Law of conspiracy and worker rights in transition period
The article discusses how conspiracy law treats collective actions by unions, noting risks when many workers act together. It cites shipyard delays as an example of potential penalties and argues for reform to prevent harsh application while urging worker-employer understanding and amicable adjustment through experience and Solicitor-General attention.
Professor Goldwin Smith on the Labourer and Emigration
A Trades Union Congress report praises Goldwin Smith for urging cautious emigration, favoring Canada for most workers while noting real hardships and the chance for social advancement. He argues skilled artisans fare better at home, highlights democratic opportunities in Canada, and urges laborers to work as hired hands before acquiring land.
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Goldwin Smith
Trades Union Congress
Smith
Canada
United States
England
Cross
Fraser's Magazine
Dominion
Professor Smith
Arch
Clayden
Mr. Smith
Squires
Parsons
Returning Guest Advocates For Working Class Interests
The passage notes that extended criticism of the country and its institutions was unsuitable for the occasion. It suggests emigrants should not be urged to move to the States at present, and expresses welcome for a returning visitor regarded as a wise guide and sympathetic ally of the working man, though his stay may be brief.
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Smith
The Rev. Thomas Binney Condition Improves
Report confirms Binney has fluctuated but is not materially worse. Heart symptoms have abated though still prone, and strength may hold. A consultation by Sir William Gull with Drs Bennett and Cook deemed the patient in favorable condition.
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Binney
Sir William Gull
George Fox the Quaker Lecture at Brixton Church
The Rev Henry Whitehead delivers the first in a Brixton Independent Church lecture series on George Fox the Quaker. The talk covers Fox's witness bearing, his independence, his writings, persecution, and his mission to bring all to Christ, highlighting his inward spiritual authority over outward church power.
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Brixton Independent
Henry Whitehead
St. John’s, Limehouse
George Fox
J. Baldwin Brown
Fox
Lichfield
Worcester
England
London
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