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      There remained £ 11 19 s . 2 cL At the time appointed for the appropriation of that sum , Mr . Arnott could not rive his assistance , and Mr . Holyoake did not arrive until I myself had determined m what manner the balance should be devoted to the object m view . On the representation of that noble champion of political and social justice , Louis Blanc , who acquainted me with the melanchol y fact that a very lame number of his countrymen—victims of Bonaparte ' s pcrfidv--are living in a state of destitution bordering upon death I determined that to give to the French Befiigce Committee any sum short 01 £ 10 would be too humiliating to our own body 1 therefore handed to Louis Blanc the sum of £ 10 , for which I hold his recei pt . The claims of the Polish exiles remained _ — ¦ ¦¦ - ' ¦ ¦¦ i i i M Thorn rrnnninprl - £ 11 1 Qc 0 . 1 Aiii . . jj . . , _

      to meet which I only held £ 119 s . 3 d . Having given to the French Committee £ 10 l in common justice I would not think of offering the Polish Committee less than £ 5 , which could only be done by appropriating monies received from the country , subsequently to * the drawing up of the first quarter ' s bakiioe-sheet . I acted in accordance with this decision and hold the receipts of Messrs . Krynski and Labiscld ' for that amount My colleagues , Messrs . Holyoake and Arnott , subsequently approved of my decision , which was further ratified bthe committee committee

      y on Monday evening last . I subioin a stn + P . oy me on Monday evening last . I subjoin a statement of monies received up to this date . Having done thus much—more , much more , remains to be done . Let us remember that this is no time to stand by and witness the destitution of those who have fought our battles m other lands . There are above 100 French refugees alone —most of them the elite of Fran ™ rlramriiia--ftnvninJi « ««•„ . « . - ^ nost ot t hem the elite of France dragging through miser

      , , a - able existence on about 4 s . per week ( principally received from France ; , and which , for aught we know , may be cut off any hour , and its recipients be doomed to die of hunger in the streets . Shame—eternal shame on us—if in our land , before our eyes , we suffer these noble-hearted champions of ri ^ ht against an armed , brutal might , to perish for want of that brotherly aid which by our professed principles we are bound to afford to the unfortunate and the proscribed . Aug . 19 , 1852 . G , JULIAN HARNEY

      talanee mhand , August 9 th £ 1319 s . 2 d .. Additional sums , Walter Cooper £ 1 Is . ; Julian Harney 10 s . ; Thornton Hunt and C . Bray 10 s . ; Eobert Cooper Is . 6 d . ; J . Watt 1 s . ; Paisley per A . Morrison Ss . ; York , per C . Ernest 11 s . 5 a . ; Southampton , per H . Korrington 10 s . 6 d . ; Hinckley , per J . Sketchley 7 s . ; Cheltenham , per J . Hemmin 5 s . ; Brecbin , J . Davidson Is . 6 d . ; S . Sturgeon Is . —Total £ 18 2 s . Id : German Refugees , per C . Sehapper £ 110 s . ; A German Refugee 2 s . 6 d . ; French Eefugees , per Louis Blanc £ 10 ; Polish Eefugees , per Messrs . Krynski and Zabiscki £ 5—Total £ 16 12 s . 6 d .

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      Acts of Parliament are proverbially dry reading , and not the most attractive of matter in the estimation of newspaper readers in general . But the importance , to our co .-operative friends , of the recently enacted Bill to legalize Industrial Societies , will , no doubt , be adopted by all our readers as sufficient justification for reprinting it in this department of the Star . A commentary on the Act , from the pen of Mr . Yansittart Neale , will appear in our next number . 15 & 16 VICT ., c . 31 .. An Act to Legalize the Formation of Industrial and Provident Societies .

      Whereas jby an Act passed in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty , intituled " An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws " relating to Friendly Societies , " it was enacted , that a society might he estahlished nnder the provisions of the said Act for any of the objects therein mentioned ; that was to say , ( amongst other objects , ) " for the relief , " maintenance , and endowment of the members , their husbands , wives , chil" dTen , andldndred ; " " and for the frugal investment of the savings of the " members , for better enabling them to purchase food , firing , clothes , or other " necessaries , or the tools or implements of their trade or calling , or to pro" vide for the education of their children or kindred , provided ( amongst other

      " things ) that the shares in any such investment should not be transfer" able : " and whereas various associations of working-men have been formed for the mutual relief , maintenance , education , and endowment of the members ^ their husbands , wives , children , or kindred , and for procuring to them food , ° lodging , clothing , and other necessaries , by exercising or carrying on in common their respective trades or handicrafts ; and it is expedient to extend the provisions of the said recited act to such associations , and otherwise to regulate the same : Be it therefore enacted by the Queen ' s most excellent Majesty , by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal , and Commons , in this present Parliament assembled , and by the authority of the same as follows :- > establish

      I . It shall be lawful for any number of persons to a society under the provisions of this and the said recited act , for the purpose of raising by voluntary subscriptions of the members thereof a fund for attaining auy purpose or object for the time being authorised by the Laws in force with respect to Friendly Societies , or by this Act , by carrying on or exercising in common any labour , trade , or handicraft , or several labours , trades , or nandicrafts , except the working of mines , minerals , or quarries beyond the limits of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , and also except the business of banking , whether in the said United K ingdom or elsewhere ; and this Act shall apply to all societies already established for any of the purposes herein mentioned , so soon as they shall conform to the provisions hereof . II . The rules or any such Society shall provide , 1 st , For allowing payments to he made from time to time to all members of the society in respect of any work or service which they may do or

      perform for or on behalf of the same : 2 nfl , Upon what terms and conditions ( if any ) persons not members ot the society shall be employed for or on behalf of the same , yet so xhat any person not a member of the society who seall be employed for or on behalf of the same shall receive in respect of any work or service done or performed by him on behalf of such society , whether by way of wages or otherwise at least the same amount or value as if he were a member of the society : 3 rd , Whether or not any loans shall be contracted with persons ( whether members of the society or not ) for the better effecting the purposes thereof , and how such loans and interest thereon ( if any ) shall lie secured ; yet so that the interest on any such loan shall not exceed the rate of six pounds per centum per annum , and so that the total amount of monies to ha owing on loan bv the society at any one time shall not exceed four times the amount of paid-up subscriptions for the time being ; and a declaration under the hands of the trustees or trustee of the society certified by the Itegistrar of Friendly Societies , shall "be sufficient evidence in that behalf of the amount of paid-subscritions .

      up p _ . .. „ . _ .., . . . .. .. 4 th , For the receipt of subscriptions from persons , members of the society , and for the payment of dividends on such subscriptions at any rate not ; exceeding five pomnds per centum per annum ; but so that no dividend shall be paid to any member of the society out of the capital of the same : 5 th For the appropriation from time to time of the nett proceeds of any trade , labour , or handicraft exercised or carried on by the society , after such payments as herein-before mentioned , in the first place , to the repayment ot any loans made to the society , or any instalment thereof ; and , subject tliereto , * to all or any of the following purposes ; viz . to the increase of the capital of them

      or business of the society ; to such provident purposes , or any , as shall be from time to time authorised by the laws in force with respect to Friendly Societies- to a division or retnrn to or amongst the members ot the society of the profits on or in respect of any purchases made by them respectively of the goods or articles made , produced , or sold by the society ; to the payment to or amongst the members of the society , or other such perso ns as herein mentioned , in respect of any works or services done or performed by them respectively for on behalf of the society , of any part not exceeding one-third of such nett proceeds :

      6 th , For the appointment of such managers or other officers , whether members of the society or not , at such salaries , or for such compensations , and with such powers and authorities , duties and responsibilities , and sub-

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      ^^ C ^^^^ llS ^ S ^ 2 t ? , * into in accordance with the rules of the socictv Si he fe ^ iCSoSSSf fur th 0 «*• - £ » ^ t ^ S ^^ p ^^ rs ^^ z thereof ? Yl U timo to tirae ' iu acco « lanco with the rules A ^ Kft ? fV T itMra T V ™ tlie societ >'™ notice qWm TrhatXX ° ° \ nxed }\ t ]™ ™ > s ; and for determining ' whether and to the 135 fbeE -h f V ^ ' ™ PelM to disch ^ e their obligations to wituavSl ^ withdrawing from the same , and for otherwise regulating

      offfia ? ed rS } ating f t ! lC Clai ™ 9 ( if any ) ° f th ° ° XCCut 0 "s or administrators the SXf « ? ° f tlie + . soc ! cty" « P ° n tIle f ™ ds of ^ e same , in respect of 11 t , r ? tUeir 1 > eaPeetive testators or intestates in the same balancin l- n , H ^ r ? ^ T ^ f a 11 the te ™«^™ of the societv , for the anvmem £ -nf t 7 iUSt " arbitr f ^ a 11 dis P utes wMcl 1 may arise between Srftl ^ society and the trustees , treasurer , manager , committee , "r acei-q ot the same , or any of them : ' wise and ^ S ®^™ 11 ^ " ™ 1 6 ^ 1111 ' conditions of pecuniary loss or other-Sri « l of mCe lUgS aud h 0 W cora PO ^ d , and by what special or other soSvSnU li r f f ° r Othev lJers 0 " P rascnt « it such meetings , the meanTnSJ dissolved ; and whether , and in what cases , and by what socfeft- SS ? f me " v r ma 7 summon a meeting for the dissolution of the thereof : ng Up the affairs of tho socl ; ' ^ tlie ^ solution feSfp & ? tere i i Of "" y member in any such society shall not be trans-S to iX ™ wH ?? amo ^ t of tlie b alaucc d ™ to any member shall bo society withdrawal from the same according to tlie rules of the

      the Wfit H ? V ? ™ IY SUcl 1 SOciet ? slia 11 hcconie bankrupt , or shall take bi + Sn t I miy a ^ f ? r the relief of insolvent debtors , such member shall fifiSo * lL Z 7 j dra ™ from the * odQtyou the ( 1 : i J of t ! i « < kte ° the insofvent SpiH T ? f J udlC ? tion of bankruptcy , or ( in tho case of any rwl ( ¦ ^ Of tlic dedaracion of insolvency , or the petition for Ail uiaige oi for a vesting order respectively , as the case may he and the assignees of any such bankrupt or insolvent shall have such claim upon tii » II ? R . PS Other ' as tue bankrupt or insolvent would have had if he had actually withdrawn at the date aforesaid . tv ' a ™ 1 of tne parties to any arbitration which shall take place under tins Act tor the settlement of a dispute shall refuse or neglect to comply with or conform to the decision of the arbitrators or the major part of them

      tnen , in case the sum or value-in dispute shall not exceed the limit fixed by law tor tlie time being for auy debt or damages claimable in the County Lourtm England or in the Court of the Assistant Barrister in Ireland respectively ( as the case may be ) , it shall he lawful for the Judge of the t-ounty Lourt or the Assistant Barrister respectively ( as the case may be ) within whose jurisdiction the society shall be estahlished or shall carry on business for the time being , upon proof adduced before him to his satisfaction of an award having been made by the arbitrators according to the rules ot the society , to cause the award to be entered as a judgment in his Courtand such award shall thereupon take effect and he enforceable in the samp

      manner , to all intents and purposes , as a judgment of such Court in a cause between the same persons as shall be parties to the said reference , except that the same shall be final and without appeal ; but in case the sum or value in dispute shall exceed the limit fixed by law for the time boiii" for any debt or damages claimable in the County Court or the Court of the Assistant Barrister respectively , then the same party may , on the application of either party , be made a Rule of any of Her Majesty ' s Superior Courts at Westminster or at Dublin ( as the case may he . ) VI . The Sheriff in Scotland shall within his county have the like jurisdiction as is hereby given to the Judge of the County Court in any matter arising under this Act .

      VII . Notwithstanding anything contained in the laws for the time being in force relating to Friendly Societies , it shall not be incumbent on any treasurer or other officer of any society constituted under the provision of this Act to invest any of the funds of such society in manner provided by the Laws relating to Friendly Societies , nor shall any such society be allowed to invest any portion of such funds with the Commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt . VIII . All the provisions of the laws relating to friendly societies shall apply to every society to be constituted under this act , and to every officer and member of such

      society , and to every proceeding under the act , except so far as any such provision may bo expressly varied by this act , or by any rule expressly authorised to be made by this act , and also except so far as the registrar uf Friendly Societies from time to timo , by writing under his hand , to be endorsed ou the rules of any such society , shall certify that any such provisions is not applicable to such society ; and no such society shall be considered to be within the provisions of an act passed in the Session of Parliament of the seventh and eighth years of the reign of her present Majesty , intituled " An Act for the registration , incorporation , and regulation of Joint Stock Companies . "

      IX . No society shall be entitled to the benefit of this act , whereof the rules shall not provide that the amount of the share or interest in the funds of the same to be held at auy one time by or in trust for any one member of the same , or any persons claiming by or through him , otherwise than by way of annuity shall be restricted to a sum to he therein fixed , hut which shall not exceed one hundred pounds , exclusively of any annuity ; nor shall any member or other per . ¦ n he entitled by way of annuity to any interest in the funds of such society i j ;• i & iount exceeding thirty pounds . per annum . X . The general statement of the fun < ls and effects of any society er branch constituted nnder this Act , which by the laws relating to Friendly Societies is provided to be transmitted to tlie registrar once in every year , shall exhibit fully the as ••• its and liabilities of the society , and shall he prepared and made out within .-such period and in such form , and shall comprise such particulars , as the registrar shall from time to time require , and shall be filed and preserved in such manner as lie shall direct .

      XI . —Nothing in this or the said recited Act shall he construed to restrict in anywise tlie liability of the members of any society established under or by virtue of this Act , or claiming the benefit thereof , to the lawful debts and engagements of such society ; provided always , that no person shall be liable for the debts or engagements of any such society after the expiration of two years from his ceasing to be a member of the same . XII . No provision of the Laws relating to Friendly Societies whereby any money due to any such society from any officer of the same , or other person intrusted with the keeping of the accounts , or having in his hands any money or effects belonging to any such society , or from the estate of any such

      ofticer or person , is made payable in reference to or before any other creditor , shall apply to any society constituted under the provisions of this Act : and no exemption from Stamp Duties allowed by the Laws relating to Friendly Societies shall apply to any society constituted under the provisions of this Act , except so far as relates to any copy of the rules of such society , and to any other instrument or document whatsoever relating to such society , which might have been given , issued , signed , made , or produced under the Laws relating to Friendly Societies , by or on behalf of or respecting a society constituted under the Laws in force relating to such societies , previously to the passing of this Act , and would have been exempt from duty in such

      case . XIII . The words " County Court , " when occurring in this Act shall apply only to County Courts established or holden under the provisions of an Act passed in the tenth year of the reign of Her present Majesty , intituled " An Act for the more easy Recovery of Small Debts and Demands in England , " and the Acts amending the same . XIV . This Act may bo cited as the Industrial and Provident Societies ' Act 1852 .

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      NORTH LONDON WORKING BUILDERS ' ASSOCIATION .

      The members of this co-operative-industrial association held their annual festival on Saturday last at the Roebuck . Tavern , Woodford Wells , when , in addition to the workmen and their wkes , a number of gentlemen interested in the success of the association attended , among whom were Messrs . V . Neale , J . M . Ludlow , 3-. T . Furnival , Louis Blanc , Lloyd Jones , J . Woodin , Walter Cooper , Win . Newton , Win . Allan , and J . Shorter . An excellent dinner and tea were provided , and

      cricket , trap-ball , running , and leaping , and dancing formed the amusements . It was very gratifying to see several of the gentlemen participate heartily , and with an evident sense of enjoyment , in the sports of the workmen , and to witness the complete cordiality and good will which prevailed . The arrangements , which were excellent , were under the supcrintendance of Mr . Pickard , the manager of the association , and the festival , which brought together so many persons deeply interested in each other ' s welfare , and bound together by feelings of mutual respect and good-will , could not fail to pass off pleasantly . * After tea , Mr . Walter Cooper addressed the assembly , amounting to 70 persons , and in the course of his remarks , ex

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      — " i TT" '' — ' — pressed the hope that another year he should not see tho working builders holding their festival at Woodford , the working tailors theirs at Annerly , and members of other associations theirs at other places ; but that the whole of the co-operative associations oi the metropolis would meet together on one testive occasion , so . that the builders , the shoemakers , the printers , and the engineers , with the president and council of piomotcrs at their head , might participate in a day of common enjoyment Ii that was carried out , as lie hoped it would be , it would tend to do a great deal of good and to draw the many different trades together in a closer and more friendly

      relationww ^ ™ i ? ° 'I ' rC ^ . that thcro is bllt little doubt another year will see it carried into execution tho \ lT ' % ° 1 - ? . tion that M ' N { uku ( 1 is « member ot the association and is working as a plasterer . He was present at t , ic fete , and appeared to enjoy himself very much . He docs not as yet speak English very well , but is just improvmo- ] u appearance , notwithstanding that his complexion tells of a sunnier skhe is almo

      y , st as much English as French and his manly open countenance and strongly built frame impress you with the notion of a man able to face difficulties , and force his way through them . Nadaud was one of those workin g men who were elected hy his fellows to a scat in the French Assembly . In that place the measures ho advocated were of ^ a most practical character , and his capabilities for legislation were at least equal to those possessed by the bulk of his fellow memocrs . He was obliged to make his escape from Paris at the last coup d ' etat , ami applied to Louis Blanc to know if there was

      a Chance of his nhrainino- omnlmrmm-if i > - > 1 ?«™ i « ,,. i t a chance of his obtaining employment in England . Louis tflanc recommended him to the Builders' Co-operative Association , with , which he has since worked . The work differs materially from that done in France , but Nadaud is rapidly adapting himself to the English method . It speaks well for a man that when he is surrounded by difficulties , not of his own seeiung , he can emerge from them and , throwing aside dreams ot power and ambition , devote himself to haid work rather than exist

      upon the hel p of friends . Let us hope that Nadaud may pe able by his industry , to maintain himself in honourable independence here till circumstances shall enable him to be of use m his own country , which , now overrun by despotism and fetes will one day need , and offer a field for the services of her banished sons . This Working Builders' Association has been in existence about twelve months , and numbers about forty members ' all of whom are in full employment . It is progressing very satisfactorily and mth every prospect of establishing itself peiWmcntlv In a lew days we hope to be in possession of information which will enable us to give a detailed account of nob only this kit of all the metropolitan associations .

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      Westminster . —On Tuesday the 10 th , Mr . W . Cooper delivered a lecture to a crowded audience , at the Hall of Pro g ress Yorkstreet , Westminster , on "Co-operation and its advantages to Working men . " The Lecture was listened to with great attention , and enthusiastically cheered , the audience apparently fully concurring in the recommendation of the Chairman , to study the subject more than they had ever done before . Stratfokd .-Oii Monday , August 16 th , a Public Meeting was held at Stratford , to promote the establishment of a Co - operative Store in that neighbourhood . The Chair was taken by Mr . Bowen , manager of the City Tailors' Association

      § bToimratiDGE , Worcestershire . —A Co-operative Store has just commenced at this town , and we hope will soon be in active operation . The business of the Co-operative Bakery , Clipstonc-streot , ritzroy-square , lor the last quarter amounts to £ 350 . Thirsk , YoitKSHiiiK .-The Flour Mill Company in this place was commenced in 1847 . They have 836 members with shares ot £ 1 each , and for the last two years have paid a dividend of two stone of flour on each share , leaving still a balance to carry torward , after selling flour to members at 2 d . per stone less than to the public .

      Working Tailors' Association , Westminster Road . —This Association is carrying out co-operation in the right way by giving its support as far as possible to all other co-operative bodies . It has , since its commencement this summer , < nvcn orders to the Hatters' Association , Manchester , to the extent of £ 70 ; it has also sent its orders to the Needle Women ' s and to the Silk Weavers' Associations . We would urge upon engineers and working-men generally , who want cheap clothes and not nasty , to give this establishment , which is under the management of their enthusiastic friend , Mr . Walter Cooper every possible support .

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      Mn . Robert Owen has issued an address in which he offers himself as a candidate for the representation of Oldham . Mr . Owen grounds his claims to support on his ordination and advocacy of the bill for tho relief of children and others m Cotton Mills ; on his introduction of Infant Schools , and on his persistent advocacy of a thorough reformation and reconstruction of our social system . We avc afraid th . it the electors of Oldham are not so far advanced as to send tho venerable Reformer to the British senate to plead tho cause of suffering humanity .-

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      Tuemexhous Tjiunderstopm . —On Tuesday night the metro polis was visited by a terrific storm of thunder and lightening About 20 minutes Ware 12 o'lock , a dreadful clap of thunder burst over the city , so alarming as to arouse those who were asleep , and to cause the greatest consternation among those awake or in the street . The shock over Baatholomew ' s-close was so great that people rushed out of their houses in dismay each expecting that their neighbour ' s house was down or that the old church had fallen . The shock was so tremendous that the very houses vibrated as though by a shock of earthquake , and to an extent to alter the action of the clocks There is very little doubt that an aerolite fell in the vicinity of the church , for , as Mrs . Smith , the wife of an artificial flower-stamp maker , m Cloth-fair , adjoining the church , was closing the window , she was struck back , and was rendered almost senseless uy the sulphuric vapour . A Thunderstorm broke over Manchester and its neighbourhood on Tuesday night , soon after 10 o ' clock , which continued with great violence till near midnight . Robbery by a Banker ' s Clerk . —At the Central Criminal Court on Wednesday , Frederick Hoare , a banker ' s clerk , was sentenced to ten years' transportation for robbing his employers . He had plundered the firm of about £ 1 , 000 , which he had spent in betting and card-playing . Durham City Election . —There is a vigorous contest between the liberals and tories for the seat in the city of Durham ; Mr . Fenwick , of Southill , represents the liberals , Lord Adolphus Vane the tories .

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      AOmT 21 ' 1852 ' THE STAE OF FREEDOM . _ ' ^ 7 ~ ~ ¦ ¦ .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 21, 1852, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1692/page/11/