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      ADDRESS 1 TBJTTK 5 BY BEQUEST , ON THE STRIKE « P THE XASONS FBOJt THB NBW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT , < fcc &c Swfe » bf o Jfoscm erf a « Victoria Theatre , Dec 1601 , " ^ 841 . trften JTitfioai IVstf taw performed , for the bentft ofiht masons . When Israel toU'd in bondage , Egypt wi *! jo break the spirit which ths yoke had bow d : yoi fearfnl tyrants cannot rest content Unless the mind be with the body bent GalTd by their chains the bnrthened Hebrews groan , And cry to Pha roah-but his heart was stone , « Begone ye idlers ! Why do ye complain ? So said tbe despotand increased their pain .

      , They struck at last , and G » d in freedom served , While Pharoah met the fate his crimes deserved . SSttKStSSiS !™ i * But point in vain ! -Tyrants no warmBg take - Theiihartened hearts no judgments can awake , — S&tb when wronied labour rises in its might And burls oppression frem itahannM height inus did bold Tell . ' - by croe insults ** . Sis patriot heart , his strong nght arm inspired ; And first tbespple , with an unmatched dart , lie bit—nor miss'd the mart at Geslert heart ! Mature in Tell was dared to that great deed-He freed himself— his country , too , he freed 1 garoem , a slave , was G-ssler ' s chosen tool ,

      To keep his dignity by barb * rous rule . What dignity , forsooth ! can masters see In using servants with indignity ? The thankful masons , whom y * u aid to-night , gbow ' ti more true greatness when they struck for right , And taught the petty tyrant to be civil , TVho row assumes the saint instead of devil , ye trade ! "who wide unite to shield each other , And will net see oppression starve a brother , Te heard and answer'd the free mason ' s cry—Jamine they fear rot—for your help is nigh ! We struct for labour's rights , ' gainst labour ' s wrongs—Our cause is yours—to you our case belongs : — TfieT "should have made us slaves , : nay -worse ; but then We struck to s-how them that -see 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 -venal pen Corruption backs the master—not the teen I But time will come when these things will not be—When beaven wiil give success to honesty . And thoss who work'd at Nelson ' s Monument , And Woolwich , too—by slavery unbent , Shall with the : r brethren raise a noble name That tyranny shall daunt , and treachery shame . ¦ Oh , may the members of the Houses be , As were thebuflders , foes to tyransy : Tien trill the day , bo long desir'd , come reund , When labour shall with capital bs crown'd , And "CMOS , Peace , and Pieateousness abound « John Watkius 20 , Tpper Harsh , Lambeth .

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      TRUTH . The cries of the starving are heard on the gale , Employment they seek , but there is none to be had ; Ibe rich are too prond to be heeding the wail Of the starving mechanic , by huneer grown mad . They torn a deaf tar to sad poverty ' s tale , And the cries of the poor bnt make their hearts glad ; This -we Trill not , "we cannot much longer endure—The rich are too rich , and the poor are too poor ! The tiffle it must come , aye and speedily too—When the pamper'd and purse-proud shall tremble and fall ; All the ills they have caused , too late they may me , And harsh words thry " ve spoken , they'll wish to recall : But th-: y cannot erase them whatever they do , >" or drown the loud cry now repeated by all , That 'tis out of their nature ' s these things to endure—That the rich are t « o rich , and the poor are too poor !

      They've struggled to crash ard destroy the young bud Sprir . zing from nature , of wisdom and truth ; They ' ve s-3 xed neither torture , nor prison , nor blood ; Neither aged or yonng—neither manhood or youth ! They ' ve scorn'd even Heaven , when mercy has Btood To S- 'ften 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 POETS OP THE NORTHERN STAB A > T ITS MUSICAL READERS . Poets , ye have a brother in distress , Pining beneath the weight of gaunt disease , But lately , vista-like , hope ' s cheering rays Point to a remeay where Thames ' s breast Tielrs to her babe-like ships the cradle ' s rest ; This voyage for recovery ' s boon would please , Bnt while unbelp'd , the means I cannot raise . To unloose affliction ' s iron zone—and vest To gain " the needful' "—heedless of renown , To pay tk * expenes of travelling so far , And such a time as I must stay in town , To wait the operations of the war . I mean to print some verse—for half-a- crown ; Subscriber ' s lista are open at the Star . It is not fer tout wealth I ask your aid ;

      Bat 'tis fer this , there are some friendly faea Betwixt us , and which time and penury ' s guise Leave undivided , for we all are led To worship at her feet , whom we in fancy wed . Drink of the springs alike , from whence arise The warmth of feelings that can sympathise , Can succour the oppress'd , and feed the unfed . I'm confident that an appeal to those From whose brizht eye the teats of pity flows , WSl not be lost in air , as the blown rose That bbem'd in desert wilds , unseen , bestows Its frasrance to th' unheeding breezs ; disclose Toot fellow-feeling , and espouse my cause . James Yesxox . Sonthaiolton , Jan . 22 , 18 i 2 .

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      LtiriDS . —TjxEHPLOYED Poos . —An impression Beems to prevail that the Enumeration Committee are a party to the delay which has taken place in completing the inquiry , nndertaken by the overseer ? , into tie correctness of the report made by the committee to the magistrates in October last . We * re emphatically assured , on behalf of the committee that ihis is not the case—that they are no psrty to the delay which has been occasioned ; but ta&t the whole blame rests with the overseers ; whose callous indifference to the wants of the distressed operatives , more especially to those who do to ; belong to the parish of Leeds , and for whom

      pore particclariy a subscription wonJd be available , is mos ; astonishing . The books of the enumerators were seat to the overseers in November , and every Stssktance has been rendered to them which has been required . The committee have been most aasions ; o have the inquiry completed , and for this purpose a deputation waited upon eight of the overseers on Christmas Bay , in order to ascertain what progress they had made in their canvass , and to urge tpoa them the desireableness of giving in their Kport to the magistrates with as little delay as pos-Eole . The committee think it due to themselves and tie unemployed operatives to make their statement public .

      SELSO . —Meeting of the Tkades rx behalf W THE Mxjf OX SzBIIiB AGAINST AlLCJ . — On 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 apinsi Allen , mason , and foreman at the new floods of Parliament . The Committee of the Ls : jed Operative Masons there , having called the Jasencg , produced authentic repoit 3 of the origin , pogress , and present position of the strike , and ianag reaa and commented thereos , as much of f : ^ were thought necessary commuted the a j «« toihe other traces assembled . Resolutions were immediately thereafter unanimously agreed to , «®< JenmiEg ; he conduct of Allen , and showing it to * , tfle iaterest of every working man in the king--fffl to do everything in Bs powereither by

      , ooaey or argument , to crush the present attempt to naiBiain and extend the dominion of despotism ; and rf ^ 'J' appointing that subscription sheets be pre-P * r « i aad entrasied to members of the various rades , such members to be named before the meet-^ S wsiricts , which accordingly was done . In con-^ oecce of a remark on universal onion of -working P 60 ?^ , -which had fallen from one of the speakers flarlsg the proceedings , a person present inquired whezner nothing more coold be said on that subject " ^ ore the meeting dismissed , when the person * ao had made the remark referred to , suggested Jdk when the- Chairman had declared that the pasmesB was finished , for which the present meetffi g was called , all who felt inclined , should confetxite again , for an exchange of sentiments on the Rwsct of universal union . The substance of the

      conversation was to the following effect : —That * or £ ing people are taxed to an nnjust amount . iaw no one but the producer is taxed—taxation , 3 aen traced to the root , being found to consist woody of Iabonr , < preduction >—that often prodnoera w * en as a whola , have prodnced as mnch as supply f * f ^? lTes and families , acd aged , and support for a just Government , including army , navy , inactive ¦ frnce , and such other functionaries as may be "BBQ necessary to preserve the peace of society . Afley have wrought enough , consequently whatever r ° « they are forced to do , in ' order to gain a liveli-™ ° d , is unjust taxation . That six hours per day « a the average throughout the year is sufficient for * s purposes enimerated , and therefore four hours per

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      day is paid by all ( more by many ) in unjust taxation , to support the non-prodncers in . their respectable establishments . A calculation , showing the above resaU , was in the possession of one present . That on purpose to get rid of such abominable injustice , it is necessary to adopt some measure likely to ensure the co-operation of all interested , and that consideringthe glorious results already achieved by Trades' Unions , the same principle extended bo as to combine the whole in one common interest , is the most likely at present practicable—or if not at present , the first likely to beoome 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

      admit , aad 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 calcination 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 with i 60 days' labour , including everything ( average ) ; it will last sixty years , lodging lour . tenants , each paying four days , makes

      sixteen annually—60 times 16 is 980 , thi 3 gives the landlord his own , and we hold it to be UDJU 3 t for one man in lending a uay ' s labour to demand a day and a half b return ; but landlords do more than this ; in general they receive four or five days for one . Will the kind-hearted working men of Britain be patient evermore to this barefaced robbery , when by a single effort they could be free ! We heartily " wish the already united trades would respond to us on this subject , that measures may be devised to produces workiDg place of the important work . It must bs seen at once that if such a practice were adopted , nobody willing to work need be idie , for the day would be shortened in . order to employ all . —Correspondent .

      HOESLETT ( Gloucestershire . )—Only a few years back tflere was , between the Boot Inn , Horsley , and Nupend House , now the residence of Mr . "William-Wise , late agent to the Felting Cioth 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 best of tke West of England broad cloths ; and at the present time there is ouly one , and not above half work tor that . This is kept bv an old woman named Sukey Neale , aud

      considerably nure than six'y years of a ^ e ; the poor weavers have been obliged to turn day labourers , and from the scarcity of work at that aud the wet weather , the labourers have not earned more than from 5 s . to 6 s . per week for the last year ; some of them with large families , aud 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 l ) ukc of Wellington , Sir Robert Peel , or Lord John Kus-eil , formerly our borough member , to contradict this glaring fact . —Correspondent .

      WOODHOUSE . Asciext Romans . On Monday , the Dove Senate , Ko . 17 , or the above flourishing order , held at the house of Mr . Robert Harwood , the George the fourth Inn , Woodhouselane , 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 ' t find bread for my family , " said . a lazy sinner in a puolic company . " Nor I , " replied an industrious miller , " I am obliged to work for it . " Gigantic Haddock . —On the I 4 : h ult . a haddock of ihe loJiowiag extraordinary dimensions was caught off Flndborn , and brought for s-ale to Forres fish- market :- » it measured three feet lon # , 19 inches in circumference at the thickert part of its body , and weighed 13 lbs . It was bought by a thrifty ho ? tess in town , for 3 d . —Forres Gazelle .

      How Tradesmen become Bankrupt . —If one tradesman , in these days divides his windows into four squares , his neighbour instantly makes his into two , while the . shop opposite outdoes both by a sis ^ re plate filling the whole front of tho establishment . We trus ; that these enormous windows will , for the fumre , be seen through , aud that tradesmen may be deterred from their ruinous extravagances by ; he reputation for fragility that wili henceforth attack to commercial as well as other glass houses . A Weathee-tfise Swas . —This swan , the property of Lord B ' Taybrooke , which was 18 or 19 years old , had brought up manv broods , and wa 3 highly

      valued by the neighbours . She exhibited , some eight or nine years past , one of the most remarkable instances of the power of instinct that was ever recorded . She was sitting on four or five eggs , and was observed to be very busy in collecting weeds , grasses , fcc , to raise her rest . A farming man was ordered to-take down half a load of haulm , with which she most industriously 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 quarter sessions , for stealing a watch from the bed-room of Mr . George Poynter , at Willingbam , the following conversation took place , on cross-examination , between the prosecutor and Mr . Byle * , counsel for the prisoner : —Mr . Byles— " Where do you live ?" Mr . Poynter— " At Willingham ; but 1 am not a Willingham man . "— " What are you V " An engineer- ; I W 33 sppreiitxecl to Henry Maur . tslay partner to Sir Isambert Brunei , of Tnamas Tannel notoriety . - * " Well , what else are you ? " " Why , 1 am a gunsmith , locksmith , and beUhanger , iron arm and lathe maker , eage-fool-maker , watch and clock maker and repairer , mathematical instrument maker , weighing machine , scale , and steel-vard

      maker , knife-maker , and grinder , publican and licensed victualler , and an old man-of-war ' s man , and was'engaged in the action between the Shannon and Chesapeake ; in fact , I am half brother to Caleb Qaotem . " " Are you not a conjuror as well ? " " O ye 3 , that I am ; Monsieur Testot was a fool to me ; and if you are willing I will show vou one or two tricks . " " What can yon do ? " " Weil , if you will allow me , and not consider I am insulting , I will tell you . " " Oh , certainly , go on . ' " Then , it you will just take off jour wig , and get the gentleman next you to grease your head , I will swallow you whole , and then you will be no more trouble to yourseif nor . any one else . " ( Loud laughter , in which the court and Jearnfd counsel joined . ) Mr . Byles . "You may stand down , Shi- "—Cambridge Independent .

      The Last > f * - Fashions . —The coats of the gentlemen are now buttoned close up to the throat , and the hands are worn in ihe pocket . B-ue is a fashionable colour for the face , and noses are slightly tipped with a deep pink or crimson . Where gloves are not worn , the ends cf the fingers are brought a 3 near to the mouth as p&sssble ; and we have seen a pretty substitute for cloaks , worn when it is likely to rain , in a species of material sometimes used for making coal s " nd potato sacks . When there are manv in a family it is sometimes cuttomaTy to throw a drapery of green ba ' ze , or something else , over the shoulders of one of the taliest 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 hnmbler classes of pedestrians . It is fore-shortened bo as to

      leave the heel entirely unencumbered ; and the front , or upper-leather , is siJglitiy hashed in an irregular pattern , so as to show the Toot or shocking—when the latter article , happens to be used wiih it . We have seen a few great coats , bat in many instances we have observed that these ait ; cli-5 axe worn only as substitutes for the usual surtout which is discou ' . inued when the wanner garment isadop : ed ; and which being . the last thing out , it is prf sumed that the surionl , or body coat , may be considered to have gone in , a : least for the present . The holidays being at an end , boys' jackets are trimmed as before ; and there is abont the same quantity » f lacing behind as usual . During Chri-tmas there was a good deal of open weak about the mouih , and a rich spotted material , resembling in colour a plumb-pudding , was very generally resorted to for lining . —Punch .

      An American ' s Opinion of the English Chchcu Establisment . —At a lecture lately dtiivtrcd before a literary institution in Ph'JsdeJpina , the lecturer , after a description of the En ^ Ush aristocracy , alluded to the English church .: — " The next , and by many considered by far the most odious part of 'he English system ( said the lecturer ) , is the vast , overwhelming , and greedy churcL establishment , Bitting , like some huge monster , npon the neck of the nation , extract 1 ing its substance , and coming the very blood of the people into tribute to her unholy and hollow pretensions-to pieiy and meekness . In the whole history of tie civilised world there is nothing to be found equal to it . It is rendered even more criminal and indefeasible by the fact that the very men who sustain and approve it , are themselves the arrogant conservators of the wisdom , the taleut , of the nation . Inconsistent in its management , and tyrannical and

      proscriptive in us policy , it presents to the world the anomaly of an institution , the first professed object of which is the advancement and promulgation of God ' s word , of his mercy , his purity , and his omnipotence ; and yet it lives , and thrives , and grows rich and Insurious upon taxes wruqg from the suffering and grinded poor , and from those who profess another creed , and helong to another denomination . England ' s worst aristocracy are those who Bit enthroned among the linen and pnrple of her church , rioting on immense salaries , and sustaining , by deed and word , the degenerate Government who support and encourage them ; while the poor labouring Masses , on whose toil they lnxuriate , are in most cases unseen and unknown to them , except it be through the tithes and taxes they pay to keep up their oppressors . Religion has no companionship with this solemn mockery and gilded hypocrisy . "

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      A poob woman , named Ball , living at Stubbington , while gone to Titchfield to procure provisions , fastened her three children in an ap stairs room , as she usually did ; the children by some means set-fire to a bag of hulls , and on her return Bhe found all three dead . —Hampshire Standard . Amokgst the places advertised in the Gazette zs didy registered for the solemnisation of marriages , under the 7 th of William 1 V c . 85 , is the Social Institution , John-street , Tottenbam-court-road . Prince Albert has given orders for b ' ix pairs of silk trousers and stockings to be made by the silkstocking-makers of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire , in answer to their address praying for Ms 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

      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 : — Farewell 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 Bentiment 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 they 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 ihan the doctor . A physician haviDg prescribed for a patient who complained of a want of appetite , recommended him to eat fried bacon instead of taking butter at breakfast , as the latter disagreed with his stomtch . 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 . "

      LoNGEvitr of a Cat . —The Inverness Courier says there died the other week in tee village of Kothes , 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 this class of animals before the present subject of notice . A Time for all Things . — -During the investigation of a case of assault at the Boroagh Court , 011 Thursday , the defendant asked complainant if her husband had not kicked her one day , about the time of the assault , until she fainted I to which she replied , " I ' m not six months turned of marriage yei ; it ' s too soon for my husband to be kicking mei "— Bolton Free Press .

      A Curious Coiscidekce . —The Town Council of the borough having appointed Mrs . their printer , in cousideratiou of her having consented to take half the amount of her account for work done at the revision , sent her some summonses to priut , which , beiug duly executed , were discovered to huve 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 tho Bowery , a hos worth lookng at . It measured , from the fere foot to the top of the shoulder , three feet seven inches ; from . the heel along the back to the suout , nine feet ; around the loins five feet , rejecting seven inches for the spread of the eide 3 ; and around the shoulders six feet , rejecting six inches likewise for the spread of the sides . Its tusk projected from , the jaw five inches . It was three year 3 old , and raised in this city . —New York Paper .

      Two youths , of seventeen and nineteen , in the employ of a confectioner at Hackney , last weak , 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 seJf- < les : ructio » . - Fabrication . —The northern parts of the metropolis were astonished , and to some extent swindled ,

      on Saturday evening , by six or eight fellows bawling out most 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 furtner news was anxiously expected . Thefellow 3 , 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 woaders and conveniences of London , none are more ttriking and amusing than the conveyances and their couductors . 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 wofutly about ,- he sees au omnibus da ? h up , and the cad , evidently aware of his wants , with forefinger extended in inimitable interrogation , cries , " Abbey , sir V 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 , 13 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 brUkly up to one , who , with a " wentilation gossamer" cocked on head , so as in a great measure to conceal the absence of one of his optfes , sat sunning himself on the seat of his vehicle . "Drive me to Jericho , " said J , pointing westward . " Yes , Eir , ' said he , pulling buck the apron of his cab with great despatch , for two or three conductetirs 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 — *' Vere did you say , sir ? " "Jericho , " replied I . The cabman gave a cut to his horse , clapped his hat more closely over his depaiied visual organ , shuffied about in his seat , aud 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 I said the cabman , with another lash to his beast , and plainly very much relieved . —Edinburgh Journal .

      A iRiAL took place at the Commission Court , Dublin , a few days ago , which is remarkable as exhibiting practices and propensities more resembling those of a fiend than of a human being . John Detaining 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 , aud the bloodthirsty cunning previously manifested by the prisoner . The evidence in this case was purely circumstantial . The ruffian had enveigled the poor child away from his piaynaates , and ihen 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 in a lonely lane , where he left the body , and went and informed a policeman that he had seen a woman ( artfully describing her so 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 erening before Christmas with a little fellow , in a dark jacket and cap , with dark hair and curis 2 ibou& his forehead , who , the prisoner said , had ' been entrusted to him by a policeman as having lost his way . He afterwards went out with the child , aud within half an hour of

      leaving this witness ' s hou 3 e must have committed the mwder . 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 wasadduced , and the prisoner was fully convicted aDd sentenced to die on the 5 th February . The wretch dropped lifeless in a swoon 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 a poor tinker with the murder of the Italian boy , at Dublin—a murder which has never yet been unravelled , but of which the present convict , probably , knows the secret too

      well . His clumsy perjury defeated its end , and the jury acquitted the innocent man . In another case he brought false witness against some porters , for an assault , for the sake of the hoped for reward , but again failed , and was proved not to have been pre-Bent at the outrage . If the fellow had met with the punishment his peTJury so richly deserved , this last murder might have been prevented . The motive of the murderer was , there is little doubt , to obtain , a reward from the criminal authorities by witnessing against an innocent individual , thus perpetrating the threefold crime of murdering one fellow-creature to enable him , by false swearing , to take away the life of another !

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      A _ tbry distressing case transpired at a coroner' ^ inquest on Thursday night , afc a tavern , Sherbbrnelane , London , held on the body of an infant only one month old , which met its death from intense cold , while _ trayelling with its mother on the Great Western Railway from Bristol to London . The poor mother had only been conSmai a month previous , and was proceeding with her child to join her hasband , a groom in Yorkshire ^ who had been out of employment for some time . During the investigation she was sent for to give her eyidence , but upon the _ messenger entering the room of the tayern in which the mother was waiting , the shocking discovery was made that she also had suddenly expired from the effects of the inclement weather which had destroyed her infant .

      Ezra ^ Stkapenhill , in custody " at Birmingham for killing his wife , apparently accidently , while cleaning a gun , has been committed for wilful murder , after 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 j he put a percusston cap upon , it to keep the liquid out of the gun , as he said * Other most suspicious circumstances were also detailedi 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 sexton 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 barrister , 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 hia case . He began , * ' My uufortunate client , my lord" —and straightway paused "for lack of argument . '' Presently he resumed : — " 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 unfortuuate client , my lord , ?—— "Pray go on , Mi * ,- — -, " said hia lordship , " the court is entirely with you , so far . " ¦ . '¦ ¦ .

      Wonderful Escape . —We have lately heard much of railway dangers and accidents , but perhaps no instance of a earrower 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 1 Haswell 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 hia head into a lady ' s lap , by the shock . To this circumstance he may attribute his preservation , as the rail struck through the part where he was Bitting , and , had ho retained that position , would inevitably have penetrated his breast , as , considering the speed of tha train at the time , the rail must have pissed through the coach in the sixtieth part Of a second . —Durham Chronicle .

      Fatal Accident caused t » y Workhouse Separation . —On , Tuesday morning a child of colour between two and three years of age , named John Jones , was brought into 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 accord ^ ance with the usual rules , they were domiciled in different parts of the building , but the child happen ^ ing to catch sight of its parent , overjoyed , ran towards her , and in doing so fell with such violence as to cause the above accident .

      State of Trade . —Symptoms 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 silk gauze line , and the number of female

      sewers employed has also boen 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 b ' ix months , has passed its lowest point , and that though it 3 flow be little more than percepUblCj it is , at least , beginriinf 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 .

      paislet . Males 2 , 092 Dependents 5 , 230-7 , 323 Females 2 , 280 Dependents 1 . " ... 4 , 560—6 , 840 14 , 162 JOHNSTONS . Males ... ... ... ... GO Dependent ... 315— 385 Females ... ... ... 214 Dependents ; ... ... ... 473— 692 1 , 076 KILBARCHAN AND BRIDGE OF WEIR . Males ... 284 Dependents ... 720—1 , 004 Females ... 17 ' 2 Dependents ... ... ... 158— 330

      1 , 334 NE 1 LSTON IAND 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 ' Bmead-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 . ; Tho delegates present were—Mr . Ironmonger , from London ; Mr . Owen , on behalf of the Smiths ' Society ; Mr . Bolwcll , on behalf of that of the Shoemakers ; Mr . CJeraeiison , the Tailors ; Mr . Philp , the Printers ; and the Mason's Society here was represented by their Secretary . On the motion of Mr , Cle ^ neuson , 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 woulU discharge to the best of his ability . The meeting was convened for the purpose pf laying , once more , 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 bees 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 GriBseil and Peto could not get supplied with Btone to carry on the building of the New Houses of Parliament ; that upon the issue of the present struggle depended the very existence of trades' societies ; that the masons were suffering for want of a proper system of organisation , and called for further support j that they were grateful for the Bupport they had already received , and hoped the public would carry them through the struggle successfully . ( Cheers . ) All depended on its issue : they believed that nothing could prevent their ultimate success . The last address concluded with expressions of gratitude for the past , and confidence for the future . ( Cheers . ) :

      Mr . Ironmonger , the Delegate from London , on being introduced to the meeting , said he addressed them aa fellow-working men ^ for he saw many of that class present , without the union of which nothing could be done . ( Cheers . ) When that class had experienced the benefit of union , they wbuld unite ; they were now almost crushed into the earth ; they were not treated like men . It was against snch treatment the masons had Btruck . They told the masters that unless the foreman Alleo was stopped in his tyrannical career , they would strike work

      but alltheanBwer they got from Gnssell and Peto , was " O ! they were sorry for what had taken place "—( hisses )— " but they would not interfere between the foreman and his men . " All the men wanted was proper treatment . ( Hear , hear . ) The first grievance they had to complain of was the conduct of Allen towards a young man who , on hearing of his poor mother ' s death , requested leave that he might go and follow her remains to the grave—that last tribut « to the dear memory of a departed parent . ( Hear , hear . ) Allen on being applied to . asked the joungmaa wh »'

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      the d—1 hive I to do with your mother ' s death I " and said that if he ' . . went ; he was to take hi ' s tools : for if he staid away longer than three days , he should not return 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 reqaested , 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 hot , consequently , competent to work for some timo ; 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 . " ( Oriea of execration . ) The masons thought that if they did not strike against such tyrannical conduct , they could Hot tell what tyranny they would be obliged to submit to . Another case , that of a poor fellow who , on hearing of his wife ' s death , went home and staid for a short time , when , on hia return to work , was asked by Allen wnere he had been to ; and when Allen was in-: formed of the particulars , he said he might go back to hia 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 on the premises where they were working ; but they were supplied with such stuff as they could not well drink ; and toJd the person who sold it

      them that if he did not send better beer they would have none at all . ( Hear , heir . ) They Wanted to have their beer from where and at what timo they thought proper , and they told Allen so ; but he said that if they did not 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 oould do without it altogether . ( Much cheering . ) He ( the speaker ) was one who went to Grissell arid Peto 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 6 e a most insolent tyrant . Several yood workmen had received gross treatment from Allen in consequence of their opposition to his proceeding . Allen was once a great advocate for union among the men , but : siace he had been installed into a little brief authority ^ he had changed . However much we may , said the speaker j cry out against the aristocracy , workinsjmon 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 , and robbery . ( Cheers . ) The

      masons of London sent a deputation to Grissell and Peto to state , that if Allen was not discharged or stopped in his unjust career , they would strike , and when Allen heard of this , he d—d their eyes , and said they would soon be brought to their senses , for tho 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 the job would not be completed by other than " society men . " Things went oh this way for some time , until the men would endure the eonduct of Allen no longer ; they met , and all resolved upon the strike . ( Much cheering . ) This put Allen to his last shifts ; he scoured the country for men ; and he did ( the speaker was sorry to ' say ) obtain a few from Bath—those were some of them

      who were killed lately on tho Great Western Kanway . Ho was sorry for that . ( Hear , hear . ) Allen sent to Winterburn , and othar places , and gt > t personB to work for him—persons not hardly able to manage a tool . ( Laughter . ) A deputation about this time went to Allen , and told hiifcthat if he did not comply with their request , they wo iild take such steps as he would find not very agreeable . Hs 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 . ) Alien then sent to Scotland for men , but he was unsuccessful

      there . ( Cheers . ) The men of Scotland had sent the masons oh strike £ 500 . ( Cheers . ) Allen could not get men , and Grissell and Peto could not get supplied with Btone . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) The quarry men at Aberdeen m « t , 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 masons ) 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 . Tho case was 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 trioipled upon . The speaker , 011 sitting down , was loudly applauded , having acquitted himself in a very creditable manner .

      Mr . R . K . Philp now came forward to propose the tirst 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 : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the masons lately employed at the works of the new Houses 0 / Parliament deserve the gratitude and support of the trades of Great Britain and Ireland , for having so manfully struck against cruelty and oppression ; and that this meeting will render them all possible assistance . " Mr . Owen seconded the motion , and eaid the grievances complained of were attributable to class legislation ; ( Cheers . ) The motion "was put and carried unanimously . Mr . R . K . Philp proposed the second resoiation : —

      That this meeting admires the conduct of the men at Woolwich , Nelson ' s Monument , and at Dartmore , and consider that they are entitled to our warmest thanks for their manly conduct in coming out in defence of their persecuted brethren . " Mr . Clehenson seconded the resolution , which on being put from the ohair , 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 the public . "

      Mr . Sartin seconded it , and called on the meeting to support those papers that advocated the cause of tho masons . He next went on to point out the acts committed by George Allen towards him ( the speaker)—and concluded by hoping that support would be liberally given the masons now " on strike . He was much cheered . Mr . Vincent rose to support the resolution ; which he did in his usual style . He informed the meeting that the delegate from London was one 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 allaw our reporter to Rive a report of it here . It was on general topics . ; This motion was put and carried with apolause .

      The Chairman before dissolving the meeting made some few remarks . Three cheers were given him , and three for the Northern Star 1 the meeting then separated .

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      DISSOLUTION OF A POOR LAW ITNION . A pukllc meeting , convened by the rate-payers of St . Mary Abbots , Kensington , was held in tie Assembly Rooms , Uexfc the Palace , Kensington , o& Wednesday , January 19 th , at half-past seven in the evening . ' : Samuel Hutchings , Ee ^^ was sailed to the ' chair . ¦ ¦ .- ¦ ¦ - '¦ - ' - .. ' ;• ¦•¦• ' ¦ ' . . • : '; ' ' ¦¦¦ ¦'' ¦ . " . . : He said , the conveners of the meeting ; in coming fosward , bad felt it their duty fco aid aad- assist the parochial authorities to withdraw Kessington from the Union , aad place ita parochial managament under their own contreul , bo that they , might ksow the applicants fee relief , and m it , as now , cause the p « o « to eome miles without sea ? ce a rag to covet them , wait perisk ibg in the cold foj- many howm , asdthen , perhaps , return to tkeLr desolate , homes unrelieTed . Then let us revert to our own man ? tgement . He trusted the meettng would cordially onito in tb& great object they had in view ( Cheers , ) .. ';' . '" ¦ " ¦ :- . . ''¦'¦ ' . . ' ¦ * - . : - ; ¦; :. : - , : ' . ' .. - '¦ .. ' - ; ¦

      Mr . W- S . HANW > i » said , thia was not a political question ; it was sot merely a local , bv » t a national question of hnmanity . Chelsea had shown the bad effects of V ae Union ; and , aa far aa they : ¦ were concerned , b » d been successful Application had been made to ' the Board of Goardians , bnt they had been defeated ; , they had , therefore , token the present constitutional atepg . ihe authorities stated if the Union yfaa dissolve : d , they would not receive their money , conse quently / they had to contend against interested parties

      ( Hear , beat . ) A paid officer , under the present system , distri' oated relief for four parishes—what could he know of tb s applicants ? Mr . H . then submitted the resolutloD . being a confirmation and adoption of th « proceedln f 3 of preliminary meeting * , embracing the roles and ^ ^ uJationa of the rate-payera' association , for the dissob jtion ot the Union . ' .. ¦ ? The resolution was seconded by Mr . Ev ams . ; JOHK Percival , Esq ., rose , amid loud chatw , 'to I capport it . H « said , the New Poor Law bad signally i I tailed ben . One great bowl of the Poo » Law party

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      was , that prejudice , in administering relief , would be abolished . ( Hear , bear . ) He had it frsm indispu table authority , that one individual alone administered relief . Could any one of the parishes obtain joatioa under the . circumstances ? it was also to do away with the frauds of shopkeepers ; had it done this ? why five of the principal articles supplid were not fit for any hutnand being—meat in particular . He had it from a very . respectable shopkeeper of the . name of Gifibrdthat a blind man ninety-three years of age , was separated from his ¦ wife . MrJ- Ryder , a guardian , had told him that the potatoes 1 were " so rotten , you could Bqueezathe ^ pulp put of them—they were not fit tor pigs ; the bread was so bad that Mr . Gaisse , a baker and guardian ,

      had informed him the fleur had never been good from which it was made . The quality of the butter was such that Mr . Ryder having taken a small quantity home , a gentleman aafced him had he a dead dog in the boose I all those things clearly ^ exhibited the fallaciesi' -of the aysteni . Did not this shovrthat peculation was not prevented ? . How difficult -was it under the present system to obtain redress . Lunatics ^ had been kept fourtsen days without necessary medicine ; yet on complaint the guardians refused investigation , gross neglect was tepeated , but the board glossed it over . Chelsea was no longer a part of the Union ; she had seen its evils—demanded and obtained a separation . He trusted they would follow bo good an example . ( TremendOui cheers . ) ' : . ¦ - - , ¦ ' : " . v ' , ' . ¦ ' . " ¦ ' : ' ¦ : ¦ . '• . " . ¦ ' . ¦ . ¦ ¦

      Fear « ds O'Connor , Esqi rose amid the most tumultuous cheering , to address the meeting . He said Mr . Chairman and QentlemenV I owe my appearance here more to courtesy thin anything else . I have been invited to attend by many having a great interest in the mattier—the suffering people . I have not taken up my principles for the occasion . I have not stepped forward now because I find an extra drag upon my pocket as a ratepayer ; no , I opposed the Bill when first introduced in the House of Commons—I opposed its every stage , clause by clause . ( Applause . ) He had done so on prin ^ ciple—( cheers )—be was glad to find they had opened their eyes ; he trusted it was not to save their pockets only as ratepayers ,, they had cotne forward , but that their heatt 3 were open to the cries of humanity . I would

      rather this was a mee ' ting called by those likely to want relief than of ratepayers . Mr . Hanson had said this was a national , not a local meeting , and it was no bull , although if anirishman had said it it would haVe been . It was certainly a portion of the people meeting for a great national purpose . ( Hear , hear . ) What , had those whom he was ''/ -addressing , no eye to see the obr ject of the Poor Law Bill ? Was it not to bring the working classes down to live upon stinking butter , rotten potatoes , cheese , and tmwbolesbme flour ? We were told this was not a political question ; but had it not been for the Times , / with / whose general politics he did not agree , they would have had you all in Unions long ago . Had you been united eight years ago , as your best friends advised , your present object would have been effected long ere this . Let me caution you against the mere pocket savings—let it be taken up bb a question of humanity . He was a Malthusian , because if .. we had good . government , no poor law'would

      barequired ; but he was surprised at the statement relative to the woman who never complained . If the system drive them to the workhouse ,, they ought to meet witft as good treatment there as they -would out . How was it it was pot so ? because applicants for relief had no votes , while thoss who gave : the relief had . ( Loud cheers . ) In the obj . ects of the rate-payers' Association I entirely agree ; they had marshalled their forces for the entire and total abolition of tfce Poor Lvw Union . In this they had his cordial co-operation . Had they proposed anything less , he should have felt it his duty to have moved an amendnient . ( Hear , hear . ) As things were going on now , many of those who came there to Tesist an increase of rates would soon require rates for their own support . Lest his feelings should lead him into politics , he would conclude , blithe was 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 niakirig the laws . ( ApplauBe . )

      Mr . 0 Connor 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 most heartily . The resolution was then put and carried unanimously . ¦ : Af ter a vote of thanks to the Chairman , the meeting broke up . «

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      THE STONE MASONS ON STRIKE , FROM THE NEW ¦ HOCSES OF FARLtAMENT , AND NELSON ' S IIOJNUMENT , LONDON , AND THE WOOLWICH DOCKYARD . To the Public and ihe Trades of Great'Britain owd ¦ . " ¦ . ' - ¦ , ' .: - ¦ . . Ireland * ¦¦ ' - ¦ ' : : / : ¦ " For the trifling bait ( ' called interest' ) of sixpence or eightpence ; per year for the 1 use of : one pound , the productive classes are ignorantly led , not only to provide the capitalists with weapons to conquer them , but to endanger , perhaps lose entirely , the miBerable pittance which years of denial have enabled theni to accumulate . Sat were these uwi'fed savingi applied to the purchase of real capital , and '' -the . employment of the working ; classes oy and for themselves , a sunicient power would be introduced speediVy to overthrow , hurl down , and destroy the dominion of labour ' s enemies . "

      Brethren , —Very little chaDge has taken place in our position since we last addressed you . 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 consequences by the annihilation of itaexistenca We continue to receivea 83 urances from those quarterswhere applications have been made for stone ; of the firm 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 into submission .: One of them had received an order from Grissell 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 disckarged . Other two were then requested to perform the work , but who , not-withstanding their shopmates having beeu discharged foi refusal , also refused , and shared a . similarfate . Tiifc attempt to coerce them yms adopted towards all in his employ , with a like result . The other employers connected with the " league , " with the intention no doubt

      of embarrassing our pecuniary resources , and ensuring our defeat , immediately suspended their works , and ordered their men to take the places of those we have alluded to , aa 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 , so constitute ;! as to be worth an existence , will materially depend upon the Issue of this struggle .

      " To be or not to be , that is the question . " We muBt ; theieforei while again thanking all for the exertion and support rendered us , in this arduous and trying contest , . solicit—most earnestly solicit —for a short time longer , their eo-operation and Bid , : . ¦/ ,:. ¦ . - ¦ ' -. -: . ; ., ¦ ' . . - . : ¦ / :. ^ . > : ¦ : ' ;/• • . V - .. ' : "¦¦• It will not , w& hope , be thought irrelevant to the subjeet before us , or to the object we all havs , or should have in view , namely : — Right ascendant , Might dependent , to direct the attention- and serious consideration of the Trader to the few lines with which twb have this week headed our addressv : " The productive classes , " says the author most truly ; " are ignorantly led to provide the capitalists- with weapons tocbnquswtnenV .-.. ¦¦ .: ¦'

      Thfe is so palpably evident to oareyery-day observatioBft , that comment or illustration to prove it would be an insult , evea . to less than 1 ordinary obserwrs of the- effects existing : usages have upon society . Those whaare idle are » ph , well-fed , ¦ well housed , and- well clothed . Those who are indastrtsos , are poo *; starring , houseless , aad ragged , toiling on in perpetual poverty . But wese the united" savings of tfee- workibg classes "—the- funds of their innumerable societies — ¦ which now , Sirough the madium of banking and

      otherwise . " provide the capibJlsts with weapons to eonquer and oppress them , " added to the profits , which , by unequal exdianges , they in such a . variety of ways wring from our labour ^ appropriated 4 o the employment of the working classes by and for themselves , no other cofidusion could ba come to b ^ t that " a sufficient power would be intBoduced speedily to overthrow , hurt Sown , anil destiey the dominien of labour ' s enemies , " aad provide the honest and industrious producer with avery necessary essential to M » comfortable existence . ¦ . ¦ ' - . / ; ' ' /¦'' - ¦¦ ' ¦' ' ; ' : ' ¦ ; . ¦• ¦ ¦ .. - . '•¦¦'¦ . ' ¦ /' ¦

      The privations our tuaa-outs are enduring in our present contest are the csoasequences of its protraction , and that protraction the consequence © f disorganisation —a want of the existence of such a course of proceeding as that we have alluded to—a want of that eohesiveBeas and union , indispensable to the accomplishment of any object tending to make happy tha sons and daughters ef honest labour . . . ¦ ' / - ' , ;' . : : '> -f ' ¦ ¦ ' . ' " . ¦ ¦ ,. ' . - ;/; V ; / . ¦ // -Systematic and extensive combination—a concentra tion of the means , the energies , and the talent of the working cl&ssea , is the only remedy vre ess discover for such a state of things . /' Man in an isolated position is incapability to perfection ; systematically combined he is all but omnipotent-, his noblest powers are developed ; his spring of action , common interest ; and end contem plated , universal happiness . "

      Hoping to be excused for this , pethaps , small digres sion from the subject of our strike , and that the attention of the several trades may at no distant period be profitably arreated in the contemplation of being employed " Bt and for themselves , " '¦ ¦' . ¦' . ¦ - TVeiremaln , . ' . ' / V \ . ' ' .: > Gratefully your * , The Masons' SopiBtr . Thomas Shortt , Secretarf . 6 , Agnes-Btreeet , Waterloo Road , Luntetb , Jtabl 9 tbi im

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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-ncseproduct739/page/3/