The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-04-18 00:00:00

BROCIATION 0? ASSIMO

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TRADHSMEN

The quarterly meeting of the members and friends of the
Wed'
above association:wasbeld at the Clarendon-rooms, on
nesday evening, the 12th instant—Mr. FLOWER in the cba.
It was not numerously attended, but what was wanting •
numbers seemed to be compensated for by the resPectahthti
and intelligence of the persons present.
The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said he hDPed_mi.
that the smallness of their numbers upon the present ?l-
son would not damp t the ardour of those true and able friends; was:
by whom he was surrounded. He believed—indeed, fia,
too well known—that at the present season the hatrri.in°t the.
hour were such as even at that late hour to Pre ding
greater number of their suffering brethren from attlatber
their meeting. He believed it was not indifference %,,bee-
cause, but absolute inability, which prevented a large neTioi
from attending; and he, therefore, held that it was the
of the more fortunate who were here to exercise incr",l
energy in behalf of those who were absent. The Clia 1."70 g
ran briefly through the incidents of the past quarter, whose
which he noticed the appointment of two collectors, ,
3a
exertions had considerably increased their numbers, 8001 the
enabled the committee to pay off a large proportion by
old debts, as well as to make some important nweeco,
which public sympathy might be directed to their grieva;n trt-
He mentioned that 10,000 copies of a tract bad been die let
buted among the middle and lower classes of the Pe°P to
which had the effect of inducing large numbers
abstain from the practice of evening shopping. The' ens,
of distributing these had not been entrusted to hired Pere-02.
but had been performed by members of the committee tboce
selves. The Chairman next alluded to the alleged indiffere,bss
of the assistants to their own cause. He could not denYltbo
there had been too much ground of complaint 110110er
head ; but he had reason to hope that, as they became doe-
acquainted with the object of the association, and the atain-
tages of health and education which would attend the
ment of the little leisure that was asked at the bands Of 00'
employers, a better spirit would appear among them'
then read a letter from Lord Sandon, in answer to 301 bis
cation for pecuniary aid, in which his lordship ezprese.. be
1 "
readiness to contribute £5, but would withhold 1 , a
could be assured that the assistants themselves ehePeZold
proper disposition to support their association. This " his
be the second donation of that amount contributed by
of persoanbour
lordship. (Cheers.) The Earl of Sefton had also gieros.
at the formation of their body, and was now an anelitnera
scriber of .E 5. (Cheers.) There were many other ,-,el;
and subscribers whose names would be shortly publiaua;
they were names of which any cause might well be Pruiing
and the feeling that they were supported with the aPPre
energ
patronage of such men would give hope and mayor
to the committee under every difficulty. The n„nts
had been asked to patronize this cause ; and the aat's-bad
-owed a debt of gratitude to the Rev. F. Barker, who ct his
kindly undertaken the task of endeavouring to intere:-;(01
worship in their behalf. The Mayor had expressed hieraol
will towards the sufferers ; but before subscribing he 91'" ff
to know the feeling of the employers upon the matters.
the
he could learn that the employers were favourable to bat
alterptinn proposed, he would not only give a donation, 10
aid diem by his official influence. As Mr. Gladstone; ~a
would g,ladly help the cause, but as Mayor of LlverP°olg;
could not take a part in a movement which might be tii. h°oow
to nipate against the interests of the masters. "•%;sle,
became the business of the committee to obtain, if P°9-01
some demonstration of the good-will of the employers' bad
here it became his painful duty to announce that they
eminently failed—it had become evident that the erePleio.
were not willing to concede the boon they sought. Thiel,. of
lic had shown their willingness to comply with the Prey- or
the assistants—the employers were now avowedly the,,ics.
posing parties—they were making haste to be rid—ac:old
was the all-absorbing passion of their souls—the " Pa,r;seil
. care," so often talked about, turned out to be an eraP",,inds
unmeaning sound. Oppression seems to be the rule
ness the very rare exception. But Were were exceP-ch a
and it was delightful- to think upon the conduct of Of the
man as Mr. Townsend, of Bold-street, who, regardlese,e„ st
example of his neighbours, uniformly closed his Perot
seven throughout the year. While others were lookingoot
to the right and to the left, and over the way to see„,,a
their neighbours were about, he steadily and cousn, of
went on doing what he conceived to be right, regailinfr.
what others did, or thought about his actions. AV"' 1f $
Wright,.the hatter, of Church-street, had proved biEnd"thri
friend—he had twice contributed to their funds, and d'
were. in possession of a letter expressive of his great !roll
will, and of his desire to be among the first who shotll4P4.o
in with the better regulations sought by the assistants• •o.
were others whose kindness deserved their thanks, hut the
fortunately the balance of numbers was against thern;te,
majority believed they should be losers by a new alit of
ment, and could see no advantages in any gain but tu;poe
money. It was impossible to make any impressiots
such men, and therefore it was impossible to gain the Pe pre
age and influence of the chief magistrate of Liverpool.'
e of
Chairman then pointed attention to the improved scheTeatr
emigration now under the consideration of the Govera4
and hoped that it would prove such, as a large number `Vol
class might avail themselves of it. At present the li°l3l3„pplY
labour was much greater than the demand—reduce the toll,
and better terms might be ,expected. In one house"-fori,
where the employer had failed to perform his proiaiel,t sae
live to the hours of business, a feeling of disappointine!'„,
tba
discontent was expressed (though, he was informed' 1-oeir
most respectful terms) ; and at an hour's notice thirteee ase
hands were taken on and the most efficient servaetsot4
charged. Another house, in anticipation of a discoriteols
outbreak, had given notice of an intention to disehartotr
the men, and to employ none but women in the e,tAe
ment ; so that the burden which had been pronounce"„ fro'
insupportable by men, was to be placed upon the nitu",oo.!
and feeble shoulders of fernalf sufferers. He had neiiiioo',
[Dent to offer upon the humanity of such a nroP°-,,,,d0,,
The Chairman then instanced a number of emPloYAeriislat
preserved their health by leaving business early, 50nollet
out of town; as well as others, who, by too constant,n,riosir,
tion, had destroyed their health, as the health of Vt.,' 00:
tants' was daily and hourly destroyed ; but the latter ii:cose'
the opportunity of making a three months' tour to rf,,j
themselves,—they must work on till the grave oPel7els
receive them to its lasting mortal rest. He had Weil, ceP:
number of anonymous communications, some of theerses,;
veying important suggestions. He regretted that Peer`
should write anonymously, as it deprived him of the
and advantage of stating reasons why many of those sna tb_sv
tions could not be carried' into effect. He relied al'ijor;
Nit, it citid energy ekisfed the committeec4efiej,
to see a like spirit among all the assistants ; and b,,efei)
relied upon the great kindness and benevolence w"ii'es
thheeeitri manifested among aumitoinangattehlye
tpruiubmlicpha.t la(Crghee.ers‘ijittrlij.bs;cl:c..,/,.
man concluded by calling upon r Pevd
Mr. SCHOLERIELD; whp in a brief but appropriate
introduced the first resolution, [for the resolutions
advertising columns,] which was ably seconded ' oblijr WI
Mr. DuLtsr, who dwelt very feelingly upon tie lotiOS
so which the greater portion of the assistants were suZiettlr,•
Their class was despised, and had been for ages a 5,•°,,;b01?
ridicule to the dramatist and satirist. The term '
was felt to be one of severe opprobrium. Why was
because they were a well-dressed but a sickly and ane d tb_xv
class ?—they were " made up for show," and perforraheot eO/
parts as mere machines. 'Parks were to be opened, pi/00
for the assistants ; lecturers were pouring forth 5tr:1,00.,,L
glorious knowledge, but they came not to refresh "awn
of the assistants—they were, indeed, despised and °gill! ttises
It was a gratifying task to thank their patrons
hed been done—they had a nobility, in comparison
I°l.to-0:11001
the lustre of their coronets, the stateliness of their 112,1
iti led
or the grandeur of their equipages would be as nothrv-°'
sight of Him who had so warmed their hearts toward"
ing humanity. sP
The second resolution was moved by Mr. Nirtalofs' ,
mTr.heßomuerentsi,ngmwr.asvit.heßn.
jeroenllesa,dmdrre.ssmedoobdyy,lti r
e loquently seconded by Mr. PURDAY
held, and broke up at eleven o'clock.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE•

edg 7cr
The Grand Jury of the city of Cork have address.-000
morial to the Government in favour of a railway cc"- 6
ff tion between London and Dublin via Holyhead. 1• ell"'
lt es
RAILROAD FROM CHESTER TO HOLYHEAD.---
her into
rently reported, in well-informed circleS, that ah°tfor 104
will scarcely elapse without measures being taken/101131i
mencing the formation of a railroad connecting ,1-ye!l ill
with the Grand Junction Railway. Government :1;c1040e
rumoured, hinted their willingness to aid a project:o;of
enable the London mails to reach Dublin in slate"rumoured,
teen hours, and vice versa.
RAILWAY TAXATION, &C.—We find, by a Parlis
„lllsejj,
return on this subject, just printed, that the " t wi:
duty" paid by the principal railway companies i`o
s I:,,bic'"olit
rially on the increase, except the Great Western,.„ tlre3ir
the year ending March, 1842, paid £21,814 ; but l'orra /4111
ending March, 1843, paid £25,801. The LOlllO.lO
iningharn paid in 1842, .E 26,227 ; 1843, 's2'7'o9i- ,
k4,4;111;
Liverpool and Manchester fell off: in 1842, 1
£6,798. The Grand Junction also fell off: in IS42'lvsi'ory_,
in 1843, £13,545. The South-Western. 1842'the 1, or
1813, £12,043. The Manchester and Leeds, hog sIA
Midland, and the Midland Counties all fell 0ff,n84,704,1
to any great extent. In the year ending MateVirash,' ts"
whole. of the Scotch railways paid, exclusive 43'.,,rearlithS.
45,420 ; in 1842 ; £11,657; in 1843, £15,125. -a bl9O
entire of the increase in the last year is occasioned
opening of the Edinburgh and Glasgow, which Pa,;f
Another return shows, that there is no instance "ie of (olt
of mail-bags sent by railway, whether under the ca.o of 07
lar guards or not, and very few cases of detentiothereool'
except on the Grand Junction line, and on that b„Qga
„
eleven instances. The expense of, guards is ":„ di4ro
would be a dangerous experiment in econornY '.l.llse
with them, as certain of the Post-office refornie -
desire.—London paper.

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JUVENILE DELINLIUENCY.—NearIy one-half tb
eo
crll
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ers for trial at the Wilts Quarter Sessions 10'4 on""
under twenty years of age.—One was 13 years 1",.%
were 14 years, three 15 years, two 16 years, tvr- Are
two 10 years, and four 19 years old. Lantij;tetf
HORRIBLE MURDER.—Last Friday morning ~,5110:.1lit-;
Hoynes, a farmer living at a place called Raehiicif 'bite
near Newtown, and within two miles and a lia".oted 'as"
had been engaged in planting cabbage plants, saslthes"
labourers, he was interrupte in his business Ilia fL
appearance of two men who pretended to be lafher
ployrnent, and asked some questions as to wil,c;,`" etOehtforii
hire them, to which he answered in the negat'v",sas "of,
he did not want them, particularly as the weatbera 100 goL.
In an instant they threw off their disguise,.....,all,oB tfot
fiends in human shape. One of them told ta°„' m,,weerfr•e;
his knees, pointing towards him the deadly v'te",l°og taig,l
contents of which he contrived to avoid bY "ibe II(); vie
the blo- Delo
under his arm, which was slightly wounded• Of - os=4
now fought hard for his life, and by
knocked down one of his antagonists, who therefeileo
aloud on his brother assassin for assistance, thabourer 10°,‘,
at the time in pursuit of the two timorous la thee'
were stangers) with a brace of pistols to scare tbeirotlel
They ran off on account of his menaces, leavinguhi oe.fet;;;;
in a situation in which two native workmen vr° ing .1 I
left him in the hour of peril. The villain bavi
their V reit
both assassins soon suceeded in dispatching
eopeilei hop,
They fractured his skull in a most frightful %jell e sa d •
peated blows inflicted with the above prong., *void hopeelC
snatched up during the struggle. SupnesinLe, oa°ol44,cef;
him dead, they walked into the dwelling-h 0 °os, s
deliberately broke open a box in one of the rov_ticieped
the sum of £lOO. a lease, and various others laeceosedirr,
also took away a gun, a piece belonging to th his sh
also his riding-coat, which one of them flung the
agtoe‘.:
They walked away through the street, seerot, her to_
least hurry. A thresher was at work in el'ociOgleloo el
time. A niece of the deceased, who had been P jog 401 di!
with one or two women in an outhouse, nn see tire,' ellt be;
hat
reo og
enter the dwelling-house, went to ask yr old, P 0111", o
when one of them, standing on the threshn_ te.op 0 Po,
pistol, ordering her to keep off. She then 'll3lO,
o'o
uncle, and judge of her terror on findin_ga opsejetiiseloicit.
pitiable condition, stretched in his gore, a" and LA/A
less ! He was taken in between three meS his "led bees,
seat, where, recovering a little, he raise
ve 020100
rubbing his head, cried out, " Oh ! they haw riot or. ore,h:'
they killed me—but had I any help, it w°u_er duce 90:
,
the case." There was a deep incision p,_.„tif 'fli
aboDt ter
clergyman was sent for, and medical aid In_!„.ortal•
but all to no purpose, as the wounds were until
happy man lingered on in the greatest agna_Y;noted
o'clock on Saturday night, when death term oppre'
ings. One of the murderers has been sin'
Kilkenny Journal.