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    • THE NORTHERN STAB, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 31, 1852.
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      TES CHICOK-S- QTTSSTIOIT . THE -PUBLIC is not called npon to decide X whether Chicory is better than Coffee , nor whether a mk . Z' ^^ Z ^ cljr ™ **—B-rfcl . lob . iK compound consist ^ in most eases , of more than haff SdcorV Bur doing dictates thai every article should be scldfoTwhat tt * ' atm own j-roper pnte . But in the case of Chicory the consumeHs StM ? , Sr" - ' - ^ thearticleCST / TheCEXTRAL CO-OPEKATIVE AGESCY has been established to counteract tfcs and a- i : mlar frauds and evHj artide S « , ld under its own proper . ' euomina tion at a fair S U ^ ulrl . tees to supply pure Chicory at 3 d . per pound , good & » e U fi ^ Coffet If 4 d ., and . he best Mocha Is . SdU p £ | S > TJ can ^ ehad euherwfte berry or grou ^ , and if ground ™ ev ' are stymied to befree from any mixture whatever . Personswho haw Sen w wgground Coffee > are recommended totry halfa Z T&CZL

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      IjIPOJSTAXT TO TRADES' UXIOINS . WOLV ^ Mg rOX OgmjW CjgWBBU . A PUBLIC MEETINB of the Trades of London •* - ¦¦ will be held at THE MECHANICS' IXSTITUTE , SOUTHAMPTON BUILDINGS , HOLBOR 2 T , Ox Tcesdat , p £ BKUAar 24 th , 1852 . Chair to b ; taken at half-past seven o ' clock . rp ™ hea f ^ L 0 na ° ^ ? iDefence Comn " « ee will present their report of me proceeding in connexion with the above CoiKnirars GaEe , andsubmittheirJ { alance Sheetofthe&sts ofSef . nct ^ _ Messrs . PeeL Green . Duffield , Gaunt , and Woodnor th now suffer ingmcareeration , will attend and addr ^ s the meS- whe ^ it £ rinffil oped lhat ^ m an interest * S 5 fi ? 5 toS By order of the Central Defence Committee Bell Inn , Old Bailey , A « fiX ? " ™ * * " ****

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      To Tailors . 3 Iillincn , and Dressmakers ( J ENTLEMAX ' S HERALD OF FASHION mmw ^ ilt ^ s ^ s S&ssssssg&a

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      LAND AND COTTAGES FOX THE *" WORKING CLASSES ! " * CjOBER AND INTELLIGENT MEN KJ Urns desirous of bringing up their families ia the pore and ir fe-presernDgair of the country , aud away from the ^ omaiuWtionaf large towns , may always have their wishes gwtffied bv aoS to the Advertiser , particularly if inclined to fora SanSSfSS ? ASSOCIATIONS , - the chief object of which shall be to prepare their children at least { ifttePaKuUtiemselta are unfit / or such a superior mfafof tifo

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      The b ^ HrouLi .. j ~ ¦ - » cbketb » boroi . S ° ™ ar < l by sir G . Grey to disfran-ItM * vCTV shorUj ,. «¦¦ Albans was printed on Tnesday . the borough of " $ -. ' ? IJ ™ the enacting part states , " That soaJifrom - and ^^ ^ . m tho county of Hertford , » y amber * or wS 8 " 1 ? ° ? this act cease to retort wno ser «> w Parliament . "

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      Oai- Correspondent ! will oblige ns greatly bj attending to the following general instructions : — The earlier we can receive Uieircommnnications in the week , the more certain they are of being inserted . This is the case especially wtn letters upon general subjects intended for the columns set apart for « Pr « Com spondence . ' Kegorts of proceedings of Chartist Bodies , Trades , and Co operative ooaetieg , &c-. ihould be forwarded immediately after their occurrence . By thismeanj a glut of matter is avoided at the latter end of the week , and consequent curtailment or non-insertion . Btports should consist of a plain statement of facts . All communications intended for publication should be written on one lide ot the paper only , and addressed to the Editor .

      HosEm Fond , fob Chamjcs MraBAT . —This would have been acknowledged some weeks preTioas , but it was mislaid . —Edward Schmidt 1 «—George Murray Is—John Murray Is-Jame 3 Murray Is—Char . es Murray Is—William Bogers Is—William Reynolds Is —Joseph Middleton Is—William Anthonpy Is—6 . Badham 6 d—K , Badham 6 d-Mr . LewU 6 d—fly . Gracie Is—Wm . Binns 6 d—John Lennon 6 d—Wm . Peters « d . —Total 13 s . J . B . L . —Thanks for your kind note . We regret that the " lines " are not sufficiently correct for publication . W . BMCGs . LongSutton . —Your verses are respectfully declined . Toe Halifax Discussion . —Mr . Christopher Shackleton , who presided at the recent discussion , ha 3 written a reply to Mr . Jones ' s letter , which appeared in our last issue , relative to the vote on that occision . After the discussion , Mr . Shackleton sajs : — " One of the three , of Mr . L . Jones's committee , told me that a resolution

      had been corns to , that no vote should be taken . I informed the meeting of this , and stated thatlshould abide by the rules of the committee . When Mr . Baldwin , another of L . Jones's committee , stated that no . such resolutioa had been passed , but that it had been left an open question . On this announcement from Mr . Baldwin , I put the motion , and did not retire , us stated by your CJrrespqndent . Some dispute originated , after the discussion , concerning the distribution of the funds , when Mr . L . Jones ' s committee requested me to act as arbitrator , w referee , in the case . They pulled the minutes out of the book and handed them into my keeping . I have looked them over , and there is no resolubon concerning a vote , either for or against . " J . Bbown , Preston —Tour communication shall appear in our next . David Heed , Prestonholme . —All Money Orders for this Office must be made payable to Messrs . Jl'Gowan and Co ., Printers , 1 G , Great Windmill Street . G . Brow * , Wakefield . —Your letter is respectfully declined .

      The Northern Stab, Saturday, February 31, 1852.

      THE NORTHERN STAB , SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 31 , 1852 .

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      WASHING A BLACKAMOOR WHITE . The House of Commons has not even the negative virtue of the people , who , Compound for sins they ara inclined to , By damning those they have no mind to . They cherish the sin , but try to look virtuous by sacrificing the sinners who are caught in the act , The whole of their political morality is comprised in the axiom , * don't be found out . ' Bribe , corrupt ,

      demoralise the people as much as you please , but do it so cleverly that nobody can bring it home to you , and all iB right ; though the fact itself is patent to all the world , and you in your inmost soul know that it is so , so long as it cannot legally be proved that is enough , and when a fellow sinner , who has been detected , is hauled up for judgment , wipe your mouths , assume a virtue , though you have it not , and send him , as Mr . Roebuck phrases it , like a scapegoat , with the sins of the hon . house' on his back .

      St . Albans is the Jonah to be thrown to the whale , in the hope of saving the other corrupt and venal constituencies which form the bulk of the cargo . Now , we really think that Mr . Beix made a very excellent , cogent , and unanswerable speech against such a mode of lightening the ship . He is as much an ' Hon . Member * as most of those who are called upon to vote his expulsion . The only difference between him and many of them is , that he has » pent less in bribery , and that he has been found out , while they have not . Mr . Bell , graphically , and with a fine sense of appositeness in his metaphor , illustrated the nature of the proceeding by reference to a recent visit to the House of Correction . The ' lion ,

      gentleman , in going over that house , saw one hundred and fifty thieves there , while he knew there were probably forty thousand outBide as bad or worse than they were . Suppose the forty thousand thieves not caught and imprisoned , were to vote for hanging the one hundred and fifty who are , would that make them any more honest ? Not at all . While Mr . Coppock avers that he can put his hands on boroughs , from A to Z , and prove that they are all as corrupt as St . Albans has been shown to be , will the exciiion of that rotten member give health or soundness to the representative body ? If not , why be at the superfluous trouble ? Tantararara ! rogues all ! St . Albans will be really very scurvily treated , if it is turned out of Buch suitable company .

      We hope before it is sacrificed , the member for Sheffield will redeem his pledge , and , if possible , get Mr . Coppock at the bar of the house to throw some of thatlight ' upon thewhole question which he is so well qualified to do . As the dispenser of Government patronage , and the confidential friend of that important personage , the Treasury secretary , who does the whipping , ' and sees that things are made pleasant , there is no doubt but that he can make piquant and important revelations as to the way in which these thngs are managed . It would be useful to know who really works the puppets in the Marionette theatre of St . Stephens , and make them say' aye '

      , and nay' as they are bidden . The manner in which the boroughs—from the first letter of the alp habet to the last—are coddled and trafficked by unscrupulous agents , _ and unprincipled attornies , would form a fine practical commentary on our representative system . The effect of a vast and ever active machinery for corrupting voters , would be found not to stop in its demoralizing effects with them , but to spread from the minister who bribes the member down to the humblest and most degraded instrument of the vicious and vitiating system . We fear , however , that even if Mr . Roebuck ' s courage does not by that time ooze out at his fingers

      end ? , like that of Sir Andrew Agdecheek , the 'Hon . House' will be in no hurry to sanction such a proceeding . It would be equivalent to putting too many in the same position as Messrs . Bell and Ripton , and necessitating a more general clearance of the venerable nests in which electoral and parliamentary corruption ^ hatched and reared . A fellow feeling will niaka the majority of small borough members wondrous kiud ; while virtuous Mr . Hatter , who is quite surprised at the insinuation that he ever spoke to Mr . Coppock , or any such person , about the distribution of Treasury patronage , will no doubt take care to make a good ' whip' when the question

      comes on . So we suppose the undetected and unconvicted thieves will sit i ^ judgment on the thief that has been found out , and sentence it accordingly . St . Albans will be made the scape-goat , and , having sacrificed it , « Hon . Members' will go about their legislatorial duties afterwards , ' to ? " ™ * theip / * ace that Wna of satisfaction Wlach men feel when they ' ve done a TirtuoHS action , '

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      HOW TO UNREFORM PARLIAMENT . If any decided feeling has been excited by the hotch potch called ' a Bill to extend the right of voting for Members of Parliament , and to amend the laws relating to the representation of the people in Parliament , ' it is that of mingled disgust and contempt . The more its provisions are analysed , and their true intent and practical operation discussed the more clearly the fact comes out , that it is a carefully concocted political swindle , intended to rob all other parties of some portion of their existing strength , for the benefit of the Whigs . In the pursuit of this object the most astounding and unparalleled combinations are proposed . A perverted ingenuity has been put to its utmost stretch for the purpose of giving to the people the minimum , to the Whigs the maximum of political power . The addi-^

      tion of new towns to existing boroughs , in order to increase the constituencies which sounded so well is discovered to be a fraudulent pretence . The geographical and political relationships of the towns to be thus incorporated into electoral districts , which an honest Stateman would have kept in view , had he intended to act up to the spirit of his professions , have been disgracefull y disregarded . Instead of enfranchising the few towns in thernral districts , which are growing in population and trade , and thereby ukely to infuse new blood into the old , torpid , and

      corrnpt constituencies with which they might be linked , Lord John carefully excludes them in order to resuscitate a number of the decrepid , rotten , sinkholes of political feculence , which he himself extlngmshed twenty years ago , in his celebrated schedule ? ' * * £ g tben rank "d abominable to be endared . Then , these miserable decaying villages are dragged from the obscurity into which , since 1832 , they hate fallen , either for the purpose of adding to the influence of some great Whig boroughmoneer , or extinguishing that of a political opponent who deals in tha tame kind of merchandise . The

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      MHHMHii ^»« iaMHiWHH « HaMaiHaMiMMMiHHaM « aMMi most extraordinary geographical and . topographical combinations are brought together ^ et amis . Con - tiguity and political fitness are equally ignored . Like an old highland ' reiver , ! Lord John does not hesitate to make a aid into neighbouring counties , and carry off two or three towns from their natural , social , and political relations , while he carefully protects those who pay black mail' to the Treasury bench , in the shape of votes . It is no wonder , therefore , that the Tories have resolved to oppose the second reading of the bill . At first sight , it appeared so harmless to them—so little calculated to extend

      political power among the masses , that it almost seemed to justify Earl Grey ' s assurance to Earl Derby , on the first night of the session , that the measure was framed on princip les that would satisfy even him . In as far as both parties are the sworn enemy of the genuine representation of the people in Parliament , that statement was perfectly correct . Instead of being a measure for a lager infusion of the popular element into the the House of Commons , it

      is actually one for reducing that portion we now possess . Lord John ' s political progress is crab-like , backwards . But in robbing the people he has not fairly divided the spoil ; hence , on the second reading , Peachum and Lockitt are to have a quarrel . Whichever -wins , the industrious and intelligent millions will not be in the slightest degree benefitted , unless they remember and act on the old adage , ' when rogues fall out honest men have a chance of coming by their own . '

      The unblushing impudence with which Lord John attempts the juggle is not the least notable part of the matter . If there was one point that had been more thoroughly discussed in reference to representative reform than another , it was the necessity for a redistribution of the Electoral Franchise . That was felt tobe scarcely second in importance to its extension , for so long as a few small towns with populations of two , three , or four thousand inhabitants sent as many representatives to Parliament as towns with one , two , or three hundred thousand inhabitants , it was palpable that the one must neutralise tho other , and that political power aud influence was most unfairly ,

      andjmost preposterously distributed . That would have been the case even had the number of the large and the small boroughs been equal . The injustice , however , became still more apparent and intolerable when it was considered that the small boroughs were by far the most numerous . The minority in numbers , property , and intelligence , therefore return a decided majority of members , and can upon all occasions outvote the majority even of the existing constituency . Take one practical illustration of the operation of this system : The West Riding of Yorkshire has a population of one million three hundred and forty thousand , it has two hundred and sixty-seven

      thousand , five hundred houses , thirty-seven thousand county electors , and its property is assessed-at the annual value of three millions and a half . Wiltshire has only two hundred and forty-one thousand population , eight thousand county electors ,.. and property of the annual value of one million and " a quarter . Yet Wiltshire sends eighteen members jwhile the West Riding returns but seventeen ! Weire ^ the representatationbased upon any rational , just , ' ' of intelligible principle , whether that of numbers , property , or intelligence , the West Riding would have five times the number of members allotted to Wiltshire , whereas when they go into the lobby Wiltshire has a majority of one .

      The public mind was made up as to the iniquity and the gross abuses of such a system as this , and demanded its abolition . Mark what the political juggler in power does : He pretends to concur in the general opinion , while he really proposes a redistribution of the Suffrage , which positively carries us back to even worse than the rotten borough system which was partially destroyed by the act of 1832 . The Premier deals in the same dishonest way with the extension of the suffrage . Apparently , the extension from £ 10 to £ 5 householders should very materially increase the number of voters in our large towns , but practically it will be found to be as great

      an illusion and fraud as the proposed new electoral groupes . In the first place , it is not to the householder , or , in other words , tho vent , that the vote is given , but to the rates paid by the tenants . There is as every knows , a very great difference between the two things . Five pounds rated rental means in most instances an actual rent of £ 7 , or £ 8 at least , while the cumbrous , complicated , vexations , and obstructive machinery of the Registration Courts is Buch &b to prevent tens of thousands who are en titled , from pressing their claim . The repeal of the rate paying clauses , and the enrolment of the voter on the

      twofold test of rent and residence , has loug been established even among moderate Reformers , as one of the most urgent and reasonable alterations that could be made . Lord John proposes to continue the system by which the attainment of the Franchise is hedged round with traps , and pitfalls , and fences , and by which thousands of those now entitled to it are defrauded of their right , and he proposes farther , to repeat the delusion of giving a nominal iustead of a real qualification . As the payment of ten pound rent does not enfranchise the tenant now , so the payment offive pounds will not , should his sham measure succeed , give the vote in future .

      The whole thing ' is a mockery , a delusion , and a snare , ' which no honest Reformer—no honest man of any party—can for one moment tolerate . We are glad to hear that the Tories have resolved to vote against it on the second reading as a party . We hope that the so-called Liberal and Independent party who sit below the gangway or behind the Treasury Bench , will do the same , and thus treat this miserabl y dishonest attempt to palter with the demands of an enlightened people , with that indignant contempt and summary defeat which it so richly merits .

      Let no man fear the consequences of its rejection . Once the sham is kicked out of the way , we shall have a clear stage for a real Reform . The Sybil will come back agaiu with one leaf more , torn out of her book . Larger , bolder demands oil the part of the unenfranchised millions : smaller power aud less cou rage to resist them on the part of the oligarchy While we are about the work let us do it well and substantially .

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      in . u ¦ " ' ¦¦¦¦ ' ¦ _ I I — The League is to consist of all persons without distinction of nation or creed , political or otherwise , who signify their desire of belonging to the same . After the 20 th of the present month each candidate must be proposed and seconded by members previously admitted . The subscription is not less than six shillings yearly , payable at the option of the member , quarterly or half yearly . Members have the right to use all books , papers , and documents belonging to it under due regulations—of free access to the offices of the League , 68 , Pall Mall , and free admission W all general meetings , and the right of voting on all business transacted at such meetings . The general

      management is vested in a council of twenty-five members ( which may be increased , ) whohave the power of appointing a managing committee of nine members , upon whom the actual duty of conducting the business of the League will devolve . In case of the dissolution of the League , Us property , after defraying all just charges upon it , is to be appropriated to such charitable or public purposes as the majority of the council may determine . Since the formation of the new League it has received the adhesion of noblemen , and of gentlemeulengaged in various walks of life , and

      entertain-WOO _ .. _ ... . » < it i ii ing varied political opinions , who feel that the catholic and practical foundation on which it is based , will enable them to Co-operate , without compromising themselves upon points on whioh they wish to exercise an independent judgment . Among these gentlemen are many who , in former movements for the promotion of social reform h ave spent their time , talent , and money freely and liberally , aud whoso names will be a guarantee to thousands , for the good faith with which the new movement is commenced . At present , as we have said , its duty will be confined to the collection of information , and

      the diffusion of that information to those bodies or persons that may require it , and to whom it will be of practical value . In that respect it may immediately become extremely useful and valuable . The rapid multiplication of Co-operative Stores , and Working Mens' Associations for productive purposes , renders it very desirable that the most economical , and most satisfactory modes of conducting business should be known to all who avo interested in these associations . By the action of the League the experience of the whole of these associations will be placed at the disposal of each ; and they will thus be prevented from falling into many errors which might

      otherwise cause great loss , if not ultimate failure . A greater benefit will be the creation of an esprit de corps among them , which must prove a powerful source of moral encouragement , aud mutual strength . The League will , however , find other objects to which it may worthily and beneficially devote its energies outside of the existing Co-operative movement . There are great public questions upon which the public require trustworthy and practical information ; there are others to which there is a species of instinctive tendency , or upon which past discussion has so far ripened opinion , that it needs but the welldirected aid of such an association to translate it into action , either legislative or practical . We recently

      instanced the enactment of an . improved law of partnership as one of the objects that could be greatly advanced by a League , which already numbers in its ranks noblemen and gentlemen , whose position and professional knowledge give them peculiar opportunities for-briuging the subject under the favourable consideration of the legislatorial class . The question of industrial education might also claim their attention as one of the most potent means of preventing the formation of that mass of juvenile criminality which every year overflows our houses of correction , in consequence of the neglect of all proper means for training the unfortunate victims to a life of industry , orderly habits , and duly disciplined passions . The reclamation of the uncultivated but cultivable

      waste lands , by the organized labour of the ablebodied poor , under arrangements mutually advantageous to the State , and to those so employed , is one of the most urgent practical measures of the age to which the League might give u powerful impetus in connexion with a thorough and searching reform of the laws affectiDg settlement , and the treatment of the aged and infirm poor . The establishment of Boards of Trade , composed of employers and workmen , to arbitrate respecting prices and hours of labour , similar to the Conseils d' Prudhommes in France , but with such modifications as the circumstances of this country might require , would also be an object which might legitimately come within the

      scope of such an association . We might easily proceed with the enumeration of other measures , but it is unnecessary . Sufficient has been indicated to show that the League , if vigorously conducted and supportedj may exercise a powerful and beneficial influence , and hasten the realization of many reforms which , but for the concentration of mental and moral power , and the exertion of organized strength , will not otherwise be attained for year 3 . We need not say , that feeling strongly on the subject , we shall give our utmost aid to the new League , to which we cordially wish all the success its most sanguine promoters can desire .

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      Collision ahd Loss of Life . —Accounts were received in the City in the course of Saturday of a most alarming collision having occurred in tho English Channel during the heavy south-westorl y gale of Thursday . night , which resulted , as is supposed , in the loss of two fine ships , and the sacnBce of several lives . According to the information forwarded , it appears that a large vessel called the Waterloo ,. Mr . James Ellison , belonging to Hull , was making her way down Channel on a voyage from the Tyne toJSew York . The weather is described to have been exceedingly tempestuous ; the wind was blowing heavily , and the sea was rolling formidaly hi gh . Between seven and eight o clock the Waterloo had reached about fourteen

      or fitteen miles from the Start Point , when a large foreign barque apparently came in contact with her . As soon as the ships had clewed each other , it was quickly discovered that the Waterloo was rapidly filling . Mr . Ellison muslered us crew , and getting into the small boat , they succeeded m leaving the ship . As it was , however , they had a marvellous escape , for they had barely time to leave the vessel ere she went down in deep water . By this period the weather , if possible , became more violent , and tho teartul sea that was running threatened every now and then the destruction of the craft and its occupants . After much suttermg , and being tossed about some five or six hours , they were observed by the Eleanor , Mr . Bidder , bound to Marseilles from Shields . She bore down unon them , and

      picKea tnem up , and , making for Torbay , landed them on Iriday morning . The fate of the barque is not accurately known , but there is too much reason to fear that she also ? Zt ?? t ? t ° VC 1 > y T boardl Mr > smson entertains , a belief that she must have sunk . £ IsuumciDB an'd Attempted Suicide . —On Thursday morning Mr \ Vakley , M . P ., opened an inquiry touching SA n ofThon | G °° d win , % ged seventeen months , who had been murdered by his mother , Barbara Goodwin , a young w oman , the wife of a carpentor in the employ of £ h f ? f , \ f uUder ' . Caledon " - road - Af " * ^ troyhL .- the wretched Parent attempted self-destruc-K AhePare ntl- ?? idod at 18 ' George-street , where £ SL » i ? T S llly res P ° te <* - Mrs . Goodwin discharged her domestic duties there , with every affection and propriety , never betrayine the slightest aberration of

      intellect until the death of her father , who died eight months ago ; since which period she has become melanclioly . At half-past twelve o ' clock on Sunday morning she got out of bed , and , taking her infant with her , made some excuse forgoing into the adjoining room . After half an hour s absence , she returned to bed with her infant . She had been in bed an hour , whea her husband was awoke bv her groans , and found her almost insensible , with blood gushing from a gash m her throat . He immediatel y gave the alarm , and the neighbours , who rushed into the room sent for Doctor Wicker , when it was ascertained that the mother ' s betible ThfB ^ V " th f ^ ^ e infant was Jut insensime . Ihe latter died soon aftewards The corona SS ; tT «» S teuiic it

      -aa IU messmate S fatp whinli otill A ° l- ¦ , — ssa ^ -s-S ^ SKKw && ^ S ^ $ ft ? i * a naval cadet of the name of s ^ \ T 5 S S UDning ' stern < -allery Mr li ™ ,, t Sheepshanks fell from the beL fh g / n-roomftS ' tff !? ™**\^<> Wpenedto overboard , " withSut & £ n WT / f ° S ° f " A man port with a chair in his hand W ? ^ gUn"rOOm the direction of his drownhL $ lmmedlaJe * "warn in was at the same " raw ^ nX ^ ri ^ nVntenti ™ midshipman of the shij whoS a ¦ ^ , L ? ra be ' poop , a height of aoZ ' fS fTt ng fh "l \ tOm th , but in the meantime the twn ' ,, f boat was lowered , reached their messmato S ? gallan t youn « men had afloaUill a mo ? e effectualTai ^ T ^ V ! , u 6 ping hira Skead was taken on board i I Jf reached J them' ¥ r « no lives were lost . £ ' Cd f /^^ l-. l ^^ aim nits

      on more occasions tw ««« u * y . , J ? «•» " •»» » smart . lmdy . and effiSt Ll K 7 k hunself tobe a to be deserving of advancem ™? 1 \ ^ proved himself of the Admiralty . Mr SEt L ^ hand 8 Of tho Lord 8 ought not to Pas 3 ^ SS ^ SLSSSS " ^

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      NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 01 ' UNITED TRADES . T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., President . " PUT JUSTITIA . " " If it were possible for the working olassea , by combinin among themselves , . to raise , or keep up the general rate t wages , it need hardly be said that this would be a thing no t 2 punished , but to be welcomed and rejoiced at . " —Stuakt Mill

      The term of three months' imprisonment to which the five T \ olverhampton conspirators were sentenced will be completed on Monday next , the 23 rd inst . but , as we have already stated , the necessary leg a | steps have been taken by the prosecutors to further imprison the defendants until the taxed . costs £ 537 , are duly paid , and the prosecutor in chief & reported to have avowed his determination to keen them imprisoned for life , unless he obtains his judo-, ment to the uttermost letter . Inexorable Jew ! Tho defendants , could they consult their own feelings apart from other and weightier considerations , would

      accept the gentle a ' venge of the prosecutors , rather than they should obtain a rap of these exorbitant costs . But there are the wives and children , who appeal to the public spU : it and sense of justico of the Trades of England to restore to them their husbands and fathers , whose Inghest ' crime has been a not altogether unsuccessful effort to defend the priceles s right of combination from the rude assault of a clique o f moneymongers , backed by the joint-stock purse of wealthy manufacturers , and the free aud easy morality of a / special jury , selected from amongst themselves .

      This expensive prosecution was defended from priuciple , apart from all feelings of personal consideration ; all offers of compromise were rejected with contempt ! And the parties implicated , backed by the noble spirit evinced by the Trades , and their able representatives of the Defence Committee ,, and by their own conscientiousness of rectitude , of intent , and action conceived they were fighting the battle of their order , and might safely depend upon the continued support and protection of those whose rights they were the instruments of defending . It was under these impressions that the Trades were appealed to for their assistance , and the result proved that no false estimate had been formed of their disposition to defend their industrial rights , and to support those through whom they were

      assailed , The working men of London , Manchester , Liverpool , Sheffield , Glasgow , and indeed most of the largo and populous hives of industry , responded to the call made upon them with spirit and promptitude . We think it must be admitted that the defence was conducted with consummate ability by counsel and solicitors , and that notwithstanding the partially adverse verdict and judgment / a virtual triumph ^ for labour was achieved by the ample and unequivocal recognition , by the Court of Queen ' s Bench , of the right of combination , whereby the Stafford ruling : of Justice "Erie was at once and for ever superseded .

      A trial of this description , under our . admired system of jurisprudence , implies utter individual ruin to those engaged in it , except backed by great personal wealth , or , as in the case of the . prosecutors in the present instance , supported by the joint stock contributions of those who feel themselves interested in the issue . Assured of being amply supported by their class , in thoir praiseworthy determination to crush every vestige of freedom amongst their workmen , the most expensive form of proceedings was adopted , and every unfair and vexatious expedient resorted to to ensure success . Tho result to the defendants is a serious un liquidated balauce due to the solicitors , in addition to the prosecutors' costs above referred to .

      The honour of the defendants , and reflectively that of the working classes of England , is guai'iuiteed for the discharge of the former , and their personal liberty for the latter . We trust that nothing beyoud this brief statement of facts need be stated to induce the Trades to make a prompt and additional effort to complete the work they have so well and generously begun . The balance-sheet of the receipts and expenditure of the Defence Committee , up to the termination of the proceedings in the Court of Queen ' s Bench , is printed , and will be submitted to a public meeting at the Mechanics' Institution , on Tuesday eveuiug , the 24 th inst ., and copies will then be forwarded to every trade and individual subscriber .

      _ Several additional subscriptions have beeu received since the termination of the trials , which will be duly acknowledged by Mr . George Greenslade , Secretary to the Defence Committee , to whom all commumca * tions are to be addressed , and Post-office orders made payable at the Bell Inn , Old Bailey , London . William Peel , Secretary . Quen ' s Bench Prison , Feb . 19 th , 1852 .

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      IMPORTANT MEETING CONNECTED WITH THE GLASS TRADE . A public meeting of this highly respectable and influential operative body was held on Friday last in the Iancaaterian School Room , Dudley , for the purpose of extending and strengthening the position arid inBuence of the Flint Glas 3 Makers' Friendly . Sooiety pf Gimt Britain and Ireland , throughout the entire district . The occasion was celebrated by a most ample arid excellent dinner , to which nearly 300 persons sat down , the great majority of whom were associated with the society , and all more or less connected with the working department of this elegant branch of the fiiie QflR . ... . _ ¦

      Mr . Jons Cully , president of tho District Committee , who was called to the chair , in introducing the business after dinner , stated that their object in assembling was to endeavour to establish a better feeling between man and man , and between the employers and the employed . He was very sorry to find , that although card ' s of invitation had been sent most respectfull y to every Glass Master in the district , that only one of the number had that dav honoured that meeting with his presence . He considered this was a slight upon the whole bod y of men , and it was put fair to infer that they did not care much about the interests of the employed . Tho Chairman then proceeded to read the several letters received from the gentlemen invited declining attendance , or apologising for absence , and Biatea

      tnat the meeting would , after hearing the letters read , be able to form an opinion who were for and who were against them , so far as tho position of the society was m Tcf' ™ ? letter was from the P ° P t ° r of the PlatU Glass Works , near Stourbridge , decidedly opposed to Trades Unions , but favourable to a Benefit Societv , in support of the sick and infirm . A letter from the Messrs . Grazebrook , of Audnam Bank Works , was next read-very short and very unfavourable . From Mr . Stevens , of Dartmouth-street , Birmingham , a communication was rend , favourable to the object of the meeting , and wishing them every success . Short notes were also read from Messrs . G . and W . Bacchus , of Birmingham ; Messrs . Summerfield , of London ; and Messrs . fticoHarrisand

      , , Son , and Messrs . Gammon , and others , of Birminghamsimply declining to attend . The Chairman then said that , liad it not been for the society members ( to whom the trade generally were greatly indebted ) , the whole body of the Glass Makers and their employers would have been much worse off than they were . The amount of work exacted m many of tho factories in Manchester was very great ; and were it not for the fact of some of the men being overworked , there would unquestionabl y be plenty of employment for every man in tho trade , and that , too , at a fair and equitable remuneration for his labour . This state of , ? , m . \ h ° r -i ' - fBared - would conti ™ e « ntil men 83-K , S h ° ?! fI 0 n 8 W that res P <* t for them-It * , el'Ah chAh ! y ™ '? Uy entitled to , and which w «» d

      ff nLn , ' a f ^ - andln S "selves together for the purpose of restringmg the unjast exactions of some oppressive employers , whose conduct must tend ultimately to the ruin of the trade He honed tho men would be candid and state 52 ' grfL 5 jV ing put any un , us practices that may prevail in ^ miXL w « S , S ™ surethem that tl ? e men of Birmingham would lend their good and valuable assistance » heir efforts to place themselves upon as good a b « i 9 a ; the neighbouring districts wore . Ho must also state that he obieotof he society was not toVripp eaSy employ ^ but simply to induce tho whole district to bJSm "I * onO man , and thus to maintain that fair proport on of ^ which Glass Makers in particular , from the very nature of their occupation , were fully entitled to . The trade w »* 6

      Kii Sp f kUlgl at , this time Prosperous , and , eo ° ? quently , employers could well afford to give good wages . A 6 the same time , lie must remark , that in seasons of depi * nnn ^ Y - mUSt » itt th ° ™ 7 n » tUF 8 of thioft J content to gtvo ^ way for a pmiod , and thus meot tbg employers according to the pressure of the times . JJJ Chairman concluded a lengthy speech by prop *""* ' Success , toi the Flint and * GlJTrade , " wW *»* acknowled ged by f Mr . Wm . Nixon . He said , the present was an agn 5 progress and the surest sign of the prosperity of any trau was , when the workmen connected with it were * ° , housed , and well-fed , well-clothed , and , above aU , *| L instructed and well-informed ; and he was certain tb » t ^ advancement in these respects had not , bo far . as the ^ Makers were concerned , been in that proportion w " ij r iv facilities , and the great wealth produced by the trade , w » - warranted them in calculating upon . How was the suow of the Glass Trade to be secured ? Waait by increa *" '

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      THE CO-OPERATIVE LEAGUE . A new body under this title has just been formed in LondoD , which is likel y to exercise considerable influence over public opinion . It has long been felt that influence was not at all commensurate with the numbera and the intelligence of those who , in one shape or another , are friendl y to associative views , and who entertain the general opinion , " that the o ly remed y for the existing evils of society must be found in the substitution of some higher principle of social action , for the individual selfishness and unregulated competition of our present system . Believing that the organisation of the friends of Co-operative Association , upon some common ground of opinion and action , would tend to accelerate the advent of such a change , and to convert that which is a latent into

      an active element of popular opinion , a number of gentlemen held a preliminary meeting , some weeks ago to discuss the basis of an Association , which should , in the first instance , be Bimply tentative , and afterwards propagandist , to the extent its members found they could agree among themselves . The basis and general objects of the Association having been fully discussed and unanimousl y concurred in , tho preparation of a draft Constitution was referred to a Provisional Committee , and when so prepared , was bmitted t

      su o , and received the approval of , another special general meeting of the promoters of the League . The Constitution is now in course of circulation among those known to be friendly to the general objects contemplated ; and it is intended , on Monday , the 1 st of the ensuing month , to hold a meeting of all those who , in the meantime , signify their adhesion , for the purpose of electing the management of the League , and commencing actual operations .

      We have great pleasure in giving a digest of its Constitution , and in calling the attention of our readers to the subject . In the first place , the objects of the League are declared to be the following : — rJ ™ J « Pln those . wl «> entertain , or even incline towards the principles of Cooperative Association , in direct , frequent , and permanent mter . communication , so that tti-y maj acquire a positive Knowledge , and a clear comi > reheusv . n of each other ' s views and ? . ! T S ' thusbe eiiilWed to unite aud form an active centre lor the diffusion and propagation of Co-operative principles . — 'Ji ^""' books papers , documents , and facts , and to h » iZ « i ? a » kinds of general information , which may either bejnteresting er ueeful to the advocate * of Co-operative Association . ? Wn » iT ° , ( . e"terint 0 communication with the Co-operative Societies throughout the country , with a view to promote the objects and to ertend the sphere of action of the leairue . J ' °

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      . THE-. N'OK / FHErRtf STAH . Febbuary-21 ,. 18 52 >

      Just Pablished By Kh'hardson And S®1 *'. 1 ** : Fleet-Street, London; 9.Capel-Street, D Nblia, Ana Derby. Puce Six Smtusgs.—Sent By Tost Fo» Stxiescb Eh*I-The Dublin B E V I E W , Xa 62, January, 1852.

      Just Pablished by KH'HARDSON AND S ® 1 *' . ** : Fleet-street , London ; 9 . Capel-street , D nblia , ana Derby . PUCE SIX SmtUSGS . —SENT BY TOST FO » StXIESCB EH * i-THE DUBLIN B E V I E W , Xa 62 , January , 1852 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 21, 1852, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1666/page/4/