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      ADDBESS TTEITTKJf BY BEQUEST , OS THE STEIKE 0 ? THE KiSOSS TBOM THE HEW HOUSES Q ? PASLlAMEST , &C , < tt & » iwj by a Mason at ihe Tidoria Theatre , Dec 26 ft , JLS 41 . tckem William TeU « ws performed , for the bemtfttfihe masons . When Israel teil'd in bondsge , Egypt w *** To break tbe spirit which the yoke had bowd : For f <» rfnl tyrants cannot rest content TJnless the mind be with the body bent 43 alTd by their chains the bnrthened Hebrews groan , And cry to Pba roah-bnt his heart wa * stone , « Begone y « idlers ! Wlydo yjj compWn ?• So said the despot « fincr ea ^ dtten-pain

      , ^ They struck » t last , ana ( Jedin freedomserved . While PhMoah met the fete his crimes deserted . - ^ BTued ^ iB pyamidf , by Israel boat , But point in Tain .-Tyrants no waning take ,-ihrf ^ hMdened hearts no judgmen ts can awake , — £ vn when wronged labour we . in ite might * And hurls oppression frem its harmful height Eim did bold Tell . ' -by cruel insult * fired , His patriot heart , his strong right arm inspired ; And first the apple , with an unmatch'd dart , He hit—dot miss'd . the mark at Creslert heart ! Jfattm ? in Tell was dared to that great deed-He freed himself— his country , too , be freed ! Karaem , a slave , was Gesler * s chosen tool ,

      To keep his dignity by barbTons rule . What dignity , forsooth ! can masters see In using servants with indignity ? ^ Ihe thankful masons , whom y * u aid to-night , SdoW 4 more true greatness when they struck for right , And taught the petty tyrant to be civil , Who now assumes the saint instead of devil . Xe trade . ' who wide unite to shield each other , And -will net see oppression starve a brother , Ye heard and answer'd the free mason's crylamine they fear rot—for your help is nigh ! We struck for labour ' s rights , ' gainst labour ' s wrongs—¦ Our ( snse iB youn—to you our case belongs : — tTfeey -would have made us Blaves , nay worse ; but then We struck to show them that we still were men . And all who value worth and manliness

      Have sympathised with us except the Press !—The Press ' . that engine to enlarge the slave , -Can it refuse -when truth and justice crave ? Alas ! oppression sways the renal pen—-Corruption backs the master—not the men ! But tine will come when thesa things will not be—When heaven will give success to honesty . And those who wark'd at Xeison's Monument , And Woolwich , too—by slavery -unbent , Shall with their brethren raise a noble name That tyranny shall daunt , and treachery shame . Ob , may the members of the Houses be , As were the builders , foes to tyranny : Then will the d&y , so long desir'd , come reund , When labour shall with capital be crown'd , And UsiOS , Peace , and Pienteousnes 3 abound ! JoHS WaTKISS SO , "Upper Marsh , Lambeth .

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      TRUTH . Th ? cries of the starring are beard on tbe ga 3 e , ' Employment they seek , but there is none to be had ; The rich axe too proud to be heeding the Trail Of tbe starring mechanic , by ~ hunEer grown mad . They turn a deaf ear to sad poverty ' s tale , And the cries of the poor but make their hearts glad ; This we Trill not , we cmnot much longer endure—The rich are too rich , and the poor are too poor ! The time it must come , aye and speedily too—When tbe pamper'd and purse-proud shall tremble and fall ; All the ills they have caused , too late they may rue , And harsh words they ' ve spoken , they'll wish to recall : Bnl th- y cannot erase them -whatever they do , "Sot drown the loud cry now repeated , by ail , That tis out of their nature's these things to endure—That the rich are tw rich , and the poor are too poor !

      They ' ve struggled to crush ard destroy the young bud Springing from nature , of wisdom and truth ; They've scared neither torture , nor prison , nor blood If ehber aged or young—neither manhood or youth ! Thev ' Tt scom'd even Heaven , when mtrcy has stood To soften-their souls , still , still trust their truth . * Tis Heaven that says—this no longer endure—For the rich are too rich , and the poor are too poor !

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      STANZAS . TO THE POSTS OP THE TfOBTHEB . V STAB XSV ITS MtSICAL READERS . Poets , ye have a brother in distress , Pining beneath the -wekht of gaunt disease , But lately , vista-like ,. hope ' s cheering rays Point to a remedy where Th&mes ' s breast Titles to her babe-like ships the cradle ' s rest ; This voyage for recovery ' s boon would please , But while nnhelp'd , the rseana I cannot raise . To urJoose afSieticin ' s iron zone—and vest To gain " the needful" —heedless of renown , To pay tk * erpencs of travelling so far , And such a time as I must stay in town , To wait the operations of the war . I man to print some verse—for balf-a-crown ; Subscriber ' s lists are open at the Star . It is rot fer yonr weajth I ask your aid ;

      Bit tis for this , there are some friendly ties Betwixt as , and which time and penury ' s guise Xesve undivided , for we all are led To worship at her feet , whom we in fancy wed . Think of the springs alike , from whence arise The warmth of feelings that can sympathise , Can Euccour the oppress'd , and feed lie nnfed-I"si confident that an appeal to those From whose brirht eye the tears of pity flowa , " Will not be lost in air , as the blown rose Thai bloem'd in desert wilds , unseen , bestows Its fragrance to th' unheeding breeze ; disclose Year fellow-feeling , and espouse my cause . James Yebso >\ Soathmolton , Jan . 22 , 1842 .

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      XitTPDS . —Usejiploted . Poor . —An impression ssejas to prevail that the Enumeration Committee are a party to the delay which has taken place in compltuag the inquiry , undertaken by the overseers , bio the correctness of the repor * made by the committee to the magistrates in October last . We are emphatically assured , on behalf of the committee that this is not the case—that they are no P ^ J to the dela y wh i ch has been occasioned ; but that the whole blame rests with the overseers ; whose callous indifference to the wants ef the disfe-essed operatives , more especially to those who do Itot belong to tbe parish of Leeds , and for whom pore particularly a subscription would be available , is mos ; astonishing . The books of the enumerators were sent to the overseers in November , and every assktacce has been rendered to them which ha 3 *>* n required . The committee have been most

      aaxioas to have the inqniry completed , and for this purpose a deputation waited upon eight of the overseers on Christmas Day , in order to ascertain what progress they had made in their canvass , and to Brge upon ihem the desireableness of giving in their report to the magistrates with as little delay as posaole . The committee think it due to themselves and the unemployed operatives to make their statement public . HELSO . —Meetixg of the Trades in behau £ * THE > Ie 5 OS SlBIKE AGAINST ALLEX . —Oil - Tuesday night , the 18 th inst-, at eight o ' clock , in we Odd Fellows' Hall , the Trades of Kelso met , to consider the best means for assisting the strike &ganis ; Allen , mason , and foreman at the new

      Houses of Parliament . The ^ Committee of the tinted Operative Masons there , having called the ttserfeg , produced authentic reports of the origin , progress , and present position of the strike , and o » riag read and commented thereos , as much of taese as -were thought necessary committed the snbjeei to the other traces assembled . Resolutions *» e immediately thereafter unanimonsjy agreed to . ^ oademabg the conduct of Allen , and showing h to ** in . e interest of every working man in the king'&m to do everything in his power , either by " pey or argument , to crush tbe present atiemp : to j ^ ntain and extend the dominion of despotism ; and ^^ 7 , appointing that subscription sheets be pre-^^ and entrusted to members of the various F ^ fe spch members to be named before the meet-¦ ^ S dKa-icts , which accordingly was done . In consequent of a remark on universal union of woiting

      Psop ^ e , which had fallen from one of the" speakers oaricgtje proceedings , a person present inquired * aethtr iotMng more could be said on that subject kefrre ihi meeting dismissed , when the person who had « s < Ie the remark referred to , suggested jh * t when the Chairman had declared that the pusiaess ws finished , for which the present meeting was caled , all who felt inclined , should con-Btitate ' agMii for an exchange of sentiments on the subject of Txivereal nnion . The substance of the conversation , was to the following effect " . —That working peoje axe taxed to an uDJust amount . in&t do one Bt the producer is taxed—taxation , when traced o the root , being found to consist wooll y of l&bov , '( production)—that often producers taken as a whoi , have produced as much as supply themselves and unilies , and aged , and support for % jnst _ Governmen , including army , navy , in active service , and sue . other functionaries as may be jonnd necessary q preserve tbe peace of society . Taey have wrong ! enough , consequently whatever ttore they are forcd to do , in order to gain a liveli"O od , is unjust teation . That six hours per day on the average thmghout the year is sufficient for toe purpa 3 esenunieued , and therefore four hours per

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      day is paid by all ( more by many ) in unjust taxation , to support the non-producers in their respectable establishments . A calculation , showing the above result , waa in the possession of one present . That on purpose to get rid of snoh abominable injustice , it is necessary to adopt gome measure likely to ensure the oo-operation of all interested , and that considering the glorious results already achieved by Trades' Unions , the same principle extended so as to combine the whole in one common interest , is the most likeh at present practicable—or if not at present , the first likely to become so . That in order te ensure the assistance of all , let the fundamental principle be , equality of duty and equality of privilege , as far as present circumstances will possibly n&V ID Yttl 1 n nw All f * nn * a h « -ma * Cn «*« 'S >* ni' A ** - **• A't « . .

      admit , and to progress in this respect whenever practicable . That if possible let intoxicating liquors be abandoned by every one of us , and success will crown our labour . Wages to be always regulated by reference to the price of necessaries . That part of the calculation which relates to housing , was submitted to the closest inspection of the meeting , and by it is clearly demonstrated that no working man occupying only one room , should pay more than four days'labour or wages for that time , as rent , annually . It runs as follows : —A house of four rooms can be reared Tritb 960 days' labour , including everything ( average ); it will last sixty years , lodging four tenants , each paying four days , makes

      sixteen annually—60 times 16 is 960 , this gives the landlord his own , and we hold it to be unjust for one man in lending a day's labour to demand a day and a Kalf ia return ; but landlords do more than this ; ia general they receive four or five days for one . Will the kind-hearted working men of Britain be patient evermore to this barefaced robbery , wheaby a single effort they could be free ! We heartily wish ihe already united trades would respond to us on this subject , that measures may be devised to produce a working place of the important work . It must be seen at once that if such a practice were adopted , nobody willing to work need be idle , for the day would be shortened in order to employ all . —Correspondent .

      HOSSIiE ? ( Gloucestershire . )—Only a few years back there was , between the Boot Inn , Hors-Jey , and Kupend House , now the residence of Mr . William Wise , laie agent to the Felting Cloth Company , Leeds , Yorkshire , a distance of not more than four hundred yards in a direct line , seventy-two looms in full employ , independent of hundreds more in the same parish , upon the very btst of tke Wes-t of England broad cloths ; and at the present time there is only one , and not above half work for that . This is kept by an old woman named Sukey Neale ,

      considerably more than sixty years of age ; a , tvd the poor weavers have been obliged to turn day labourers , and from the scarcity of work at that and the wet weather , the labourers have not earned more than from 5 s . to 6 s . per week for tue last year ; some of them with large familie ? , and sometimes to walk a distance of from four to six miles every day to and from their work . They are at the present time literally at the starvation point . The writer defies the Duke of Wellington , Sir Robert Peel , or Lord John Russell , formerly our borough member , to contradict this glaring fact . —Correspondent .

      WOODHOTJSE . AsciKST Romass . On Monday , the Dove Senate , Ko . 17 , of the above flourishing order , held at the house of Mr . Robert Harwood , the George the Fourth Inn , Woodhoaselane , held its anniversary , when the members sat down to a sumptuous dinner provided for the occasion .

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      A Political Economist . — " I can tjind bread for my family , " said a lazy sinner in a puolic company " Nor I , " replied an indnstrions miller , " I am obliged to tcork for it . " Gigastic Haddock . —On the I 4 ih ult . a haddock of ihe following extraordinary dimensions was caught off Findhorn , and brought for sale to Forres fish-markets—It measured thrte feet long , 19 inches in circumference at the thicker part of its body , and weighed 131 bs , It was bought by a thrifty "hostess in town , for 3 d . —Forres Gazelle .

      HOW TfiADESME-X BECOilK Ba . NKRCPT . —If OBe tradesman , in these days divides his windows into fonr squares , his neighbour instantly makes his into two , while the shop opposite ouidoe 3 both by a single piate filling the whole front of the establishment . We trus ; chat these enormous windows will , for the future , be seen through , and that tradesmen may be deterred from their ruinous extravagances by ihe reputation for fragility that wslj henceforth attach to commercial as well as other glass houses . A Wejtheb-vjse Swa >\—This swan , the property of Lord Braybrooke , which was 18 or 19 years old , had brought up many broods , and was highly

      valued by the neighbours . She exhibited , some eight or nine years past , one of the most remarkable instances of tie power of instinct that , was ever recorded . She was sitting on fonr or five eggs , and was observed-to be very busy in collecting weeds , grasses , tc , to raise her nest . A farming man was ordered to take down half a load of haulm , with which she most industrionsly raised her nest and the eggs two feet and a half . That very night there came down a tremendous fall of rain , which flooded all the malt shop 3 , and did great damage . Man made no preparation—the bird did . Instinct prevailed over reason—her eggs were above , and only just above the water .

      A Facetious Witness . —In a trial at our qnarter sessions , for stealing a 'watch from the bed-room of Mr . George Poynter , at Wiilingham , the following conversation took phce , on cross-examination , beiween the prosecutor and Mr . Byles , counsel for the prisoner : —Mr . Byles— "Where do you live ?" Mr . Poynter— " At Wiilingham , but I am not a Wfllingham man . " — " What are you V " An engineer ; I was apprenticed to Henry Mauoeslay , partner to Sir Isamberc Brnnel , of Thamas Tunnel notoriety . " - " Well , what else are yen ? " " Why , 1 am . a gunsmith , locksmith , and beilhanger , iron arm and lalhe maker , edge-tool-maker , watch and clock maker and repairer , mathematical instrument maker , Wriehing machiie , scale , and steel-yard

      maker , knite-nnker , and grinder , publican and licensed victualler , and an old man-of-war ' s man , and wa 3 engased in the action between the Shannon and Chesapeake ; infact , I am half brother to Caleb Qaotem . " u Are 3 ou not a conjuror as well ? " " 0 yes , that I am ; Monsieur Testot was a fool to me ; and if you are willing I will show you one or two tricks . " " What can you do ? " "Well , if you will allow me , and not consider I am insulting , I will tell yon . " " Oh , certainly , go on . " " Then , if you will just take off yonr wig , and get the gentleman next you to grease your head , I will swallow vou whole , and then you will be no more trouble to yourself nor any one else . " ( Loud laughter , in which the court and learned counsel joined . ) Mr . Byles . " You may stand down , Sir . "—Camhrxd ge

      . Independent . . The Last New Fashions . —The coats of the gen-; tlemen are now-buttoned close up to the throat , and the hands are worn in ihe pocket . Blue is a fashi-¦ onable colour for the face , and noses are slightly : tipped with a deep pink or crimson . Where gloves ; are not worn , the ends of the fingers are brought , as near to the mouth as possible ; and we have seen ! a pre :: y snbsritute for cloaks , worn when it is likely I to rain , in a species of material sometimes ustd for i making coal and potato sacks . When there are ' many in a family it is sometimes customary to throw ! a drapery of green baize , or something else , over the I shoulders of cne of the tallest members , which ; hangs down in a natural fold , but not very full , over : the younger branches . We have seen a new style ; of shoe , very much worn indeed by the humbler \ classes of pedestrians . It is fore-shortened so as to

      ! leave the heel entirely nnenenmbered ; and the front , I or upper-leather , - i 3 slightly slashed in au irregular J pattern , so as to show the foot or stocking—when ; the latter article happens to be used with it . We ! have seen a few great coats , hm in many instances : we have observed that these articles are worn i only as substitutes for the usual surloufc which is dis-! continued when the warmer garment is adopted ; I and which being the last thing out , it i 3 presumed that the surtout , or body coat , may be con-1 sidered to have gone jd , aJ least For the present . The ! holidays being at an end , boys' jackets are trimmed ; as before ; and there is about the same quantity of : lacing-behind " as usual . During Christmas there was a good deal of open work abont the mouth , and a rich spotted I 3 a ; eria 3 , resembling in colour a plumb-pudding , was very generally resorted to for lining . —Punch .

      ; 1 ¦ ; i ; ¦ As American ' s Opinion of the English Church Establish m ent- —At a lecture lately delivered before a littrary institution in Philadelphia , the lecturer , after a description of the English aristocracy , alluded to the English church : — "The next , and by many con&idered by far the mest odious part of ihe English systenr { said ihe lecturer ) , is the vast , overwhelming , and greedy churcc establishment , sitting , like some huge monster , upon the neck of the nation , extracting its substance , and coining the very blood of the people into tribute to her unholy and hollow pie-¦ tensions to piety and meekness . In the whole his-1 tory of the civilised world there is nothing to be ; found equal to if . It is rendered even more criminal [ and indefensible'by the fact that the very men who ! sustain and approve it , are themselves the arrogant I conservators of the wisdom , tbe talent , of the nation . ; Inconsistent ip its management , and tyrannical and

      ; . ; ; - | : j j j i j : proscrfptive in its policy , it presents to the world I the anomaly of an institution , the first professed j object of which is the advancement and promulRa-; tion oi God's word , of his mercy , his purity , and his { omnipotence ; and yet it lives , and thrives , and grows I rich and luxurious ipon taxes wrung from , the sufj fering and grinded poor , and from those wno profess I another creed , and belong to another denomination . i England ' s . worst aristocracy are those who sit en-! throned among the linen and purple of her church , j rioting « n immense salaries , and sustaining , by deed j and word , the degenerate Government who support and encourage them ; while the poor labouring masses , on whose toil they luxuriate , are in laost cases unseen ¦ and unknown to them , except it be through the -tithes and taxes they pay to keep ap their oppressors . Beligion baa no compaBioHship with this solema mockery and gilded hjpoensj . "

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      A poor WOHAN , named Ball , living at Stubbington , while gone to Titchneld to procure provisions , fastened her three children in an up stairs room , as she usually did ; the children by some means set fire to a b&g of hulls , and on her return she found all three dead . —Hampshire Standard . Amongst the places advertised in the Gazelle &s daly registered for the solemnisation of marriages , under the 7 th of William IV ., 0 . 85 , is the Social Institution , John-street , Tottenham-court-road . Pkince Albert haa given orders for six pairs of silk trousers and stockings to be made bf the silkstocking-makers of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire , in answer to their address praying for his patronage to help their distressed trade . A man named Jupp , who kept the Star Inn , at Reigate , threw himself under the Brighton train , at Red-hill , on Monday , and was smashed to atoms . The cause of this most determined suicide does not A *«««>«*» * . ¦ * .. - ¦ ¦ _ J T >_ VI «• « . j ~« . • •

      appear . On Fridat last , we were shown a note for £ 5 , of the bank of Messrs . Clarke , Mitchell , Phillips , and Smith , with an endorsement somewhat unusual in bills of that kind . It was to this effect : — Farewetf my note—and wheresoe ' er you wend Leave gaudy scenes , and be the poor man ' s friend ; You ' ve left a poor one—go to one as poor , And drive despair and hunger from his door . We have seen worse poetry than this quatrain ; but the sentiment would inspire the ruggedest and most halting verse with beauty and grace . —Leicester Journal .

      American Courtship . —If a girl has a lover down at Anne Arbour , of course she marries him as soon as her friends consent ; if they object , then she goes to bed , and remains there until thay give their consent , which generally occurs in less than a fortnight . It is found by that time to be less expensive , and more agreeable , to call in the lover than the doctor . A phtsician having prescribed for a patient who complained of a want of appetite , recommended him to eat fried baoon instead of taking butter at breakfast , as the latter disagreed with his stomach . In a few days after , the medical man called on his patient to inquire what effect his prescription had ; to which the patient answered , " Very little indeed ; for though I have eaten not less than half a pound of fried bacon , or more , every morning since you prescribed , ! have not found my appetite for dinner in the least improved . "

      Longevitf of a Cat . —The Inverness Courier says there died the other week in the village of Rothes , a cat which had reached the patriarchal age of twenty-three . It is recorded , in connection with the life of a banished Scottish patriot , that , on his return , after an exile of fourteen years , he found one member of his household establishment alivea reverend baudrons . This is the greatest number of years , perhaps , observed to have been meted out to thi 3 class of animals before the present subject of notice . A Time sor all Things . —During the investigation of a case of assault at the Borough Court , on Thursday , the defendant asked complainant if her husband had not kicked her one day , about the time of the assault , until she fainted 1 to which she replied , " I ' m not six months turned of marriage yet ; it ' s too soon for my husband to be kicking me !"—Bolton Free Press .

      A Curious Coincidence . —The Town Council of the borough having appointed Mrs . — - ' their printer , in consideration of her having consented to take half the amount of her account for work done at the revision , sent her some summonses to print , which , being duly executed , were discovered to have been headed , instead of "Town Council , " " Clown Council . "— Cork Constitution . Stewed Calf ' s Head . —Light the copper fire , and when the water in it boils , and the steam is very great , go down ; and look into the copper as long as you can . If you keep it up long enough , your calf s head will be stewed to perfection . As it is presumed there will be no brains , we have not mentioned them . —Punch .

      Beat This . —There was yesterday suspended at the Spring Garden , near the corner of Houston-street and ihe Bowery , a hog worth look . ng at . It measured , from the fore foot to the top of the shoulder , three feet seven iEches ; from the heel along the back to the snout , nine feet ; around the loins five feet , rejecting seven inches for the spread of the sides ; and around the shoulders six feet , rejecting six inches likewise for the Bpread tf the sides . Its tnsk projected from the jaw five inches . It was three years old , and raised in this city . —New Tori Paper .

      Two youths , of seventeen and nineteen , in the employ of a confectioner at Hackney , last week , having procured a small patent charcoal stove to warm their chamber , retained i : in their bed-room all night , contrary to the warning of their master , and not content with this , stopped up every crevice to keep out the cold , —and were found next morning quite lifeless , the victims of an unpremeditated act of self-destruction . Fabrication . —The northern parts of the metropolis were astonished , and to some extent swindled ,

      on Saturday evening , by six or eight fellows bawling ont mo 3 t lustily the " Death of Louis Philippe , " " Louis Philippe shot / ' They sold a small fly-leaf , containing about thirty lines , for a penny , setting forth that an express had just arrived that Louis Philippe had been shot , and probably killed ; but it wound up the _ tale by stating that the information was not quite decisive , and further news was anxiously expected . The fellows , we believe , made a larger sum of the fabrication than is generally made by any true intelligence . —London Paper .

      London Conveyances and-their Conductors . — Among all the wonders and conveniences of London , none are more striking and amusing than the conveyances and their conductors . A stranger , on inquiring his way to the Abbey for instance , is answered— "Abbey , sir ?—west end—three miles off —keep straight west , sir . " Well , this to a poor fellow fagged with toiling among unknown streets , and quays , and alleys , is wearisome enough ; but just as he is consigning himself to despair , looking wofully about , he sees an omnibus dash up , and the cad , evidently aware of his wants , with forefinger extended in inimitable interrogation , cries , " Abbey , sir ? " It is no matter whither you want to go ; the ' moment a whim enters your mind to visit any part of the metropolis , an omnibus , patent safety-coach , or cab , is instantly at your elbow to convey you thither . A cabman , in fact , never thinks of saying " No" to a fare . By way of trying now far this was

      the case , I went briskly up to one , who , with a " wentilation gossamer" cocked on head , so as in a great measure to conceal the absence of one of hiB optics , sat sunning himself on the seat of his vehicle . " Drive me to Jericho , " said I , pointing Westward . " Yes , sir , " said he , pulling back the apron of his cab with great despatch , for two or three conducteurs of other cabs had already elevated their fore-fingers , and pressed forward to catch the fare . After he had driven a hundred yards along Ludgate-street ¦—41 Vere did you say , sir 1 " "Jericho , " replied 1 . The cabman gave a cut to his horse , clapped his hat more closely over his departed visual organ , shufiied sbont in his seat , and gave other signs of uneasiness , but did not like to confess his ignoranca . " Never mind , " said I , satisfied with having proved my position ; " Charing-cross will do . " " Cha'ing-coss , sir ? said the cabman , with another lash to his beast , and plainly very much relieved . —Edinburgh Journal .

      A trial took place at the Commission . Court , Dublin , a few days ago , which is remarkable as exhibiting practices and propensities more resembliDg those of a fiend than of a human being . John Delahunt , a young man of forbidding aspect , not more than eighteen , was on Saturday week sentenced to death for the murder of a child , named Thomas Maguire . The case excited intense interest in Dublin from the almost unexampled cruelty of the crime , and the bloodthirsty cuuning previously manifested by the prisoner . Tha evidence in . this case was purely circumstantial . The ruffian had enveigled the poor child away from hiB playmates , and then had the audacity to take it to his lodgings at his brother's , and afterwards led it away again

      and deliberately cut the poor child ' s throat ma lonely lane , where he left the body , and went and informed a policeman that he had seen a woman ( artfully describing her bo as to make it appear to be the child ' s own mother , a poor woman who had got her living by washing ) who was beating a child in a lane , and then cut its throat . Margaret Delahunt , the sisterin-law , was one of the witnesses against the prisoner , and said that he came in on the Monday evening before Christmas with a little fellow , in a dark jacket and cap , with dark hair and curls about his forehead , who , ' the prisoner said , had been entrusted to him by a policeman as having lost his way . He afterwards went ont with the child , and within half an ho » r of

      leaving this witness ' s house must have committed the murder . A knife was found near the lane , which the witness had missed that day , and which she had seen the prisoner sharpening the day before . Other circumstantial evidence wasaddaced , and tfceprisoner was fully convicted and sentenced to die on the 5 th February . The wretch dropped lifeless ia * awoou for half an hour on hearing his sentence . Perhaps a more cold-blooded and cruel ruffian has never met his fate at the gallows . He is the same man who cams forward and charged » poor tinker with the murder of the Italian boy , at Dublin—a murder which has never yet been v . travelled , bat of whion the present convict , probab' , y , knows the Becrettoo

      well . His clumsy perjury defeated its end , and the i ' ury acquitted the innocc at man . In another oase te brought false witness against some porters , for an assault , for the sake of the hoped for reward , but againfailed , and was proved not to have been present at the outrage . If the fellow had met with the punishment his perjury so richly deserved , this lasi murder might have been , prevented ^ The motive of the murderer wap there is little doubt , to obtain a reward from the . criminal authorities by witnessing against an iv nocent individual , thus perpetrating the threefold crime of murdering one fellow-creature to enable hi ' j , by false b wearing , to take away tne life of another !

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      A vbrt distressing case transpired at a cproner'B inquest on Thursday night , at a tavern , Sherborae-Jane , London , held on the body of an infant only one month old , which met its death from intense cold , while travelling with its mother on the Great Western ^ Railway from Bristol to London . The poor mother had only been conBmed a month 1 previous , and was proceeding with her child to join her husband , a groom in Yorkshire , who had been out of employment for sometime . During the investigation she was sent for to give her evidence , but upon the messenger entering the room of the tavern in whioh the mother was waiting , the shocking discovery .-was made that she also had suddenly expired from the effeow of the inclement weather which had destroyed her infant . a' - _ - ' " ' t ' ' . .. ' ....- . - . _

      Ezra . Stkapenhill , in custody at Birmingham for killing his wife , apparently accidently , while cleaning a gun , haa been committed for wilful murder , atter a long examination at the coroner ' s inquest . In the course of the evidence it transpired that the prisoner and deceased lived most unhappily together ; that he had been heard to threaten to shoot her ; that while he was cleaning the gun and rubbing the stock with some liquid , he put a percussion cap , » pon it to keep the liquid out of the gun , as he said . Other most suspicious circumstances were also detailed . The prisoner was possessed of land , houses , and other property , which he had made over to his brothers , on Monday * No man could have borne a better character in public He was much respected as : gextpn of the church , and as an indefatigable temperance advocate .

      A Friendly Hint . — 'Take- Notice , that we will after the 5 th of- January next take such measures as will compel all those who have received our paper to pay for it ; with a considerable addition of both expense' and exposure . That ' s the law ; men will not get leave to cheat the printer as easily as they may think . — Williamsburgh Democrat—( American . ) Legal Anecdote . — -A bamster , who had just received his maiden brief , and with it a considerable

      portion of maiden trepidation , rose in court one morning last term to open his case . He began , " My unfortunate client $ my lord "—and Btrajghtway paused "for lack of argument . " Presently he re-Bumed : — My unfortunate client , my lord—I say , my lord , my unfortunate client ; " and then ensued further stammering , and hastily turning over the sheets of his brief . Finally with a piteous look at the judge , he , recommenced once more , "My unfortunate client , my lor <* , " -T ~ - " Pray goI ' -ony Mri—— , " said his lordship , - . ' * the court is entirely with you , sofar . - " ¦¦ . ' ¦' :. ¦ . ¦ . '¦; ¦ ¦ - ¦ ' - .. ¦ ¦ ' . - ¦; :

      Wonderful Escape . —We ; have lately beard much of railway dangers and accidents , but perhaps no instance of a Barrower escape from sudden and violent death ever occurred than that which was related to us by by a friend of ours the other day . A short time ago the passenger train from Harwell to Hartlepool was proceeding towards Castle Eden , when a rail sprang in such a manner as to enter the forepart of the coach , and actually to pass diagonally right through , lodging in the higher corner of the opposite part of the roof . The coach was full of

      passengers ; but , providentially , not one received the slightest injury . The bar , indeed , touched one gentleman ' s hat ; and another was thrown from his seat , with his head into a lady ' s lap , by the Bbpck . To this circumstance he may attribute his preservation , as the rail struck through the part where he was sitting , and , had ho retained that position , would inevitably have penetrated hia breast , as , considering the speed of the train at the time , the rail must have passed through the coach in the sixtieth part of a second . —Durhqm Chronicle ,

      Fatal Accident caused by Workhouse Separation . —On Tuesday morning a child of colour between two and three years of age , named John Jones , was brought iuto the London Hospital , with his thigh fractured in a shocking manner . -The accident occurred under the following affecting circumstances ; it appeared that the little sufferer and his mother were inmates in St . George ' s workhouse , Old Gravel-lane , Ratcliff Highway , and in accordance with the usual rules , they were domiciled in different parts of the building , but the child happening to catch sight of its parent , oveijoyed , ran towards her , and in doing so fell with siich violence as to cause the above accident .

      State of Trade . — Symptom * of improvement are this week visible , but they are yet very faint . Several houses have been taking on a few of their old best weavers . The number of houses , however , prepared to do business , is much smaller than before , and although they were to take on to their ordinary extent , they would not absorb the unemployed hands . A few weavers have also been taken on in the Bilk gauze line , and the number of female

      sevirers employed has also been on the increase . On the whole , several of our most intelligent manufacturers assure us , that the tide of prosperity , which has been ebbing so fearfully for the last six months , has passed its lowest point , and that though its flow bo little more than perceptiblej it is , at least , beginning to set the right way . Notwithstanding , however , the number of dependents on the relief fund is on the increase . The following is the official report of yesterday .

      p aisley . Males ... . » 2 , 092 Dependents - 5 , 230-7 , 322 Females 2 , 280 Dependents •» 4 , 560—6 , 840 14 , 162 JOHNSTONS . Males ... ... 60 Dependent ... 315—385 Females 214 Dependents ... ... ... 478— 692

      1 , 076 KILBAKCHAN AND BRIDGE OF WEIR . Males ... . * .. ... 284 Dependents — 720—1 , 004 Females 172 Dependents 158— 330 1 , 334 NEILSTON AND BARRHEAD . Males ... ... ... ... 95 Dependents ... ... ... 283- 378 Females ... ... ... 35 Dependents ... ... ' ... 70— 105 Paisley Advertiser . 483

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      ? . ¦ ~— - BATH . PUBLIC MEETING ON BEHALF OF THE MASONS ON STRIKE . On Monday evening last , a public meeting , convened by the United Trades of this city , took place in the Large Room , King'smead-square . Bills had been extensively posted , announcing the meeting , and that two delegates would attend from London . There was a good sprinkling of masons at the meeting . The delegates present were—Mr , Ironmonger , from London ; Mr . Owen , on behalf of the Smiths ' Society ; Mr . Bqlwell , on behalf of that of the Shoemakers ; Mr . Clemenson , the Tailors ; Mr . PhilpVtbe Printers ; and the Mason's Society here was represented by their Secretary .

      On the motion of Mr . Clemenson , Mr . Bolwell was elected to the office of Chairman . The Chairman said they had been pleased to call on him to fill the chair , the duties of which he wo * ld discharge to the best of his ability . The meeting was convened for the purpose of laying , once moro , the particulars of the case of the masons on strike before the public . They never met on ; a more important occasion , and it was the duty of the people to attend all such meetings . His first duty was- to read the bill convening the meeting , and to inform them , that but one of the London delegates could attend , the other having been needed elsewhere . ( Hear , hear . ) When the Chairman had read the bill , he proceeded to read two addresses issued by

      the Society of Masons in London , setting forth that no change had taken place in the position , of the masons on strike ; that Grissell and Peto could not get supplied with stone to- carry on the building of the New Houses of Parliament ; that upon the issue of the present straggle depended the very existence of trades' societies ; that the masons were sufferinf for want of a proper system of organisation , and called for further support ; that they were gratefnl for the support they had already received , and hoped the paWi © would , carry theni through the struggle successfully . ( Cheers . ) All depended on its issne : thej believed that nothing , could prevent their ultimate suocess . Thei last address concluded with expressions of gratitude for th * past , aad confidence for the future . ( Cheers . )

      Mr . Irohi « ongkr , the Delegate from London , on being introduced to the meeting , said he addressed them as fellow-working men , To * he saw many of that olass present , vnthout the union of which nothing eonld be done . ( Cheers . ) Whaathat olass had experienced the benefit « funion / tbey would unite ; they were now almost erushed into the earth ; they were not treated like mes . lVv »* s MainBt such treatment the masona had fltruck .. They told the masters that unless the foreman Allen was stopped in his tvrannical career , they would strike work j

      but all the answer they got from Gnssell and Feto , was " O J they were sorry for what had taken place' *—( hisses)— ** ¦ but they vwrald not interfere between the foreman and hiB men . " All the men wanted was proper treatment . ( Hear , hear . ) The first grievance they had to complain of was tha conduct of Allen towards a young man who , on hearing of hia poor motnet ' s death , requested leave that he might go and follow her remains to the grave—that last tribute tp the dear memory of a departed parent . ( Hear , hear . ) Allen on being appUed to , » sked tho jwingman ' what

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      tbfr d-1 have I w do with your mother ' s death ?" and said that if he went , he was to take his tools * for if he staid away longer than three days , he should not returni to the works . The young man made known the circumstances to the Mason ' s Union , and was informed by that body that if Allen did not grant him leave to go down into the country as he requested , they would at once . " strike * work . The young man went home ; and when he returned he was allowed to go to work , but Allen treated him with every indignity . ( Shame , shame . ) The next case was that of a poor fellow who had broken his leg , who was not , consequently , competent to work for some time ; and who . when he had somewhat recovered , wished to return to his work again : but .. . .

      Allen said , " he did not want such a d—d hobbling fellow as he was . " ( Cries of execration . ) The masona thought that if they did not strike against such tyrannical conduct , they could not tell what tyranny they would be obliged to submit to . Another case , that of a poor fellow who , on bearing of his wife ' s death , went home and staid for a short time , when , on his return to work , was asked by Allen where he had been to ; and when Allen was informed of the particulars , he said he might go back to his wife and die with her and be d—d . ( Great sensation : ) This was shocking enough , but it was not all he had to tell the meeting . ; The masons used to have beer oh the premises where they were working ; but they were supplied with such Btuff as they

      could not well drink ; and told the person who sold it them that if he did not send better beer they would have none at all . ( Hear , hear . ) They wanted to have their beer from where and at what time they thought proper , and they told Allen so ; but he said that if they did noi drink the ' stuff , ' they should have none other . And to prevent them from having any drink at all , he locked up the pump . ( Laughter , which lasted for some time . ) The Teetotallers struck against that , and was it not enough to make all strike ? It made many , however , teetotallers , for the men . thought that if they could do without beer for a week , they could for a fortnight , and if for that time , they could do without it altogether . ( Slnoh cheering . ) He ( the speaker ) was one who went to Grissell

      and Petp about ; these gross proceedings , and all he could get from them was " Oh , they were sorry for it . ' The speaker next proceeded to point out other atrocious acts of George Allen , proving him to be a most insolent tyrant . Several pood workmen had received gross treatment from AlJen in consequence of their opposition to his proceeding . Allen was once a great advocate for union among the men , but since he had been installed into a little brief authority , he had changed . However niuch we may , said the speaker , cry out against the aristocracy , workingmen when too suddenly raised to importance , became the greatest tyrants towards the class from which they sprung . ( Hear , hear . ) The speaker next urged all present to become united . If the

      trades of this country were properly united , they would be in a position to defend themselves from all oppression , insult , acd robbery . ( Gheers . ) The masons of London sent a deputation to Grissell and Peto to state , that if Allen was not discharged or stopped in hia unjust career , they would strike , and when Allen heard of this , he d—d their eyes , and said they would soon be trough' ; to their senses , for the time was coming when they would be obliged to go to their work , and submit to him / At last a society of "blacks" was formed , and Allen thought he should be supported by that society ; but he would find that tho job would not be completed by other than" society men / ' Things went on this way for some time , until the men would endure the

      conduct of Allen no longer ; they met ; and all re ? solved upon the strike . ( Much cheering . ) : This put AJIen to his last shifts ; he scoured the country for men j and he did ( the speaker was sorry to say ) obtain a few from Bath—those to ^ some of them who Were killed lately on the GreSiHYesterh KaiU way . He was sorry for that . ( Hear , hear . ) Allen Bent to Winterburn , and othar placee , and got persons to work for him—persons not hardly able to manage , a tool . ( Laughier . ) A deputation about this time went to Allen , and told him that if he did not comply with their request , they would take such steps as he would find not very agreeable . -He would not listen to them , and he said he degraded himself by condescending to speak to them at all .

      ( The meeting here expressed their great disgust . ) The men took up their tools , and struck , not to return until this petty tyrant shall have been got rid of . ( Cheers , which lasted for some time . ) Allen then sent to Scotland for men , but he was unsuccessful there . ( Cheers . ) The men of Scotland had sent the maBons on strike ifeSOO . ( Gheers . ) Allen could not get men , and Grissell and Peto could not ; get supplied with stone . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) The quarry men at Aberdeen met , and passed a resolution that . if their masters supplied Grissell and Peto with granite , they would strike work . { Cheers . ) Grissell and Co . next sent to Peterhead , but were not more successful ; and then to Ireland , but all to no purpose . ( Cheers . ) Now

      said the speaker ; the masons must be supported in their struggle ; the masters could not say they ( the masoDB ) took advantage of them , by having struck at a seasonable time : they did so at a time when they stood most in need of employment . The case yvas before the public , and it was for the public to judge of it . The masons began to inquire into the cause of the present state of things ; they traced all their grievances to class legislation . The aristocracy used labour for their own benefit . The masons would not be put down , and they would go through the straggle manfully ; they would rather want than succumb . ( Cheers . ) He hoped Englishmen would not suffer themselves to be trampled upon . The speaker , on sitting down , was loudly applauded , having acquitted himself in a very creditable manner . ¦¦¦ ¦ ' . '¦ : '¦' .

      Mr . R . K . PiyiLP now came forward to propose tbe first resolution , and said he was proud to do it , as it afforded him an opportunity of shewing his sympathies for the masons . He concluded an interesting speech by reading the resolution : ^ r "That it is tha opinion of this meeting that the masons lately employed at the works of the new Houses of Parliament deserve the gratitude and support of the trades of Great Britain and Ireland , for having bo manfully struck against cruelty and oppression ; and that this meeting will render : them all possible assistance . " Mr . Owen seconded the motion , and said the grievances complained of were attributable to class legislation . ( Cheers . ) The motion was put and carried unanimously . Mr . R . K . Phup proposed the second resedfction : —

      " That this meeting admires the conduotof the men at Woolwich , Nelson ' s Monumentv and at Dartmore , and consider that they are entitled to our warmest thanks for their manly conduct in coming out in dsfence of their persecuted brethren . " Mr . Clemenson seconded the resplntion , which on being put from the chair , was carried . The Secretary to the society of masons , next came forward and moved ;—¦ ¦ " That the thanks of the meeting be given to that portion of the press , which had afforded the masons an opportunity of laying the particulars of their case before thepublic . " Mr . Sartin seconded it , and called 00 the meeting to support those papers that advocated the cause of the masons . He nest went on to point out ithe acts committed by George Allen towards him ( the speaker)—and concluded by hoping that supp _ ort would be liberally given the masons sew on strike . ie was much cheered .

      Mr . Vincent rose to support the resolution ; which he did in his u ^ ual style . He informed the meeting that the delegate from . London was ene of the persons who carried the late National Petition from the Convention down to the Houses of Parliament . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Vincent was much cheered throughout his address , but time would not allow our reporter to give a report of it have . It was on general topics . This motion waB pot and carried with ap'plause . The Chairman before dissolving the meet ing made seme few remarks . Three cheers- were g iven him , and three for the Northern Star t the mcjtihg then separated . ¦;¦¦" . ¦ ' ; . . -, - ' : . ¦ - . ¦ ¦ : ' ' . ¦ '¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦;¦

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      DISSOLTJTIOl * OF A POtSk 1 A # TJNIOK . A public meeting , convened by the rat 3-payers of St . Mary Abbots , Kensington , w * s held Iri the Assembly Rooms , next the- Palace , Kensington , on Wednesday , January 19 thi at half-past seven in tba evening . Samuel JHubchings / Efe ^ , vasr called to the chair . : ¦ ¦ :. ' ¦ ' ' . . ' .. ¦ - ¦ - ; . . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ :- - - ;;¦ ' ¦¦' : ¦ . . ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ . ¦' :. , ' . . ' . - He said , the aonveneis of tiie- meet' ng , in coming forward , had felt it their duty to aid and assist the parochial authoritws to ¦ vnthrfraw K ensington from the Union , and ptoce its parocbiai max agement under their own contreul , bo that thiy augfet . know the applicants for relief , and not , aa « ow , cw ae the peor to come miles withonJi scarce a n # to trover them , wait perish ing in the e » ld for manjBOW ^ w » dthen , perhapB , return to their deaolate homes unrelier 6 ( j , Then let us revert to oar ow » managemeaa . Hat ustedthe meeting would cordially unite in the gie * t object they had in -view ( Cheers-V ' '¦ - . : \ : :. ¦; . ¦ ¦ : " ¦¦ ¦ •¦ . ¦ ¦¦ ' " ¦ ¦ '' - ¦ . ; ' / . ' : :: ' . ¦ ¦ - .

      Mr . W . S . Han « mc aa * 1 , thiB was not a poUticaV question ; it was not me » eiy a local , but a national question of hnmanity . ' cbelsea bad shown the bad effecto of the Uak »; ? nd , as far as they were concerned , had been race . jsaful . Application had been maide to the Board -cf ( ffuardians i bdt they had been defeated ; they had , ' / therefore , taken the present consti tutional step * The 7 mthorities stated U the Union was dissolved , they wor , hi jiofc- receive their money , conse quently , th » y had f A contend against interested parties .

      ( Hear , hear . ) A r . aid o £ 9 cer , under the present system , distributed rellet' ior four pariflhes—what could he know 6 ! the » pplio « nV , ? Mr . H . then submitted Uie resolutton . bfting * v jnflnnation and adoption of the proceed toga of prelir flinary meetings , embracing the rules and regulations < ot the rate-payers ' association , fox the dissolutionofU " . aUnion . - ; , ¦ : ¦ . ¦ ¦ :. Th « fef olntion was seconded by Mr . Evans . John percival , Esq ., rose , amid loud cbeeta , to nppor' ¦ it . He said , the New Poor Law had signally fell * . Lex * . One great boast of tlu Poo * law pita

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      wasv that prejudice , in administering relief , would be abolished . ( Hear , hear . ) He had it fr « m indispn table authority , that one individual alone administered reHef Could any one of the parishes obtain justice md « rthe circumstances ? it was also to do airay witb the fraads of shopkeepers ; bad it done this ? why five of the principal articles supplied were sot fit for any humaad being—meat in particular . He had it from » very wspectable shopkeeper of the name of Clifford- — that » blind man ninety-three years of ago , was separated from his wife . Mr . Ryder , a guardian , bad told him that t&e potatoes were bo rotten , you could squeeze the pulp ob * of them—they were not fit for pigs i the bread was so bad that Mr . Qassei a baker and guardian .

      hadinforoed him the flour had never been good from , which it was made . The quality of the butter was suth that Mt Ryder having taken a small quantity home , a gentleman asked him had he a dead dog In the boose t all those things clearly exhibited the fallacies of the system . Did not this show that peculation was not prevented ? How difficult was it under the present system to obtain redress . Lunatics had been kept fourteen , days without necessary medicine , yet on complaint the guardians refused investigation , gross neglect was repeated , but the board glossed it over . Cbelses was no longer a part of the Union ; she had seen its evils—demanded and obtained a separation . He trusted they would follow so good an example . ( Tremendous cheers . ) ¦ ¦' . ¦ ¦ - '"' : ¦[' :. ' : ¦ . ¦ . . ' .... ' " : ¦ . '¦ : "' :

      Feabous O'Connor , Esq . rose amid the most tamultuous cheering , to address the meeting . He said Mr . Chairman and Gentlemen , I owe my appearance here more to courtesy than anything else . I have been invited to attend by many having a great interest in the matter— . the suffering people . I have not taken up my principles for the occasion . I have not stepped forward now because 1 find an extra dra ^ upon my pocket as a ratepayer ; no , I opposed the Bill whenfirst introduced in the House of Commons—I opposed its ever ; stage , clause by clause . ( Applauaa ) He had done so on principle—( cheers )—he was glad to find they had opened their eyes ; he trusted it was not to save their pockets only a * ratepayers , they had come forward , but that their hearts were open to the cries of humanity . I would

      rather this was a meeting called by those likely to want relief than of ratepayers . Mr . Hanson bad said this was a national , not a . local meeting , and it was no bull , although if an Irishman bad said it it would have been . It wa 3 certainly a portion of the people meeting fpi A great national -. "purpose . ( Hear , hear . ) What * had those whom ha was addtessing no eye to see the object of the Poor Law Bill ? Was it not to bring the working classes down to live upon stinking butter , rotten potatoes , cheese , and unwholesome flour ? We were told this whs not a , ; political question ; but had it not been for the Times , with whose general politics he did not agree , they would hiave'had you all in Unions long ago . Had you been united eight years ago , as your beat friencjls advised , your present object would have been effected long ere thio . lot mo aaution you against tbe mere pocket savings—let it be taken up mv a . question of buaianity . He was a Malthusian , because it we had good government , no poor law would be

      required ; but he was surprised at tbe statement relative to the woman who never complained . If the system drive them to the workhouse , they ought to meet with as good treatment there as they would out . How was it it was nofc so ? Becaase applicants for relief had no votes , while those who gave the relief had . ( Loud cheers . ) In the objects of the rate-payers'Association . I entirely agree ; they had marshalled their forces for the entire and total abolition of tee Poor Law Union , lathis they had his cordial co-operation . Had they proposed anything less , he should have felt it his duty to have moved an amendment . ( Hear , hear . ) As things were going on now , many of those who came there to ' resist ah increase of rates would soon require rates for their own support . Lest his feelings should lead him into politics , he would conclude , but he waa bound to say the only means of preventing such things was to give to every man of mature age , and of sound mind , a vote in making the laws ^ ( Applause . ) 1

      Mr . OCONNOR was was about to leave the meeting , when a person from the body of meeting proposed three cheers for O'Connor , which was responded to niost heartily . The resolution was then put and carried unanimously . ¦ After a vote of thanks to the Chairman , the meeting broke up . . ' ¦ r

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      THE STONE MASONS ON STRIKE , FEOSf THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT , AND NELSON'S MONUMENT , XONDON , AND THB WOOLWICH pOCKYARD . To the Public and the Trades of Great Britain anS .- ¦ ¦ ¦ - - . ¦' ¦ ¦ - '; . Ireland . ^ v . . ' ~ . '¦¦ . ' . " For the trifling * ait ( ' called interest *) of sixpence or eightpence pet year for the use 0 ! one pound , the productive classes ate ignorantly led , not only to provide the capitalists with weapons to conquer them , but to endanger , perhaps lose eritireiy , the miserable pittance which yews of denial have enabled them to accumulate . But were these united savings applied to the purchase of real capital , and the employment of the working classes by and for themselves , a sufficient power would be introduced BpeedUy to overthrow , hurt down , and destroy the dominion of labour ' s enemies . "

      Brethren , —Very little change has taken place in our position since wfe last addressed jon . Each party are doing their best : the capitalists to perpetuate the system of cruelty , we have so irrefutably proved them to have practised towards us ; and we to avert its conse quences by the annihilation of its existence . We continue to receive assurances from those quarters where applications have been made for stone , of the flna determination of the workmen not to prepare any . In the neighbourhood of Penryn , in Cornwall , several of the granite merchants have formed themselves into " a league , '' with a view to starve their workmen intosubmission . One of them bad received an order from QrisBell and Peto to prepare specimens of their granite

      for the inspection of Burgess and Walker , the Admirality agents . To secure the performance of this , he ordered two of his oldest hands ( men that had been in his employ from seven to eight years ) to do it They at once refused , and were discharged . Other two were then requested to perform the work , but who , notwithstanding tbeir ahopmatea having been discharged for refusal , also refused , and shared a similar fate . Thio attempt to coerce them was adopted towards ail in hi * employ , - with a like result The other employers connected with the " league , " with the intention no daubt

      of embarrassing our pecuniary resources , and ensuring our defeat , immediately suspended their works , andt ordered their men to take the places of those we have alluded to , as having been dismissed their employment They spontaneously— . '' one and all "—refused , and are now , to the number of about thirty , receiving aliment from our funds . With this addition , the number now out is about three hundred and thirty , and it is evident , from the part Government has taken in this affair , that the very existence of Trade Societies , ^ bo constituted as to be worth an existence , will materially depend upon the issue of this straggle .

      u Tobe or not to be ^ that is ^ the question . " We must , thewfore , vibile again thanking all for tke exertion and rapport rendered as , in this arduoa * and trying contest / solicit— -most earnestly solicits --for a short time longer , thei * co-operation and aid . ¦ ¦ - ¦¦ ¦ / : . - - ¦¦ - ' . -: ¦ ' ;¦ :. ' , . " . - ' : ¦ - ¦ ; " : ¦ ¦ ¦ : . -- : y : r ' \ ' It will not , we hope , be- thought irrelevant to tha subject before wsi or to the obieet we all have , o « sbculd have ia view , namely : — Right aseendanl * Might dependent , to . direct the attention and serioas consideration of the Trades to the few lines with which we have this W « ek beaded our address ^ " The productive classes , " says the author most truly , " are ignorautly led to provide the capitalists with weapons to-conquer then ** V

      This is so palpably evident to ourevery-day observa tions , that eomment or illustration to prove it would be an insult , eves to less than ordinary observers of the 6 ffeets exiatiog usages have upon society . Those who are idle are rich , well fed , well housed , and well clothed . Those who are industrious , are poor , starring , houseless , and ragged , toiling on i » perpetual go rorty . But were the united " savings of the : working elasse 8 " - ~ the funds of their innumerable societies — 'Which now , through the medium of banking and ??

      otherwise , provide the capitalists with weapons to conquer and oppress them , " added to the profits which , by unequal exchanges , tiiiey in such a variety of ways wring from our labour , appropriated to the employment " of the working classes by and for themselves , no other conclusion could be come to but that " a sufficient power Would be introduoed speedily to overthrow , hurl down , aM destroy the dominion of labour ' s enemies , " and provide the honest and industrious producer with every necesaaty essential to his comfortable existence . - - . ' .: - '¦ • ¦ ¦ - ¦ . '¦ ' : .- ' : ¦ : ""¦' - ' . --: '•' .. ' : / ' ¦ - ' ¦ ¦ . " ..

      The privations our torn-outs are endnrlng la oar present contest are the consequences of its protraction , and that protraction the consequence of disorganisation —a want of the existence of such a course of proceeding as that we have alluded to—a want of that cohesiveness and union , indispensable to the accomplishment of any object tending to make happy tbe sons and daughters ef honest labour .: ' -. ^ - v- . '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' : ¦ ¦ ' . - ¦¦¦'' - . ' :- ¦ ' ¦' : '"' : / -. ' Systematic and extensive combination—a concentra tion of the means , the energies , and the talent of the wotking classes , is the only remedy we can discover for such a state of things . " Man in an isolated position fa incapability to perfection ; systen ^ ticaUy combined he is all but omnipotent ; his noblest powers are developed his spring of action , common interest ; and end contem plated , universal happiness . " -, '; .. N

      Hoping to be excused for this , perhaps , small digression from the subject of our strike , and that the attention of the several trades may at no distant period be profitably arrested in the contemplation of being em > ployed "B 7 AND FOB THEMSELVES , " ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ - ' - ¦ . ' : ; WeremaLa , V i ! - - -:.-:. ; ' -: ' .--- '¦ ' Gratefully youw , Thb Masons Socibtt . Thqmas Shobtt , Secretary . 0 , AgneMtreeet , Waterloo Road , X * mb 6 ttk Jfykl » tivl 8 t&

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 29, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct415/page/3/