an Indian devotee at the feaBt of Juggernaut , by a voluntary prostration under the feet of tho Special Constable , suddenly arises m the midst of us— " mtdio defonteleporum " —with renewed life ! It aeems by tho great chronioleof the day , that the unknown' Mirabeaus and bieyes have been sitting in convention , whence they nave issued a " programme" of action for the season as comprehensive as any from the energetic brain of Mr . Lumley , propounding a . general

      reorganisation of society-universal suffrage , right of labour , nationalisation of land , arid what not . This reappearance , with bo much redundancy of vigour—on . paper—will surprise many of' our readers who have' supposed that Chartism was decently buried after the 10 th of April 1848 : But sudden resurrections are as common on the political as they are on the theatrical stage . It is true that in one sense Chartism has been dead : the memberBof " the working classes , " disgusted with the failure of their great demonstration , with the conduct of their "leaders , " with the discredit thrown on their " monster petition" by the wholesale importation of ribald signatures , have since been totally inert and apathetic . The nroaDeritv

      which , is bo grateful to the Chancellor of the Exchequer has contributed to this inertness . CaHdid politicians admitted as probable , that many of the genuine old original Chartists held aloof from the joint demonstration with the Irish ; and it would appear from the names now advanced that most of the quondam leaders have dropped off through death or disappointment and diBgust . From statutics that have come out in the recent movement ! of-the Chartiat body , it would appear that the number of those claiming to be members of the Astociation does not amount to 4 , 000 , for the whole of Great Britain ; a . fact which would alone imply that the numbers in the separate towns must be utterly insignificant . In its three-years' b » rial , Chartism has

      waited to a bare skeleton . Pew who have thought of it at all would he prepared to learn such a complete ossification of tho once formidable body . . It would be difficult indetd to reoonoile that wasting with the presertationof any life at all , if it were only % matter of itatisticB ; and on their showing , the prostration of Chartism mi ght be m unduly * x * gger&te& now as its vigour and dimension ! once were . The Charter Association , however ; still retaini some faculties . Although but a skeleton , it still has its members stationed in the towns of the non-agricultural districts , possessing a machinery inferior onlj to that of some , of the great religious assooiatons ; its members are among the active politicians of the working classes : they are able in some places to show what intelligence , aotivity , fixed purpose , and organization can do in

      creating practical influence . In the Staffordshire Potteries , for example , although undeniably insignificant in numbers , as undeniably do the Chartists hold a balance of power in the management of local affairs : thus , in the recent election of Guardians , they are said to have " nominated " those who were elected . ^ They seem to have acquired this really remarkable position by using their Organisation for the popular party , whatever that may be , in present practical affairs . ' . From the Programme published by the Times it is evident that the new movement is an attempt to apply this method to the kingdom at large : the Charter Association advertises itself , with the hel p of the Leading Journal ; as the general agent of the working clasies . Consistently with that view , th » reviving Chartists invite a union with the Socialists —a considerable and increasing number , hitherto not organized .

      The new and enlarged attempt is made in a state of the public feeling considerably altered since 1848 , Although standing with practical England in the remote and shadowy regions of "isms , " neither Chartism nor Socialism is quite the bugbear that it once was : common sense begins to regard each as a rude husk containing some kernel of truth , that may be worth analysis : a process in which even the Tint * begins to assist in a slashing bantering fashion . —Spectator .

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      Comviciioh of an Old Owindbr ' ih Jllicit Distillation . —At . the Court of Inland Revenue on Wednesday , Charles Barnett and Mary Barnett . the former of whom is now in the House of Correction Coldbath-fields , were charged with removing spirits with the intent of defrauding her Majesty of the duty thereon . —The Chairman said the court had no doubt whatever about the case . —Mrs . Barnett then approached the bench , and exclaimed , For God ' i sake have mercy on me , I am but an old woman . — The Chairman said there would be no necessity to convict on the first count of the information but they : should convict Mary Barnett only on the second and third , £ 60 on the second , and £ 100 on the third connt . —Mrs . Barnett again entreated the mercy of the court , and promised to do anything that was required . —The Chairman said that both herself and husband were notorious smugglers , upon whom all sorts of punishment had hitherto been ried in vain .

      ¦ Accidemt to Mb . Ghaham ;—Letters from Malta dated 12 th of April , mention a frightful accident that had just occurred to a son of Sir James praharo , serving as naval cadet on board her MajestyVship Queen . It appears that Mr . Graham , who is a remarkably fine enterprising boy , was showing off some feats of activity with his youne messmates aloft , when ,, missing his hold , he fell from the misen-top to the deck , fortunately catching a rope that in some degree cheeked the violence of the descent . We were glad to hear last night that , although much hurt , the young sufferer was progressing favourably , A Loko Assmir . —The Treasury of Hanover has juBtbeen relieved of a claimant who was , it may lie assumed , one of the oldest names on the pension lists of Europe . A lady named Von Leuthe , the widow of a subaltern civil official , celebvated last year the 75 th anniversary of the date of her state allowance . It was given under the following

      circumstances : —In the year 1771 , when the unfortunate Queen Caroline Matilda of Denmark obtained by the . intervention of her brother , George III ., an asylum at Cette , in Hanover , she wished to adopt a child to supply the void left in her heart by the detention of her own children from her . An " orphan girl , known as "little , Sophie , " was selected , and remained with the Queen till the death of her Majesty in 1775 . In her last hours she recommended the persons surrounding her to the care of her relatives for provision by pensions for their lives , nnd the wish . was complied , with through the exertions of her chaplain , Pastor Lehzen . Among them wns ' little Sophie , " who received a pension of 400 thalere , and drew it regularly for seventy-five yeztd . She has just died , more than eighty years of age . — PrtussUche Zeitung . : A locomotive engine is said to be building in New York for the Erie Railway , in which nothing but alcohol is to be used for heatitig the boilers . . .

      ^ Caffib War . —a Parliamentary paper announces that the sum required to be voted towards defraying the expenses of the CafBr war for the years ,. l 850-51 and . 1851-52 ia estimated at £ 800 , 000 . ; -Mr . ^ V . Thackbb * has volunteered ' the discharge of the Laureate ' s duty , having produced a " May Day Ode , " of forty . verges . - ' ¦ * < . ~ " . ¦ :

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      NATIONAL ; -ASSOC ! ATION " OF . ; ' ; ' ¦ . ; . ;; UNITED TRADES . |; ... ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ V DoHcoMBB . Esq ., " M ; P ^ President / . ' -Eitabli skedlMh . ,:: / : i . . _ ¦ , - .-- ¦ ¦ ¦ :. ' . ¦ .. l ' KAI ^ BTmA . K ^ j _^' j _ • ; ..: ' ^ s ^ EsS s ^ i ^^ flUcaMeassffljaa Bli ¦ • ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : '¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ : - fiTdAET MltL . __ ^ .- ^»** . « . _ _ . _

      In ouv article of the 19 tb ult ., we ofibrea Bome . remarkSiupon the influence of machinery upojitheiortunes of labour . While ^ we cautiously guarded ourselves frbm ' being supposed ignorant , of the immense -advantages which BcientYtto improvements and mechanical inventions' are calculated . ' to confer upon society ' when introduced with ; a due ctmsideration-for tne ; immediate mteVests /' of ' . those upon whom J ? Pressure of its introapiori is more severely felt

      , ; we expressed our-. strong convictidh that great . irjjuBticeiiad ^' iji-jiumerpus instances ,: ¥ ^ ^ . ^ a P ^ 4 hf working ola 8 Be 8 . 'by the , conlbinediii | ueiipe . of ^ ^ the ^ avarioioiis , monopolising spirit of capital , and ; the culpable ^ apai . w •;<>? . tfw . Legislature , in withholding that protection to the vested rights of labour , wliioh is never withheld from any other class of the body politic , when , in their cases , public utility and private interest are brought into collision , Compensation is the invariable rule when the

      surrender of class interests is demanded ; even for the public benefit , labour is the sole and constant exception . We noticed the Heroulenean difficulties thrown in the way of our law reformers , by parties who set up tkeir claims ; for a vested right in a public . wrong . If the specious reasoning by which" these injuriQUs monopolies are thus successfully maintained—such as long established custom , creating a sort of perpetual patent or freehold right , that these monopolies had been recognised by the Legislature , which by legislating for their regulation

      ( as in the case of the West India slaveholders ) had sanctioned their existence , and thus legalised a sooial enormity—we say , if such reasoning is deemed valid , and that in such in-Btanceii a claim for compensation is recognised by the state and tolerated , ( we had almost said sanctioned ) by public opinion ; with how much more force and justice should the working man ' s claim for compensation bb considered , when his very means of existence is rudely -violated and torn from him—not bo much for the public good , as for : the private emolument of individual capitalists ?

      The position - of the working man , tlirown out of employment , without notice and without compensation , by the introduction of some new machine , js one of unequalled . injustice and severity . The law which , by a specious fiction , is said to be the impartial and sufficiently efficacious protector of the lives and property of both rich and poor , steps m and completes the full complement of the wrongs inflicted , by its connivance upon labour . This impartial , immaculate , law says to the poor man , work for your living , support your family by the

      proceeds of your industry , or take your choice ; of the alternatives-1-imprisonment in , a pauper gaol ,, or in the House of Correction—while the iron man , the creator of the modern . Frankenstein ,, the non-consuming automoton' of five hundred-manpower , is earning five hundred men ' s wages , . arid pouring them into the coffers of a class , who—stimulated by the most intense avarice , and an ambition , insatiate and illimitable—is rapidly rearing itself up into a rampant aristocracy , which , with a vampire instinct will suck up the very life blood of the

      nation . .- . .- , That the people—that is , the working people—of this country , is gradually , but certainly , approaching a state unequalled in any civilised nation in . the world except Ireland , we think no man can doubt . We are not deceived by the present fit of commercial sunshine , or the Free Trade glorification over the cheap loaf ; though we yield to no man in a just appreciation of the value—the priceless value of that great but tardy act of justice which secured to the people of England , and we hope for ever , the blessings of untaxed

      foodjbut we sadly fear that no man can predicateupon along or uninterrupted continuance of even the present amount of prosperity . The slightest .. disturbance in the political atmosphere of this country or of Europe—a rupture with America , —another partial failure in the cotton crop , or any unforeseen disarrangement of those fortuitous accidents ! upon a concurrence of which the well-doing of the . people is left by our legislature to depend , and away goes all our boasted prosperity , and the national vessel will be again exposed , without rudder or compass / to the buffetings and

      peltings of the pitiless storm , and , as heretofore , the crew who manage her , will have recourse to all sorts of lubberly shifts and expedients to keep her afloat . Who can look forward to an event- —if not absolutely certain , unfortunately much more than probable , without feelings of anxiety , bordering on dismay ? Every invention which supersedes manual labour is hailed as an unmixed nation ; . 1 blessing , but no one seems to think or care for those whose means of existence are thus paralysed , and by no fault of their own . Tour political doctors of either school ,. Wihig , Tory , Free Trade , or Radical , particularl y the latter , will give a

      hypocritical shrug , and tell us it is an " unavoidable - necessity , * ' a " natural dispensation , " which is quite beyond tho reach . of legislative care , and must be left to find its level to .. the . influence of time and chance . Profound philosophers ! ' Humane ; benevolent enlightened legislators ! The- displacement and consequent ruin of thirty thousand individuals by mechanical , agency , is a mere bagatelle , when compared with the prospect of supplying the world with Btockings , ( which won t fit ) at twopence , or twopence-halfpenny per pair . As for the 30 , 000 robbed unfortunates wh y , they will eimply be an aeereeation

      ot redundant labour and if they are wise , they will imitate" the economy of the bees , and swarm off to other hives of human industry , and , of course , fulfil the useful function of stimulating " cheap production "by the unavoidablopressure of that competition , which they will carry ' with them like a pestilence , into whatever department of labour may be doomed to the , infliction . Although accustomed to the heartless policy of trade , our readers will think , perhaps , we are drawing and

      tne long bo ^ . experimenting upon their credulity . But we assure them , in sober seriousness , we are drawing ' their attention to an indubitable , fact-to a process which is now in actual operation , with all its consequences of misery , privation , and crime , known and unheeded . ¦ ••¦ .: ¦ ¦ . . We present the following . extracts from the Times of Monday , the 28 th ult . Tho wu . f »» i , va ''^" gham , April 26 th . , . J j f ri e f holidays have , to some extent , conn Si tZl ? *?•' previous ^ Pression existing inlr ^ m iSi *? -S « f . thi «; district ; but as the re-A iS Of V ^^^ Winiition in the rate of proi i 2 £ o ^ ^ T ^ r ®*>» PPlrexceedsthede . niand ? , its effect will be beneficial" :

      . ' « ™! ^^ e ' supply .: does not stimulate demand ,. ? Pregftntly , weBhallfind the :. reverse

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      of this doctrine" put forth , as an irrefutable ( axiom . ' , _; . . ;¦ ; t ,, ' , ,- ; ,., . - . u « s . T " ; . : AlthouBh the rate ' of production's increasinff greatly , froni causes , describediitiltbe Times of tho f ^ V . 'Psfc ., the , number ; of unemployed hands is daily E » ™*> »* tbe . present ; tihpie , in : and arounu Nottiigham alone , nearly 1 , 500 ^ mfc aro . said to ^ have been « h 8 cbargea during JH ^ fex ^ eeiS Only a few of thebest'hand-wroueli f . hosew 11 ooii SKiSS ss ^ lii m ^ m- ^ mmM

      R . ^ K nrA ^ r u con 8 l « eraDleinurabewwindeea ;' pm $ mti §® M | ssspg ^^^ the best meohani 08 they ! oan-fina , to imprbfetfiS various ways-Bome . adaptin ff ' the > 'Jaoalrf S tber pontriviag the means ' of fdabting stSpSr "t ° ? Jh £ ' m ?! ^ ° . . the r . construction , or powerl 0 V ? P . ee ^ . ' . ?^^ inven tions are superseding ; the enure class of operatives who : recentlvw 6 vl ! fnV

      manyjmonths , to s& ke / aAd ^ s ^ eiJet by tiffi ^ an ^ woirtamte ^ k ^ tet ^ anlS f » mtheli > e . mplojer 8 ilnaatte ?^ hHettey : sU the long-vexed question of "frame rerii very summarily . The strike ' of the Stocking makers cost them more than £ 3 , 000 in direct contributions , besides many thousands indirectl y , while-remaining so Jong unemployed . The . sweeping , changes here indicated are the causes of much anxiety to all classes in the manufacturing districts ' of the midland counties , particularly in arid around Nottiucham : ;_• .. ¦ ¦ :. . ¦ .

      Sweeping changes , indeed ., Alaa ! for labour . Oh , when ^ ill the working men se e that strikes do hot remedy their grievances , but really aggravate them ? Strikes but stimulate and hasten the march of machinery , and in no instance check or prevent itl Machinery must bemade to be the slave of man , and not his destroyer . ; . and this can only be done by a determined effort of the working man to become its . possessor , and claiming and Bharing its benefits by the light of ownership . .. - .. ' .

      The Editor of the Nottingham Mercurywho writes ,. of course ,. in the interest of the employing class—affects to allay the fears excited by the present aspect of affairs . His whole argument he borrows from the Political Economy School , and may be expressed by what he terms one of its soundest axioms" that supply creates demand . " ' We wish it was so as regards labour , but we have always been told by the same class of

      philosophers , that the sole cause of the misery of the millions arose from their redundancy , as compared with the demand for their labour . But we always observe , that . theBe gentlemen use their arguments after the same fashion as the traveller did his cloak , , to suit exactly opposite purposes—to keep the heat out ¦ ¦ or to keep it in . They seem to possess the happy faculty of blowing hot and cold with the breath of the name argument , just as it suits the occasion .

      We give one short extract from the Nottingham Mercury , which will give a livel y idea of the magnitude of the evil which is now overtaking one already deeply oppressed bod y of men , ^ and" of the glorious pre-eminence we are to enjoy , nationally , in the privilege of supplying . twopenny stockings Jo the , Hottentot , Bushmen ) and the wild denizens of all quarters of the globe . What signifies the destruction ofone of our staples of manual labour ! If thirty thousand ^ of bur fellow-countrymen are doomed to go stookingless , shoeless , or even

      houseless and foodless , the hosiers will build up grand houses , and grow sleek and fat , by the large export trade they will drive in their twopenny roundabout hosiery , with nations and people ' s five thousand miles away- Think of this ye stocking weavers , and bless your Btars that your late masters will make rapid and splendid fortunes , and another laurel be placed around the brow of tho genius of British Commerce , by so small and insignificant a sacrifice as your own and your families beggary . Thus , then , the Nottingham Mercury :- — -.

      We entertain the opinion that the new supply of cheap goods will create a demand for them in millions of instances in places , and under circumstances , where , the population have hitherto been either entiro strangers to such comforts , or by their poverty unable to procure them on the terms at which they have previously been offered . While a single machine , superintended by a . young woman , with an assistant girl under her direction , shall be able to produce the material for a hundred dozen pair of stocking ' s per week , which stockings , complete and fit to wear , will he sold to consumers 5 , 000 miles distant from the place of their production at 2 d . or 2 Jd . per pair ; and caps , shirts , drawers , petticoats , gloves , < &c , at proportionately

      low prices , it is impossible but that from ' tho natural wants of mankind , and the advancing progress of civilisation in so many regions of the earth , a vast and steadily increasing demand for such articles must be the result of their supply . Thus employment . will be created , labour remunerated , wealth be increased at home , the comforts and elegancies of sooial life be diffused abroad , and the patriot and philanthropist find equal causes for rejoicing in those creations of the genius of the mechanician and the artificer which a Bhort-Bighted

      policy on the part of some individuals would consign to utter oblivion , lest their adoption Bhould create a temporary suspension of labour among a particular class of operatives , or direct a portion of existing capital from its present and acoustomed channel of employment . The fact that increased supply will always be followed by increased demand ought to be felt alike by governments and individuals as a sufficient reason' why no impediment should be allowed to stand in the wav of that supply being in eyerj way and every thing as unlimited as possible . ¦ ;' - i - ¦ ¦ ' ; T

      This maybe set down as fine writing ; we dare say it is , but we look upon it as so much aaud thrown into the eyes of common sense . We do not believe in any of the fanciful anticipations which the writer indulges in—of the wonderful blessings which are to ensue by an unlimited supply of . twopenny stockings , for which not even a savage would doff his mocassins . We think that the pride and ambition of British manufacturers and British mechanics should be to produce an article unequalled in its excellence of quality , rather than toiudulgo in a deadly competition , to see who could . produce the cheapest and most worthless article , in the disposal of . which ; among people who were ignorant of its quality , they might . mainl tain an unrivalled supremacy . . ¦ ¦ '

      Wo think such a supremacy is neither creditable to them oi' the nation , particularly when we consider at what a melancholy sacrifice of skill and industry this supremacy is to be obtained . .. , We think this is neither a legitimate nor an honourable application of mechanical science . It is excessively damaging to- the national character . In America , Germany , Switzerland , Belgium and France , British machine wove and steam printed good 6 are at a heavy ' discount ; they are celebrated for their worthlessness . The comparative -insignificant amount of our exports of such goods to these countries , sufficientlyprbves . the bankrupt character of British manufactures , notwithstanding they are cheapened at the expense of British industry . ' . ... " ,., '

      Wouldthatwe could awaken , " the- workW classes to a seuse of their humiliated ! position —that we could induce them to throw off their dependency upon strikes and turnouts a 8 ro medial agents for th ' oir grievances ^ that wo

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      . < V ? % ^ 7 j /; . vviJs : ? : 5 ,-i'j ' i ' . "¦ i ' , could make theHhfiee ^ tiiat in a national pro * tectiveand consVuctive combination lies then ? onl y aalyatron ^ Thatte « i «» i i a combihaiy ^ honid bp directed ; to rei ° I ° *^ ^ W ^ u ' r niVikel' fi ^ om sqiYio of its super-^ umbeu ^ loa oX ; flimn | ihe ? . thousands " they ^• V ^ y spend ; in . inproductive strikes would

      soon accomplish oSectuiiily . : This would pave the wpy xo the next ^^ object th ' ey ahould « ^^^ e 8 ^ biUhing ; self-supporting home . co onies ,. embracing agricultural and manufacturiug . pai > 't , it , . ¦ ttnd ! £ Jri } the greater the amount or machimu-y they , could surround themselves with , the more would jtconduco to their welfare and hajipiuoss , and not ; as ^ now to thfflr ruin' aad d (' igV | datio ' n ; - This is the only ' checkmate wfiiifii -fciin be given ' to the aggressions of capital , . up&n the riglita . ' qf industry . •'¦ ; ' ; l ; ^¦ ; < !' 'v : ; ;'•¦ ¦ ;• ; .. ' ;¦

      •; . Theiday f or "tho i ^ alisatidn . of these , jnea-^ r es , ^ e ^ uli ^!' ca 5 iin 6 ^ bp fyery-, far . distant . , Wt ljis ^^ iKe ^ mostfrigirtful ' anHrchy or ^ the imost-BOul-4 ^?? l ? g siajvery . ; to one pr ; the other , things are ; rapjdly :: approaaiiiiig .- ; -, i -: ; . - :.: . " t ^ . i . ' v :-.: ! : . > 'Wiuum . Pepl ,. Secretary . 2 . 69 , . Tottenham" Court Road ; <;> ;; : ¦ • ,

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      §^ RREiyDj ; Ut RAILWAY AC 0 IDEN < r . ~ ;; :. ;';; ;;;^ lgm ;; i , ivEs L 0 sT .::. ' :. J ' i'& §^ 3 ^ ° " took P ? a ? S on the 1 / anca-5 i })! ' % ft ? S 9 ( % ^ r Junctioa Railway ,- between !^ ?»;? H ? J » 1 ft 3 froni : Ol . ester ; races : ; to . Man-. c ^ HilO ? ' WednesfUy .. evening . . iThreevery ms and . jcrow . ded . . traSns . left . eheBter-iu the PWiSg-fer -Manck'Steiv . arfd -the locoraotive w > wev of tho .. first ; train : being- insufficient for lLf WfeM ^ l d ' ' itc ^ eto ; ' a stand-sill in ( thff long Auflti ei'bn ^^ —a ^ tunnel-about a ' niile laj ^ Vfiuf 11 % ^^ A second train ran in , to . tiie $ a soon a ' ftefwni :. d 9 , but was fortunatel y going at so . slow a pace , that but a few persons were . hurt ' bj ; the Collision . The third train appears to have cpme up and run into the second train at a fearful speed . . ' ; .

      Colonel Petit , ' one , of the 50 th regiment , aays : I was in a first class carriage near , the end of a train which -left Chester at about a quarter to seven in the evening . It was a long train . When we arrived at the tunnel ( Frodsham ) the train came to a dead stop for want of steam , and the next train ran into us from behind , although the guard had ¦ been senfc back with his light to show as a signal of danger . The train had not been standing more than two or three minutes , but had been going very slowly a long time . The carriage was entirel y smashed . I became insensible for a time , arid on recovering found myself Bitting on a portion of the carriage , the

      framework of which appeared to have been destroyed , for I walked out on oho side on a level with the ground , and came in contact with the side of tho tunnel . I Baw several people—I think four or five—who 1 believed had been killed , lying on the ground ; and a good many came on with the train , with broken legs and other injuries . Mrs . Ridgway , of Bolton , I am told , was the name of a lady killed . I was severely Bhaken , but beyeud that , and some cuts on the head and face , with a bruise on oue leg , sustained no injury . . Surgical attendance was provided for the sufferers . I came on to Manchester , and arrived there at half-past two to threo in the

      morning . The guard of the third train said : Wo left Chester at half-past seven . There were lights at the tail of ' tlie second train , but the team from the engines so filled the tunnel that we could not see them . Mr , Anaill , superintendent of the Electric Telegraph . for the Manchester district , says : I was in a first-class carriage { about the fifth ) of the second train . The first train of the three left Chester about five minutes to seyen on Wednesday evening , and consisted of about twenty carriages . The second left about a quarter-past seven .. In the Frodshara tunnel

      we struck the' first train , but did not smash it , on acconnt of our going at the time very slowly . No person in our train was hurt by that I think ; but a few persons in the first train were bruised . We had not become stationary more than three or four minutes , when the third train ran into us , producing a fearful crash , which Beemed a very prolonged one . There wore about twenty-five carriages in our train . The carriage in which . I was sitting w . is smashed , and the roof knocked off . i \ o one in jthe same compartment with me was injured , ' but several other parties in the other compartments of the

      carnage were . I assisted to take out two ' men , oce of whom had lost his fingers , and the other was severely cut on the head . Another gentlemen , who appeared much injured , was took into the Albion Hotel , Manchester . After the accident the greatesl ; confusion and excitement prevailed , on account of the utter darkness in the tunnel . Tho cries of '' Murder" and " Help" wore frightful . People wevo seeking wives , husbands , and friends in all directions , and running about in tho greatest alarm for somo time . I sent to a neighbouring farmhouse fer lights as soon as 1 could find my way out of tho tunnel . At or near tho end of tho train was an open truck crowded with a jjreat number of people standing , which the engine must

      have struck , and over which it was supposed ' to have passed . One man was entirel y thrown out of that carriage upon the roof of a covered carriage , and Siiid how he escaped God onl y knew . I arrived at Manchester about twelve o ' clock . Another gentleman who was a passenger by the first train said it stopped in tho tunnel through there being too many carriages for the locomotive . The second train ran into tbem and broke several of the last carriages and hurt some of the people . The third train then came up at great speed and there was a great crash . Among s the injured were Mr . Leeto , surgeon , Newton , leg broken , and Mr . Wilson , spirit merchantof Newtonono of whose

      , , thighs was fractured . Mr . Lennox , of Newton , had one log severely cut . Mv . Hurry , of Newton , had one leg broken , and Mrs . Hurry , one eye much lacerated . They were conveyed to tho Lcgh Arms Hotel , Newton , as also was Mr . J . C . Napier , of Manchester , calico-printer , who was suffering from severe internal injuries . Mr . Johnson , of the Albion Hotel , Manchester , is amongst the wounded . Froni inquiries made at Frodsham , about two miles from the tunnel , wo learnt that eight persons were killed , including Mrs . Ridgway , of Bolton , and Mr . Davidson , of Munuhestcr . Tho other bodieB had not been identified . At the Sutton end of the tunnel a temporary hospital had been fitted un . but

      it could not be ascertained how many pationts were there . Mr . Burgess , sui-geon , of Frodsham , said hehadjU 3 t returned from Cheethnm , near Man-Chester , where he had been with Mr . Itooper , a gentleman , who had been much injured in the train having remainpd crushed uinicr a carriago for a considerable time before ho was discovered . Mr . Rooper had Bustainert a compound fracture of the bones of the breast , and : was not likely to survive ' . There wore about 1 , 500 . people in the three trains ; and , besides the portions killed it is expected that at least thirty-five or forty Iiavo auftered severely from fractures of limbs . A commercial traveller ,

      Mr . Steelo , Chancery-lauc , London , gave his name to tho press as a person presentTin Uic first of the three trains , and he stilted that the company ' s ; aerr vants in charge of tlio nVH train wore much'to bliiuie , and indeed manifested thorough inenpacity to t : iko charge ofa tr . iin . ilo says tbo enginu fell sliorl of water .. Mrs . Hidgu-ay ; it is said , wan accompanied by her sister , and when killed was sitting with ono hand clasped in the hands of her sister " One of her livery servaats , ' ruling bclmul the carl rmge , was also , killwl , a ,,, . ! ' it appears BurprS that any of the party escaped , for the carrkee was on a truest the back of the , econd train and-TS truck was dashed , to -atom * . u "P > aW Wip

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      Sw& $ ? $ S other nlacos i » tK . UI i ° London ' Dubl »« and TimoMv Dni Z T bl ! i 11 " ! lblc to apprehend ra 55 S wlmm mV ; , V ; W- «™ - to have been tbe S Y 0 ? 1 tho filfal blow wag strut-It , but up to in oii « il ^ not ll f n ^ c ^ -f ul : Doncuu' ^ s cHArgod i poi . lua own racocnieinces not to leave ttio t « . wn heforothe lnvt bounty assize , lie left ' scon utter the assize , and tho day . before Harrington COntPSaeil . Ddn ' ovan , . hn-ing the period llan-injton was . awaiting . trial ; worked ontlip vatiousi pew buildings-in itlio - " nelghbeurhopd . ash mason ss labourer . ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ '•¦ ' ' '

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      : ' -Halifax , Ap rii * 29 tb . T ) eab Sib /— Youare apprised ' of some pro * vartv left to you , near Halifax , and we are ^ apectation that you will , ere long , visit neig hbourhood , to make some arrangem ents abont it . This being our expectation , a committee has been formed to make provipon for a lecture while you are . here ; and in case that cannot be , you have announced in the Star your intention to take a Northern

      jour this gammer , in eitner , or both cases , ghould they happen , we shall be glad to hear ftom you , either by letter or through the Star , if possible , fourteen days , before your visit . The Committee is composed of about twenty of the Old . Gnards . with power to add to their iramber . "Weknow that you are unwell and have been bo some time ; and , of course ' we wish to leave the matter in your own hands ] and by no means to stir- firom- your resting place tillyourhealUiiarestored . We sincerely » ish your restoration to health , and that your raluable life may be spared to see the downfall of tfia'FsyBtem against which -your

      forefethers and- younelf have bo nobly fougtit We shall look for a word iBrom you by Saturday next , either by letter or in the Star , and if this note be Buccessnil , we ahall only have to anounceit , and we haTe no doubt of a good meet ing .- * . ; .- ; ..: :..:: > ..: H « re follows the names of the Committee : — BXBushton , F . Hitchell , Wm . Maud , HXHayle , J . Sutcliffe , B . SutcUffe , ¦ 3 > . Ijj w 6 on , J . Ki-Holden , J . Law ^ on , ' : J . vWadawiwth , Wm .-Borette , Samuel Magson , . J ^ Oetcher , D . Bawuglerj J . ~ . Deaa , W . Iiater . rarid H . Pletcho-.. . -:. ¦ - >| i -C ^ ; - . B .- EusHipa ; secretary . '

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 3, 1851, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1624/page/1/